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Brian Clark
Bellaire
2022-08-03
Guest (cart included), played on Friday, July 0202 at 3:00 PM
This is the fifth (5) course we played at Shanty Creek and I'm glad we played it as a scramble. Being the first course built here in 1965, I'm sure they wanted to make it "Player Friendly" so mostly wide open is the common theme here. They do have scattered traps and well positioned trees that narrow up some landing areas. One thing I did notice from the previous write-up is that the Front/Back have now been switched from the original score card. The longest hole is now #15 a Par 5 at 524yds that is just long and narrow Hcp 1 fairway. The Blues play 6,276yds / 70.4 / 131 down to Reds at 4,757yds / 63.3 / 109 on this Par 35/36 rolling layout with five (5) tee box selections. One hole I remember is #5 a 467yd uphill Par 5 that had our 2nd shot 2' from the hole for a Eagle. The #11 Par 4 at 365yds has you playing to a 130yd 2nd shot to a elevated green with a grass gully to carry. We ended up shooting -10 as we had four (4) sidehill putts within 10' that we just couldn't get the right speed to drop it. The conditions here are not quite as nice as the other courses and no real breath taking views like the others. I would put this track as a $40-$50 course but nothing like the other four (4) courses we played.
Would travel: 20-30 Miles, Not Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: Worse than average course for the area
Condition of Course, Pace of Play, Staff, No Houses on Course
Guest (cart included), played on Friday, July 0202 at 3:00 PM
This is the fifth (5) course we played at Shanty Creek and I'm glad we played it as a scramble. Being the first course built here in 1965, I'm sure they wanted to make it "Player Friendly" so mostly wide open is the common theme here. They do have scattered traps and well positioned trees that narrow up some landing areas. One thing I did notice from the previous write-up is that the Front/Back have now been switched from the original score card. The longest hole is now #15 a Par 5 at 524yds that is just long and narrow Hcp 1 fairway. The Blues play 6,276yds / 70.4 / 131 down to Reds at 4,757yds / 63.3 / 109 on this Par 35/36 rolling layout with five (5) tee box selections. One hole I remember is #5 a 467yd uphill Par 5 that had our 2nd shot 2' from the hole for a Eagle. The #11 Par 4 at 365yds has you playing to a 130yd 2nd shot to a elevated green with a grass gully to carry. We ended up shooting -10 as we had four (4) sidehill putts within 10' that we just couldn't get the right speed to drop it. The conditions here are not quite as nice as the other courses and no real breath taking views like the others. I would put this track as a $40-$50 course but nothing like the other four (4) courses we played.