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<\/a>The par-three third hole.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Par three of another color-- number 5.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Solid par threes appear at number three and number five, with completley different looks and shot demands– the first requests a mid-iron over wetlands to a raised green, while the fifth presents a maze of bunkers en route to a 206-yard challenge suggesting a well-struck hybrid and lots of air time. \u00a0While course features generally accentuate the natural beauty of the site, Jones’s bunkering is in places overwrought, twisting into the kinds of shapes you might see on a microscope slide.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Snakey number six.<\/p><\/div>\n
The operative word pairing on the 515-yard par-five sixth is: risk\/reward– coming on the second shot, when you need to decide whether you are both close enough and man enough to curve a fairway wood with a perfect long draw to a green running beside a blue lake.\u00a0The front side closes and the back side opens with back-to-back par fives– the former a gigantically long monster of nearly 600 yards, but the subsequent challenge a mere 518 with a portfolio of bunkers and a lake gathering together in harmony near the green.<\/p>\n
Other great holes include the “Sahara” hole, number 14, which architect Jones “discovered” in a natural sand pit on the site. \u00a0Nine tees provide more than enough options for you to find one that works– unlike Warrior Brian McCallen, who managed to find some sand to blast out of anyway (see below). \u00a0You may also notice that golf yardage books like to use a lot of “parentheses.”<\/p>\n
By late in the day you’ll have figured that the many perched greens are more reachable with half a club more than you think you need. \u00a0Blacklake concludes with an uphill par five mined with bunkers and a green with many hidden assets that must be negotiated en route to the final cup.<\/p>\n
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