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Getting the chance to play Pikewood National today outside Morgantown WV.  Supposed to be the second hardest course in the US.  Walking course only, supposed to be 7-8 mile walk.

6860 yds front tees  75.6 rating 151 slope

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"Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots but you have to play the ball where it lies."- Bobby Jones

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On 11/13/2020 at 6:09 AM, jsgolfer said:

Getting the chance to play Pikewood National today outside Morgantown WV.  Supposed to be the second hardest course in the US.  Walking course only, supposed to be 7-8 mile walk.

6860 yds front tees  75.6 rating 151 slope

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Pikewood National Golf Club

This is one of the best courses that I have played, very long but very fair.  

The views were spectacular and the course was in awesome shape for November, hoping to get invited back in late spring or early summer.  Ranked No. 40 (Golf Digest) of best US courses, even from the forward tees this course is a beast, 7,100 Yds the day we played it, so there were lots of long irons and hybrids to the holes.  There were no other tees, back and forward were it.  The landing areas luckily were generous, greens were rather large, but it was a lot of work winding your way around this course. The shortest iron I hit into any green (other than Par 3) was a 7 iron and that was only once. 

We were also the only group on the course and we each had our own caddie, but the front 9 was a very tough walk, total walking course, no carts anywhere.  There were lots of long traverses from green to next tee.  First time I remember walking on a golf path that had multiple switchbacks in them to go down the mountain. From the bottom of the course to the top of the course, was about 500 feet of elevation change.

The following pictures are Hole No. 5 shortest Par 3 over a small pond, with a waterfall behind it.  Hope No. 12, which is a 185 Yd Par 3 over a ravine and No. 17, Par 5 with a pond in front, reachable in two from the forward tees, although I didn't got for it, as the trees on the right were impeding my draw.

Final Score

44-40-84 - Had 5 3-Putts, 2 doubles (not the 3-putts), one penalty stroke and too many long irons and hybrids into the greens, but really enjoyable none the less.

Pikewood Hole No 5.jpeg

Pikewood Hole No 12.jpeg

Pikewood Hole No 17.jpeg

-Jerry

Driver: Titleist 913 D3 (9.5 degree) – Aldila RIP 60-2.9-Stiff; Callaway Mini-Driver Kura Kage 60g shaft - 12 degree Hybrids: Callway X2 Hot Pro - 16 degree & 23 degree – Pro-Shaft; Callway X2 Hot – 5H & 6H Irons: Titleist 714 AP2 7 thru AW with S300 Dynamic Gold Wedges: Titleist Vokey GW (54 degree), Callaway MackDaddy PM Grind SW (58 degree) Putter: Ping Cadence TR Ketsch Heavy Balls: Titleist Pro V1x & Snell MyTourBall

"Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots but you have to play the ball where it lies."- Bobby Jones

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