Extremely Hilly Courses

[Heat]

Any of you ever play at courses that always have uneven fairway lies? Im talking about downhill, uphill, side=hill and massive elevated doglegs. I play a local course every so often and I hate it. Members say that they will be better because of the practice they get on uneven lies. I am starting to hate it because I hit 12/14 fairways and only had 1 of those as a even ground lie. Like Hitting a 4 iron off of a downhill slope of 2 stories. It makes my ball striking inconsistent and frankly the ball flight is ugly most of the time. Anybody ever play these types of courses and whats your view on them.

[TheSuperCaddy]

winged foot, westchester country club


winged foot has alot of side hill and stuff
westchester has lots of elevation on some holes

[King Cobra II]

Actually I may join a club like that next year. The course is funny because it looks simple enough its only like 6400 yards or so. Its only a 9 hole course, one par 5, one par 3, but you don't ever get a good lie, period. The green are tuff anf fast, and the sand the ruff is wild. I like the challenge, if I wanted a perfect lie every time, I'd go to the range and hit off of a matt. Now what does piss me off, is when I play with someone on this course and they alter all there lies, thus making the course quite easy, then they brag about there round.

[waynem80]

I wonder if the Cliffs at high carolina is going to be extreemly hilly, it is in the woods...

[Dyna]

Actually I may join a club like that next year. The course is funny because it looks simple enough its only like 6400 yards or so. Its only a 9 hole course, one par 5, one par 3, but you don't ever get a good lie, period.

A 6400 yd 9 hole course??? There is a 9 hole course 1/2 hr from me that has half of it's holes literally on the side of hill/small mountain. They cut into the hill & terraced it so there would be level tee boxes but thats about it. Even if your ball lands in the middle of those fairways, odds are it's going to roll 10-15 yds downhill. Tough little course but fun.

[King Cobra II]

sorry about that, meant to say it'd be 6400 if you play one 9 white, then one nine blue, my bad lol

[lamebums]

Two of my courses are that way - The Willows and Fox Run. The back nine of The Willows is especially brutal. I don't think I've ever had an even lie there, and my ballstriking suffers accordingly. Usually, it mans my ball ends up well short of the green, even if I club up.

Sometimes on especially brutal areas, I'll aim for a flat spot - fairway or rough. I've played these courses enough that I usually know where to put my ball, and where not to put it, even if it seems perfect.

[CG031]

I don't mind some uneven lies, but i hate it on every hole. I despise blind shots too lol.

[ettsn]

Sounds like you could use HillShot Golf!

[Mr.Buckethead]

I am not a fan of blind shots either.

The course I play at has two holes in which you have to hit your drive over a hill. It is a shot that really does not suit my eye nor the shape of my driver shots. I usually just hit a 4 iron to get it over the hill and let it run down the slope.

[Norm66]

LOL, I live in West Virginia there are only two local courses that are even relatively flat and one of those has mounds lining every fairway. I was thinking about Hillshot Golf too when I saw this thread.

[$2 Nassau]

Living in New England, there is no such thing as a flat course.

I love playing down in Florida, so nice to hit the ball when it's even with your feet.

[Thrdroc]

Yea try Pittsburgh. Nothing is flat here unless you get 1 hour away from the city. It gets crazy sometimes.

[Terrier]

That's golf. Uneven lies on the course. The course ain't hilly -- your stance is.

That's what makes HillShot so appealing. It appeals to Range Jocks.

Range Jocks are those that pound away balls on the driving range from flat ground. They got all the shots at the range from even lies. They go to the range every day. Practice all the time. May even plop down a few from even lies from the 150 marker at their favorite course when it's a slow day. They're dialed in.

Then they complain when they shoot a bad round on the course...on weekends...in a foursome...when the shot calls for an uneven lie on a not-so-hilly course. And they drove it "perfectly" to that spot and lie.

They lack course time. Course time.

Range Jocks.

Trying so hard to avoid that title and get more course time myself.

Dang it!