The ideal line here is just right of the fairway bunker on the left. If you’re lucky, one of the brown giants will be ambling about. The slightly downhill approach is played to a subtly undulating green backdropped in the far distance by a thick forest of pines and open pastureland.īefore you tee off on this sturdy uphill par four, look directly behind the tees to observe WSU’s Grizzly Bear Research Center. The bunkers cut below the fairway on the right appear to have been gouged from the land with a large dull knife. The hole doglegs from left to right the fairway is also banked in that direction.
The Crimson, Blue and Gray tees on this brawny par four call for a forced carry over ponds and seasonal wetlands that are replenished in spring but dry out during the warm summer months. The approach is far friendlier from the forward tees on the right. The angle of attack from the tips, over a vast field of native vegetation, is daunting. The slim, deep green, bracketed by deep, furry-edged bunkers, will accept a running shot. The longest par three on the course poses a very rigorous test, despite the fact it plays slightly downhill and generally downwind. Shots that drift short and right of this green disappear in the wetlands. A close-mown hollow collects balls that scamper over the green. The approach is played to a tabletop green undercut by a pair of gaping sand pits. A broad fairway beckons straightaway from the tee boxes, with an option to hopscotch the wetlands on the second or third shot to attain the higher fairway on the left. A wide swath of wetlands bisects the hole on a diagonal. A haven for wildlife, players should watch for hawks, magpies, badger, deer and raccoon on this and the preceding hole.ĭescends to the layout’s lower realms and demands sound strategy in return for par. The fenced area paralleling the hole to the right, known as the Palouse Prairie Strip, is a densely wooded area that gives golfers an idea of what the Palouse looked like eons ago. Unseen from the tee is plenty of bail-out room to the right of the deep, angled green. Visually intimidating, the hole proceeds directly uphill to a partially hidden, well-defended green.
This beautiful, naturalistic one-shotter appears transplanted from the Scottish Highlands. Like many putting surfaces at Palouse Ridge, this long, slim green, defended back left by a pair of deep bunkers, has an infinity-edge horizon with no backdrop that can play havoc with depth perception.Ī classic. Kicker slopes to the right of the green will funnel shots to the putting surface.
From any set of tees, the fairway bunker up the right side must be avoided at all costs. Mountains rise in all directions from this exalted vantage point. Have a look at the hole from the Crimson tee, which is perched more than 90 feet above a ribbon-like fairway angled to the left. The mounds framing the green artfully mimic the mountains in the distance.ĭestined to take its place among the finest and most beautiful par fours in the Northwest. About 130 yards from the putting surface, the fairway plunges downhill to an oblong-shaped green set in an ampitheater-like setting, with a heavily fringed bunker and a close-mown collection area to the right. This relatively short par four reverses direction and generally plays downwind. The fairway rises to a large, 40-yard-deep green defended on the left by a distinctive “whisker-edged” bunker that is one of the signature features of Palouse Ridge.įrom one of the high points on the course, Idaho’s Moscow Mountain looms into view from across the state line to the east. Pines guard against an easy approach from the right. Like most of the perimeter acreage on the course, this ridge is covered in low maintenance native fescue grasses. The broad, gently sloping fairway drops into a valley framed by a long, high ridge to the left. Opening hole plays into the prevailing wind and directly towards Bryan Clock Tower, WSU’s most recognizable landmark.
0 kommentar(er)
