Cornell College reviews
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Solid college campus 9-hole 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Jul 20, 2014
Played the course:once
Pros:
- BEAUTIFUL campus. Historic college buildings with large, old trees.
- Easy to get to, ample parking on the street or in the main commons circle.
- Some good hole designs, and nice variation on holes 5 - 9.
- #4 is a medium-length hole, requiring a good, straight, threaded drive.
- #9 is easily the most memorable hole on the course, driving across a road right to left, skirting the edge of small pond, with the basket guarded by a row of tall trees. Miss to the left, and you're not likely to land directly in the pond...but if you hit a tree and roll down the hill, you could end up wet. Great finishing hole, uphill and curved flight path means it plays more like 280 or 290 instead of the listed 256.
- Easy to get to, ample parking on the street or in the main commons circle.
- Some good hole designs, and nice variation on holes 5 - 9.
- #4 is a medium-length hole, requiring a good, straight, threaded drive.
- #9 is easily the most memorable hole on the course, driving across a road right to left, skirting the edge of small pond, with the basket guarded by a row of tall trees. Miss to the left, and you're not likely to land directly in the pond...but if you hit a tree and roll down the hill, you could end up wet. Great finishing hole, uphill and curved flight path means it plays more like 280 or 290 instead of the listed 256.
Cons:
- Tees are heavily worn, and probably detract from the rest of campus, actually. The back sides of the tees have been mulched in the past, but the follow-through area of each tee is heavily worn dirt. Makes some of the tees look 15 feet long.
- Some shots play across walking paths, as the first 4 or 5 holes are essentially on the front lawn of campus. Played on a Sunday afternoon in the summer, and had no issues. However, I bet these are normally pretty busy areas, especially on 3, 5, 6, and the road on 9.
- Not the easiest course to navigate - especially when you're looking for brown dirt/mulch patches instead of tee signs. Without a copy of the map, you might not ever make it from #6 basket to #7 tee, which is a jaunt down the hill. #5 to #6 wasn't the easiest, either.
- The first 4 holes are very similar, sloping downhill right to left, with just variations in distance. This also can bring the road into play for offline RHBH drives that skip down the hill.
- For not being overly wooded, really just one hole (#7) where you can just let it rip and bomb it. Even so, it's only 285 feet. Plays 15' uphill though.
- #8 is a little janky, requiring a short flick to the right. The basket is in the back yard of an old historic house on campus. After playing through I could see that the correct line is probably driving straight past the basket, and then putting back up the hill.
- Some shots play across walking paths, as the first 4 or 5 holes are essentially on the front lawn of campus. Played on a Sunday afternoon in the summer, and had no issues. However, I bet these are normally pretty busy areas, especially on 3, 5, 6, and the road on 9.
- Not the easiest course to navigate - especially when you're looking for brown dirt/mulch patches instead of tee signs. Without a copy of the map, you might not ever make it from #6 basket to #7 tee, which is a jaunt down the hill. #5 to #6 wasn't the easiest, either.
- The first 4 holes are very similar, sloping downhill right to left, with just variations in distance. This also can bring the road into play for offline RHBH drives that skip down the hill.
- For not being overly wooded, really just one hole (#7) where you can just let it rip and bomb it. Even so, it's only 285 feet. Plays 15' uphill though.
- #8 is a little janky, requiring a short flick to the right. The basket is in the back yard of an old historic house on campus. After playing through I could see that the correct line is probably driving straight past the basket, and then putting back up the hill.
Other Thoughts:
- Solid college campus 9-hole. Wonderful scenery and decent design. Course would be most-helped by revamped tees with some sort of marker, even if it was small and just had # and distance.
