-good signage
-brand new Mach baskets
-some good holes that make good use of the terrain
-lots of good land to work with for future developments
-course is very playable at the moment
-there are a few tee boxes of railroad ties filled with crushed rock (not my favorite), luckily on the tees that are least likely to change

-the design of half the holes is poor
-too many fairways that don't allow for realistic golf shots
-some very rough rough
-looks like some poison ivy in the rough

This course is off to a nice start and it's cool that a town like Ennis has a course like this. The first six holes are pretty good (except the weird fairway on hole 3) making good use of the elevation next to the reservoir and the pre-existing paths through the trees. Then the course heads deeper into the woods and it starts to go downhill. There are lots of very short and tight holes which on its own is fine but some of them are poorly designed. Holes 11-16 are pretty decent (i liked 11, 15, 16) but 7-10 need some rethinking. There is lots of room to work with and from the look of fairway 10 clearing some more trees shouldn't be a problem. Speaking of hole 10, there's a really poor basket location. The last two holes play in the same area as the first couple and I really like 18 for a finishing hole.

Hopefully whoever is in charge of this project isn't in too big of a hurry to finalize things before a better layout can be planned. I think this could end up being a good course with some relatively minor revisions. Also, many of the natural pads in the wooded area are pretty good. I'd personally prefer them to stay that way rather than the crushed stone pads on the first few holes.

I hope to get a chance to come back and see what happens with this course. It is a nice piece of land to work with that has a lot of potential.


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