I posted in the winter that I was building a course in my yard using 6 separate basket locations. Since then I have changed things up slightly on some holes, added new tee positions and I am working on alternate pin locations.
Right now I still only have 2 baskets completely built and I need a total of 5 (1 basket moves to the 6th pin position after the first nine holes) I have a couple of friends who have baskets for putting practice in their yards and twice I've had them come over with the baskets so we could play my course. As it stands I just keep pipes in place of where the baskets will be. It's actually good practice when you have to just hit the pole.
I'm at the point where I want to install permanent footings for my pole supports to simply slide in to so I won't have to pound down the poles every time I move them. The question is, are all my pins where I want them or should I continue to work on the development?
I've decided it would be a good idea to do a HOD with each of the holes on my course and get feedback hole by hole from you guys. For each hole I have pictures off the tee for both red and blue, as well as an overhead map of each hole. On some of the holes I'll include the winter and summer pictures so you can see how the hole changes with vegetative growth. I'll probably create a new thread for each hole without all of this explanation once or twice a week so it doesn't litter the forum all at once.
Red = short/easy
Blue = long/hard
Green = suggested 3rd tee position by friend
Format>>
Hole #
Color: Distance in Feet (Elevation change in Meters)
Description
So without further adieu the first Backyard Course HOD
Hole #1
Red: 185 (-2.33m)
Blue: 195 (-1.77m)
Short downhill hole with OB behind pin.
Overhead>>
Red>>
Blue>>
Pin>> (OB is darker/dirt area to right of pin)
I throw my Pig on both holes usually. On the red I try to fade it in and land around the area of the tree line to avoid the OB. On the blue I usually go to the right of the big oak and curve it in from that side.
Tell me how you would play it or how you would change the hole.
Right now I still only have 2 baskets completely built and I need a total of 5 (1 basket moves to the 6th pin position after the first nine holes) I have a couple of friends who have baskets for putting practice in their yards and twice I've had them come over with the baskets so we could play my course. As it stands I just keep pipes in place of where the baskets will be. It's actually good practice when you have to just hit the pole.
I'm at the point where I want to install permanent footings for my pole supports to simply slide in to so I won't have to pound down the poles every time I move them. The question is, are all my pins where I want them or should I continue to work on the development?
I've decided it would be a good idea to do a HOD with each of the holes on my course and get feedback hole by hole from you guys. For each hole I have pictures off the tee for both red and blue, as well as an overhead map of each hole. On some of the holes I'll include the winter and summer pictures so you can see how the hole changes with vegetative growth. I'll probably create a new thread for each hole without all of this explanation once or twice a week so it doesn't litter the forum all at once.
Red = short/easy
Blue = long/hard
Green = suggested 3rd tee position by friend
Format>>
Hole #
Color: Distance in Feet (Elevation change in Meters)
Description
So without further adieu the first Backyard Course HOD
Hole #1
Red: 185 (-2.33m)
Blue: 195 (-1.77m)
Short downhill hole with OB behind pin.
Overhead>>
Red>>
Blue>>
Pin>> (OB is darker/dirt area to right of pin)
I throw my Pig on both holes usually. On the red I try to fade it in and land around the area of the tree line to avoid the OB. On the blue I usually go to the right of the big oak and curve it in from that side.
Tell me how you would play it or how you would change the hole.
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