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Today, golf is a great sport! Assuming you are just a beginner, or someone who wants to learn more about how to play golf really well, the information that follows should help you.
In this article, you find some useful golf information to improve your golf swing. If you want to know much more golf clubs reviews or golf tips, you may read this funny article about R9 Driver review. Think of the layout of your favorite golf course, or the routing of a place you've played a few times here and there. There is a hole within that nine or 18 that you can't wait to get to.
Most courses want you to play your 18 Holes in 4 Hours or less, the reason is with the exception of the extremely wealthy (elitist) private clubs, courses revenues are based on time. We want to know what that hole is for you and why. Last year, The Front Nine asked you what the hardest hole in the area was - an honor bestowed upon Orchard Valley's par 3 second.
This year, we want to know what your favorite is. Send us your thoughts [see box] and we'll print the top 10 at a later date. So what makes a favorite? Obviously, that comes down to personal preference. But, more often than not, a favorite tends to be a well-designed golf hole that allows players of all ages to feel they can make a good score while enjoying what the land has to offer.
Maybe it's a par 3 that calls for your favorite club. Maybe it's a par 4 or a par 5 that "fits your eye," as Tiger Woods like to say. Perhaps it's just the beauty of the hole, the framing of the green or the vista from the tee box.
I asked a couple of experts for their opinions, and I look forward to hearing yours. "I feel a great golf hole offers numerous options to reach par," said Greg Jourdan, editor of GOLFChicagomagazine and aHinckleyresident. "However, to be truly memorable, a great hole should be somewhat random and unpredictable. I want to be tempted to take a risk from the tee and fairway. For me, a ticklish green is another essential element of a great golf hole."
ForWest Auroraalumnus Greg Martin, it's his job to make great golf holes - to create those memories. So what is he looking for as he shapes the earth as an architect?
Martin couldn't really pick out a local favorite (Jourdan did, but I'll share that in a future column with your picks), but he did say that short par 4s tend to pique his interest. If you think hard about what makes up your favorite, there is a bit of magic there. There is a bit of a challenge. There are different roads you can take to reach success on the scorecard, whether the result is an eagle or a bogey.
As I rolled through my favorites, I discovered that I tend to favor short par 4s and par 5s - holes that give you a couple of options off the tee and bring that risk-reward element into it. What is it about your favorite provides that bit of magic?
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