Post by jeachus on Sept 18, 2018 9:56:44 GMT -5
Set through the swampland of south Louisiana, this course features a lot of water and large, thick brush. Rouxgaroux is the Cajun word for "swamp yeti" and while we don't have one of those, we do have gators protecting a few holes, namely the approach to the 18th! Fairways are wide to abate penal conditions surrounding holes. Greens are fast--large to accept approaches on long holes and small on shorter holes. This is my second design (my first was not accepted) and I think a big improvement. I am a +23 handicap on the game and after 6 practice rounds, -4 is the best I could come up with. I believe this course is a good challenge! This course was designed on TGC2 but not published. I will port it to 2019, make some revisions with your much appreciated suggestions, and submit.
14 hole descriptions and views follow... thanks for taking some time to have a look!
#6 - One of the most scenic holes on the course, this par 4 doglegs right around thick brush and is bordered left by the par 5 8th
#7 - another pretty view welcomes you to the first par 3 of the course. Short, but challenging in wind with a multi-tiered green
#11 - The third par 3 on the track is long but straightforward, a well placed long iron makes birdie possible
#12 - this par four begins a stretch of several holes placed over dry patches in the swamp. The back 9 of The Rouxgaroux has multiple split fairways due to water and marshland. The views are nice, and the holes can be attacked from a number of angles
#13 - this winding par 4 comes to an elevated, shaded and narrow green. Place your tee shot wisely to avoid a blind approach over scrub.
#14 - How much do you want to bite off across the tee? The answer to that question will determine your length and angle into a heavily guarded green.
#15 - an odder layout, the fairway extended left is needed for a back right pin position tucked behind one of Louisiana's large, famous live oak trees
#16 - Possible the most challenging par 3 on the course, a long-iron must be sent to an "upside down bowl" green. In wind, it is difficult to hold.
#17 - Another risk/reward, decision making par 4. In the right wind, a front pin position can be driven in one. A smarter play would be a metal to the corner of the dogleg so not to be cut off by large trees guarding the left side of the green
#18 - the namesake hole of the course is a three shot par 5 with a difficult tee shot. The player must hit a straight 3-wood or draw a driver over a large bunker to avoid rolling into deep rough. The apron of a large green comes through a narrow chute flanked by the Rouxgaroux (a gator) on a marsh island to the right!
14 hole descriptions and views follow... thanks for taking some time to have a look!
#1 -- Long par 4 with a fairway sloped right to left toward water... collection area short and left of green demands a precision long-iron/metal approach
#2 - Another long par four, this approach goes to the smallest green on the course making par a good score
#3 - One of the most scenic holes on the course, strategy off the tee is needed to carry a lakefront bunker but stay short of marsh. A long carry over thick marsh needed to reach a guarded, elevated green.
#5 - As The Rouxgaroux has no golf carts, walkers must take a water taxi from tee to fairway on this reachable par 4.
#6 - One of the most scenic holes on the course, this par 4 doglegs right around thick brush and is bordered left by the par 5 8th
#7 - another pretty view welcomes you to the first par 3 of the course. Short, but challenging in wind with a multi-tiered green
#11 - The third par 3 on the track is long but straightforward, a well placed long iron makes birdie possible
#12 - this par four begins a stretch of several holes placed over dry patches in the swamp. The back 9 of The Rouxgaroux has multiple split fairways due to water and marshland. The views are nice, and the holes can be attacked from a number of angles
#13 - this winding par 4 comes to an elevated, shaded and narrow green. Place your tee shot wisely to avoid a blind approach over scrub.
#14 - How much do you want to bite off across the tee? The answer to that question will determine your length and angle into a heavily guarded green.
#15 - an odder layout, the fairway extended left is needed for a back right pin position tucked behind one of Louisiana's large, famous live oak trees
#16 - Possible the most challenging par 3 on the course, a long-iron must be sent to an "upside down bowl" green. In wind, it is difficult to hold.
#17 - Another risk/reward, decision making par 4. In the right wind, a front pin position can be driven in one. A smarter play would be a metal to the corner of the dogleg so not to be cut off by large trees guarding the left side of the green
#18 - the namesake hole of the course is a three shot par 5 with a difficult tee shot. The player must hit a straight 3-wood or draw a driver over a large bunker to avoid rolling into deep rough. The apron of a large green comes through a narrow chute flanked by the Rouxgaroux (a gator) on a marsh island to the right!