Any Chance HOOD RIVER course will be layed out better someday?

So hole one is really nice looking now, hole 2/4 has a large area of kinda thick brush, you might wanna throw around for now. That is the one area I saw some poison oak also. Holes 3/5 are pretty nice. Hole 6 has a bit of a rough fairway, but totally playable. Hole 7 is really blind and we suggest teeing off near hole 6 for a more playable shot. We hope to remedy hole 7's tee this evening. 8 was totally unplayable and now is playable, however you want to play it like its an island shot, because the black berries and grass are thick leading up to the green. Hole 9 has got little attention and as of last night the green was knee high grass. Its coming along.... slowly.

We cleared a little bit out of the 2/4 forest... However watch out for poison oak, it is there. We fixed it so that you can tee off from the tee on 7, it is still a hard blind shot though. Hope to see more people down there trampling some stuff. Happy Huckin'!

I know it is short notice, but anyone that can come out on Monday August
9th at 9a.m. We are going to change the layout of the Hood River course to make
it a more friendly pitch and putt style course. We will be digging up 3 baskets and moving them to new location and making some new tee placements. If you cant come out then, come out soon and try the new layout for some short up shot practice. Hope everyone is having a
great summer.

[Uhlman]

Originally Posted by The Brodys

I know it is short notice, but anyone that can come out on Monday August
9th at 9a.m. We are going to change the layout of the Hood River course to make
it a more friendly pitch and putt style course. We will be digging up 3 baskets and moving them to new location and making some new tee placements. If you cant come out then, come out soon and try the new layout for some short up shot practice. Hope everyone is having a
great summer.

I hope to be able to play this this weekend. Will it be like the map you posted previously in this thread?

Hey Uhlman the course will be similar to that layout. We are going to be out there developing the tee pads on Sunday August 15th. They are very "natural" at this time.

Originally Posted by Uhlman

I hope to be able to play this this weekend. Will it be like the map you posted previously in this thread?

After you play #7 you will walk back toward the freeway (directly north of the basket) and you will be at the tee of 8 (right beside tee of 9). The hole is on top of the hill in front of you between the two big oaks (shorty but tough). After that hole walk back the opposite side of hill back to tee 9 (right beside tee 8) This would be hole 8 on the map on this site, but hole 9 now. In other words there is a new hole between 7 and 8 on the map here. Maybe I will get on posted this week before you get out here. Have fun!

We will play old hole 7 for the walk out. Its a dangerous hole, but not if no one is there.

Here is a new map... I hope, not sure if it worked.

Hole fours tee sign is way past were the tee will be located. If you are at the sign back up like 30 ft or so. Sorry for any inconvenience.

A new way to play out: After hole 9 go back to hole 5 and play 5 then walk to hole 4 and play that. At that point you are right back near hole one. Hope this makes it flow a lil' better.

Originally Posted by k2trcs

Also Jerry Miller has offered to help with a redesign, hopefully with planning beginning this fall. Anyone else with a designer's mind would be welcome to post their constructive thoughts here.

Anyone have any thoughts on the new layout?

Hole 6's basket is surrounded by a small lake. I would suggest playing from tee 6 to the basket of
7. Then play 7 to avoid the seasonal lake. Just make sure no one is playing 7 before throwing 6. I am sure that will not be a big issue.

The Parks and Rec of HR are looking for hole sponsors at this time. For more info contact Scott at parkprograms@gorge.net

Thanks to P and R for bringing some DG to the Hood!