Crooked Creek Park

Fun wooded course in a park rife with children, runners, and dog walkers. This course requires a fair degree of accuracy but a few holes have plenty of space for wild power drives.

The red (amateur) tees play very short, so experienced players looking for a stiffer challenge should go ahead and play white or blue (advanced). Note that there is a sign with the hole number and hole map beside every blue tee but only some of the red tees. There are no colors on the tee pads; use common sense when figuring out which pad is which. Also, some of the listed pars on the blue tees are dubious. Locate and print the online scorecard for accurate pars.

First time players, print the course map! But note - apparently, a few of the holes in the middle of the course (8ish-12ish) have changed location and are marked incorrectly on the map. You'll have to find them yourself. For instance, #11 plays down beside the fence of the ball field. To find #12, you want to keep walking straight down the fence in the same direction you were throwing before taking a left. Due to landscaping, you cannot travel easily as the crow flies, so use the concrete path and head in that direction. Knowing this tee spot will save you five or ten minutes of wandering.

I had a great time playing this course. It's well kept and the hole layout almost makes enough sense to traverse without a map. Too bad it's a solid 35 minute drive from downtown Cola.