Ohio Golf Journal March 2018

ABOUT THE BENEÚTS OF THE CITY owned course. Keith Rhebb, an associate of Coore and Crenshaw, changed the course from a money- loser to the embodiment of the modern, playability, architectural movement. The course is effectively part of the town. It runs in a loop across two streets on four separate plots of property. Turn-of-the-century houses are directly across the street FROM THE ÚRST TEE SHIELDED BY some trees that hopefully halt A NASTY ÚRST SLICE OF THE DAY No rough, hit it wherever, JUST ÚND GRASS 7HAT FREEDOM Rhebb made the green complexes the real star attraction of the course. They are fairly large given the course’s total acreage. Plus, they are quick, with plenty of undulation. He understood the trick to making a course memorable, especially a nine-hole course, that was built for equipment used in 1914, was to make it feel different and unique. With endless fairway, save for the occasional pine cluster, and character-building green complexes, you will never be bored at the Winter Park 9. Play through the air, or along the ground. Play with power, OR ÚNESSE BUT YOU MUST PLAY with precision. 7E MADE OUR ÚRST ROAD crossing after the par-3 SECOND HEADING TO THE ÚRST OF BACK TO BACK PAR ÚVES The landing area felt 70 yards wide for this 460-yard par ÚVE WITH A LONE BUNKER ON THE left. Any golfer that chooses to challenge the hole quickly ÚNDS SPRAY IT RIGHT AND YOUmLL ÚND A YARD (OOK IT LEFT AND you might wind up in the adjacent graveyard. True to form, at the Winter Park 9, the green was the focal point of the hole. It gave the impression of three separate greens stitched together, which allows for several interesting pin placements. Ohio Golf Journal