We played the East course at VH yesterday under perfect conditions and I lit it up. From the white tees the course is pretty easy, but you still have to put the ball in play or many "others" will be posted. The pace of play was so slow that we played the back-to-back par threes on the front twice and we still waited to tee off on #6. The putter was working this day and other than a double bogie on #7 caused by an unplayable lie I posted a solid 37 (par is 34 on the front).
After a slight delay in teeing off on the back (we met some friends for the second half of the round) I parred the tough par 4 tenth hole and the very difficult eleventh.
On #12 I left my tee shot in a spot that required a big slicy banana ball around a tree to have any chance at getting home in two. I hit a seven iron but pushed it instead of slicing it. I panicked as I saw my ball headed right at the tree. But, the miracle of miracles happened and somehow the ball managed to fly right through the 6 inch gap in the tree's main branches and end up on the green about 25 feet from the hole. By all rights I should have been in deep doo doo, but I caught a major break and proceded to hole the putt for a birdie!!! All I could do was shrug it off and sheepishly tell my wife that I had birdied the hole.
I also birdied #13 and nearly #14 as well. At two under after 5 holes on the back I was looking pretty good. A poor chip on the par three 15th and a left handed shot on #16 carded two bogies to get back to reality. I parred 17 and rolled in a 4 footer for birdie on 18 and posted an excellent 72 for the day.
For the most part the East course is driver-wedge course but you still have to hit the shots and I did just that yesterday. Playing from the blues on this course is another issue altogether as some of the tee shots are much more difficult. But from any tee box you choose, 2 over is 2 over.
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