With two wide-open par 4s, a short par 3 and a par 5 that many players can reach in two, the first five holes can give you some confidence. The sixth hole may be the prettiest on the course. Trees to the right and a large pond to the left require an accurate tee ball. The second shot must carry the pond to a shallow green split by a significant ridge. If fear of the water scares you into hitting too much club, there is a small bunker or downhill lie in the rough to torment you.
Scores tend to be higher on the back nine, which is longer and tighter than the front.
After six solid if unspectacular holes, holes 16 through 18 may be as fine a finishing threesome as you'll find on a municipal course. The 16th hole, a dogleg to the right of 580 yards, is the most talked about hole on the golf course. A drive of 250 to 270 yards down the left side of the fairway gives you the best angle of approach to the green. Assuming you hit the ideal drive, you must rifle a long iron or fairway wood across a ravine to a slice of fairway that severely slopes from right to left. A good shot will leave you a ticklish short iron to one of the tougher greens on the course.