What a great little course!
Picture from Webshots
This wonderful little picture is taken from the tee box of the second hole at Millsite Golf Course in Ferron, Utah. As you can see, it's quite an intimidating shot over a canyon to a narrow fairway. It would be an amazing hole on any course, but it's just one of many stunning holes at Millsite--one of Utah's best kept secrets.
Millsite is a 9-hole course in central Utah set close to Millsite Reservoir. It's narrow, challenging, and beautiful. It's the type of course that can eat up a scratch golfer and yield some birdies to higher handicaps. There is trouble everywhere, but scoring opportunities as well. It's my home course, and I love it.
To show you the intrigue of Millsite, I'll show you a hole-by-hole breakdown of my score today. I'm an eight handicap, and I played well today. Check these scores out:
Hole #1 (404 yards, par 4): 4
Hole #2 (274 yards, par 4): 5, bogey
Hole #3 (606 yards, par 5): 5
Hole #4 (396 yards, par 4): 3, birdie
Hole #5 (164 yards, par 3): 3
Hole #6 (489 yards, par 5): 9, quadruple bogey
Hole #7 (213 yards, par 3): 6, triple bogey (#7 is Millsite's signature hole. It was rated the 16th toughest hole in Utah.)
Hole #8 (306 yards, par 4): 4
Hole #9 (350 yards, par 4): 3, birdie
Total (par 36): 42
I'm posting this round because it is typical of Millsite. I played 7 holes at 1-under par, but I was 7-over on the other 2 holes. I hit two bad shots all day, and they cost me 7 strokes. That's the beauty of Millsite.
There is a great slideshow of the course and the surrounding area here.
Cheers,
Jeff
3 Comments:
You lucky bum, I'm jealous! Hope you're having a great time on the links!!
This may sound like a dumb question (I don't know all that much about golf), but I'm genuinely curious so I'm going to risk sounding stupid.
If you miss, and your ball falls down into the canyon, do you have to hike down there and putt it out? Is the game, then, essentially over?
Garry,
I'm having a great time, thanks. Golf in the summer is one reason I became a teacher.
Nosurfgirl,
If you go in the canyon, you have essentially 3 options. 1- You can hit again from the same spot after assessing a one-stroke penalty (the shot would be your 3rd, instead of your 1st). 2- You can drop a ball in play at the point where your ball went in the canyon with a one-stroke penalty and continue play from there. 3- You can hike down and play out from where your ball is.
Most people on this hole choose option number 2.
Cheers,
Jeff
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