Playing Bos Landen? In Pella here shortly. Anyone play there before? I've heard good things and $25 for 18 and a cart can't be beat.
A lot of blind shots, but a good track for the most part.
1. Relatively straight par 4, but tee shot is blind. There is a little pond to the right of the landing area, but still a little room there...not much, but a little. Green is guarded by a bunker in the front.
2. Par 5 with another blind tee shot. It doglegs right as you go down the hill. If you hit a decent shot off the tee...playing out to the left side of the fairway, you can reach in 2. Better to be able to try and run it up, because going over the green leaves a pretty tough pitch/chip
3. Short par 3 that is straight downhill. Pretty cool shot, because your tee shot will be in the air a long time. If you hit the green, you will hear a good "splat".
4. Tough hole. Unless you're a big hitter off the tee, you will have to layup short of a creek that runs through the fairway, leaving a long iron into a shallow green. Long of the green is dead, and a bunker covers the front left.
5. Long par 5. It's a 3 shot par 5 for most. Pretty straight forward though. Just play down the left side, because trees down the right
6. Nothing special par 3. Green can be tough though, depending on pin placement
7. Short, dogleg left. You don't want to hit it through the fairway, because there isn't much room before you fall straight down to the area around the 4th green, but you want to hit it far enough so you don't have to negotiate trees on the left side of the corner for your approach
8. Straight forward, uphill par 4. The 2nd can be tough to judge. I usually bailout right, and come in with a middle iron.
9. Straight forward par 4. Put your tee shot at the top of the hill, and you have a wedge/9I into the green
10. I've actually come close to driving this hole, and I've also put up a big number or two. The tee shot is very important, as there is trouble both sides. Hit something you can keep in the fairway, and there shouldn't be many problems
11. Straight away par 5. Grip and rip. Trash left, but I've played out of it, and it's not terrible
12. Dogleg right around a pond. Birdie opp IMO, because you should be able to have a short iron into a pretty receptive green
13. Par 3 over the pond your playing around on 12. To me, it's always been deceptively longer than it looks off the tee. Big green.
14. Get ready for "the stupid". The one hole that makes absolutely no sense on this course. You have no choice but to layup off the tee, but you can't layup too far back, because there is a lot of trash to fly on your 2nd layup, to a relatively small landing zone. The green is elevated so much you probably won't be able to see the pin, so make sure you take a mental note of where it is during your 2nd shot. Green slopes severely back to front, so going long on your 3rd is trouble. Left and right of the green are both "dead". If you're going to miss the green, short is the best option, but that's not even good, becaus the slope up to that green is so steep, they hardly ever mow it, so you're chilling out of long grass. A 6 is a really good score here, IMO
15. Sweeping dogleg right par 4. If you can hit a high shot off the tee, you can cut a lot, and I mean A LOT, of the corner. I've left myself 60 yards into this green multiple times. Playing straight out isn't a bad play though. Just leaves a longer approach
16. Longish par 3, over trash in front. Pretty cool looking hole.
17. A bit gimmicky. I've seen guys drive this hole, but that is really risking. To the point of making no sense. Hit a hybrid or high fairway wood straight out to clear the cart path, and you'll have a 2nd into another elevated green to the left.
18. There is a lot of trouble on this hole, but a pretty accessible landing area if you use the right club off the tee. Take one extra than you think you need to clear the skinny creek, and you have a manageable 2nd over a pond into the green
Have fun. It's a really good track, except #14. One of my favorites.