The Old Links Course - Downward Half
The Old Links Course has two sets of Tee Boxes from which a Game can be Started, and the Course is a Links Style Course.
The Course consists of a Downward Half and an Upward Half. The Downward Half Runs from the Clubhouse to the Lake,
and the Updward Half is from the Lake to the Club House. These Old Links Course Photos show how the Course Plays
on the Downward Half. Photographs taken on a Crisp Autumn Day 10-21-00, Enjoy.

"The Stone House" , the US Links Croquet Clubhouse, is the backdrop for the opening Tee Box. The Large Green Area is the Finishing Green on the Upward Half. The First shot on the downward have is a Tee Shot directly down the Fairway. The Flowered areas and the Sidewalk are played as Lateral Hazards - a One Turn Penalty. Next Photo>>>>

This is the view of the Downward Half Tee Shot from inside the Stone House. Sand Bunkers guard capture the long tee shot and and errant shot right or left
and your in a Lateral Hazard.

The View of the Tee Shot from The Doward Half Tee Box. Lateral Hazards - a ball landing. at rest, in a flowered area or on the sidewalk is assessed a one turn penalty.

This is a view of the First Green. Typically three wickets are placed on this Green.

Another view of the First Green. Tour members call this the "Upper Shelf". The Upper Shelf is heavily gaurded by Sand Bunkers. The Two Bunkers in the bottom of the picture capture the long tee shot, and the Frying Pan Bunker and the Fire Bunker are Deep and Trecherous.

From the Upper Shelf the next shot is through the Trees and past the Swing to the Hill Portion of the Old Linke Course.Course

After Competing the third wicket on the Upper Shelf, a well placed shot will leave the Player a stright shot down the fairway through the trees, to the Second Green.

These three Balls are well positioned on the Second Green. Heavy Rough grabs errant shots at the Second Green. The wicket observed in behind is on the Fourth Green..

Typically Two wickets are placed on the Second Green. After making the short second wicket the player must negociate a twisting side hill shot to the Third Green called the "Knob". This Knob Green has been the demise of many Rookies. Next Photo >>>>>

The Fourth Green is classic Zoysia Grass. The Fairway gently slopes down hill to the right. This Wicket is pure pleasure to play, unless the shot goes long right, because Trouble Lurks.

The "Three Amigo's" are Deep Sand Bunkers that Gaurd the Fourth and Fifth Greens. A long to the fourth green or a poor shot two the fifth green can be gobbled up by one of the Three Amigo's, Bury in the Heavy Rough, or Roll all the way down to the Bottom Shelf.

The Fifth Green is a Large Green Straight back up the Hill.
Typically two wickets are placed on this fifth green. The first one,
pictured here, is a delicate shot that requires precision shot making.

This is not where you want to be on the Fifth Green. A shot from the Deep Amigo Bunker will require a masterful touch to get these balls close!

After completing the first wicket on the Fifth Green, the next shot is striaght up the hill to the "Drunken Sailor Wicket".

After completing both Wicket on the Fifth Green the next shot is straight down the Hill to the Six Green and the "Bottom Shelf". Anything long can literally disapear in
the "Jungle Rough" behind this green.

"The Bottom Shelf" captured here in all her Beauty. The Fifth and Six Greens make up the Bottom Shelf. After completing the Wicket at the Fifth Green the next shot breaks to the left toward the Lake, and the fairway is Hard Pan all the way!

The Run to the Stake! The Fifth Green, shown here, is located on the Shores of Koontz Lake. Typically three wickets are placed on the fifth green, and obviously - Don't Go Long!

"The Finishing Stake". Here is where the Pressure Builds.
A ball into Koontz Lake is a One Turn Penalty.

The "Three Amigo's" are Deep Sand Bunkers that Gaurd the Fourth and Fifth Greens. A long to the fourth green or a poor shot two the fifth green can be gobbled up by one of the Three Amigo's, Bury in the Heavy Rough, or Roll all the way down to the Bottom Shelf.

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