Summer Showdown @ Valmont

Thanks, just played the course today, fun layout great work. I still couldn't figure out where the 18 mando right was, only the left mando had the orange ribbon. I did not see any OB lines ... show more ›

Thanks, just played the course today, fun layout great work.

I still couldn't figure out where the 18 mando right was, only the left mando had the orange ribbon.

I did not see any OB lines for 8 and 9 on the map images. one quirk of hole 9, is the outward diagonal line the mandos generate. This means you can be beyond the tunnel, but have to play backwards if you your drive was wide and slightly to moderately beyond the trees. Maybe the OB lines remedy this? If not, you could have the diagonal lines point towards the tee rather away from it.

I was curious if 10's will be similar to last time? How far would you estimate pin high the OB is? Today I was edge of circle and made my putt, but wasn't sure if i went OB.

Finally, one issue that came up when playing with a friend is the second mando tree on 17. Since it's not that tall, both of our drives we tried to do a high hyzer just inside of it, leading to a judgement call. Both of us landed above 20 feet short of the tee, which makes the 2nd shot blind and the high hyzer the best way for forward progress. All the other Tree mandos were easy to make calls on, but this one requires someone standing off to the side, and still it being tough to tell.