**AMES' COURSES**
From Scott Carpenter:
"Yep, I've played both of the Ames courses one time on the way up to Minnesota four years ago. Oh, there was a lot of mud on both of them.
Carroll Marty - ...
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AMES' COURSES
From Scott Carpenter:
"Yep, I've played both of the Ames courses one time on the way up to Minnesota four years ago. Oh, there was a lot of mud on both of them.
Carroll Marty - I'm kind of surprised this course is only rated 3.50, because I really liked it. I suppose what gets it dinged is its length, even from the "pro" tees. But IMO the wooded holes, transition holes, and elevation makes up for it. Something that you're going to see there that we don't have a lot of here in KS is wooded tunnel shots, some of which are going to have an incline/decline. Good practice might be going to some of the newer Fairmont holes and trying to see how far you can laser a midrange or putter. Another good drill might be finding spots where you gotta get around some foliage to park an approach to the basket (or at least back out to the fairway). Your team will undoubtedly find one of those trouble spots.
ISU (Stable Run, 13th Street) - I wish I could remember more about this course other than the fact that the local who gave me a tour brought a machete with him. Its apparently had flood problems over the years, and when I visited was a few weeks after one of those floods, obviously with everything so wet, they couldn't mow it, so everything was growing. It was in terrible shape, hence, I saw no point in taking pictures. I don't remember it being terribly elevated. It had dual tees, and actual dual baskets.
I did find a course map and tee signs on the ISU website. Hope this helps.
http://www.recservices.iastate.edu/site ... lf/map.pdf
http://www.recservices.iastate.edu/site ... f/tees.pdf
Hope that was of help. Best of luck to the KSU team."
