Above: #10 at Gateway National
Note: This is a web-only companion piece to Jim Healey's "Prepare, Practice, Play" feature, which appeared in the April 2010 issue.
The following courses are good tests of golf for players of all levels, when played from the tees most appropriate for your handicap or skill level:
- Aberdeen Golf Club: Tight fairways and water demand accuracy.
- Annbriar Golf Course: Good variety of wooded and wind-swept holes.
- Eagle Springs Golf Club: Rolling layout; a good short game is needed here.
- Far Oaks Golf Club: Demanding greens and an open layout are a test.
- Gateway National Golf Links: Wind and rough make this a real test.
- Norman K. Probstein (Forest Park) Community Golf Course: Don’t let the yardage fool you into thinking this is easy.
- The Orchards Golf Club: Creeks, water, and mounding force accuracy and distance control.
- Quail Creek Championship Golf Course: Good variety of holes with strong par-4s.
- Spencer T. Olin Golf Course: Accuracy and length make this demanding.
- Sun Valley Golf Course: Rolling layout and wind demand a variety of shots.
