Hoover Dam, Brent Hambrick Memorial DGC
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Rating:
(3 votes)
Extra Location(s):
First Tee: (40.108,-82.878)
Course Details:
# Holes: 27
Target Type: Mach3
Tee Type: Concrete
Course Length: 6505
Alternate Length: 8729
Hole Length:
Under 300ft: 23
300 – 400ft: 4
Over 400ft: 0
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Course Description:
Front 9 - scenic, fairly open, long and often windy. Back 9 - thick evergreen forest, with many blind holes and a deep ravine. New 9 - (hole A starts after hole 14) 3 holes in thick pines with low ceiling, 3 mostly open and 3 with woods on one side and OB road on the other. Multiple tees and pin positions. Long course plays 10,13,4.
Course Established: 1990
Additional Course Information:
Additional Course Information for Hoover Dam, Brent Hambrick Memorial DGC:
Directions:
NE side of Columbus, I-270 exit Route 161 east (Dublin-Granville Rd). Go a mile, exit north onto Sunbury Rd., 1.3 miles to a right on Central College Rd. (Duchess Gas Station), 1st left (0.2 mile) into park. Turn right at stop sign, to parking lot at top of the hill.
What can I say about Hoover? It's the first course I ever learned to play on almost 15 years ago...and it has spoiled me ever since.
This is a great course, and well designed!
Only down side is over the years its become the 'default' place for people to go, so it can get rather crowded at times.
Each nine has a completely different feel, the front is open, grassy, and net downhill to below the dam, while the back plays almost entirely through clearings and tunnels in pine woods, back up to the parking lot. In late-summer and fall there can be a group on nearly every hole. The course does a great job testing all aspects of your game, as nearly every type of shot is required.
There are several "signature" holes that use the terrain really well or have interesting pin positions, but both nines have a couple in the middle that almost duplicate another. Pants are recommended as all season poison ivy is a major hazard, especially on the back nine, and sometimes the grass on the front is allowed to grow tall. A third nine, newer and playing as a loop off of 14, is a fun distraction if you have extra time and arm but can easily be missed, is flat, and doesn't add as much as it could.
Loved this course while on vacation. Mix of open and wooded shots was good. Especially enjoyed playing through the pine trees, I don't get that in my home area of Freeport Il. The wife and I especially liked the basket placement on top of the cement steps. This was a fun 27 holes. A must play if you are in the area. Could use a direction sign between holes 9 & 10.