Greywolf Golf Course Hole #11 "Panorama" 339-yd Par4 Handicap 14
A bold tee shot could make the green from the elevated tees. A conservative play with a long iron or fairway wood to the lower portion of the fairway will take the water out of play and leave an uphill pitch.
No. 11 is that one "driveable" par 4 which so many architects like to feature. The decision to "go for it" must be balanced by the fact that water left and a rocky slope to the right are undaunted by your "guts".
Greywolf GC:
However, what sets Greywolf apart from other mountain golf courses, are not the elevation changes, spectacular views or imaginative design, but rather the turf that the golfers will play on. Greywolf was designed and built with, not only, bentgrass greens, which is typical for most northern courses, but also bentgrass tees and fairways, giving the course a very dramatic and manicured appearance. Bentgrass is a much finer textured and tighter knit grass than your typical Kentucky bluegrass fairway. For this reason the golfer will find that the ball will roll much farther on bentgrass.
Near Panorama:
About three miles before the twisty road reaches the Panorama Mountain Village Resort, and 1,500 vertical feet below it, a sharp curve in the road gives way to a turnaround area. Of course, approaching a mountain paradise, nobody in his or her right mind would "turnaround". A closer inspection to this unmarked roadside turnaround and you'll discover a footpath that dives down halfway into a gorge. Two hundred feet down the path you'll end up atop the remnants of an old bridge which used to span the chasm. The trail will be replaced by the pure, misty air of the Purcell Mountains and your knees will start to shake. Over one hundred feet straight below, Toby Creek thunders its way down the valley, finally spilling into the mighty Columbia River ten miles down stream. Don't get too close to the edge!
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