Crooked Tree Golf Course is a great course to hone your shotmaking skills on. You can't always just "grip it and rip it" on this golf course. Trees come into play on almost every hole of this course. Every hole has some unique character to it. All in all, a very memorable golf course.
The first hole is a tough par 4 of 430 yards. Both the tee and the green sit about 40 feet above the fairway. Left is dead, while right will eliminate any chance of reaching the green in regulation. Plus the approach shot requires a long carry over a large waste area.
After a short par-3, the third hole is a really fun par-5. If you hit your tee shot just right, you can reach the green in two if you want to risk the carry over a creek directly in front of the green. Then, after a short par-4, you come to #5, a challenging par-3 of 160 yards. It requires a carry over water, with trees on the left. Anything short or right is wet. Only a perfect shot will do.
After another par 5 with water on the right, you come to #7, another challenging par 3 of 171 yards. Anything right is wet, while anything left will trundle down into a gulley where par will be tough to get. The 8th hole is a dogleg right par 4 of 362 yards where you can blast directly over the fairway bunker. The green is rather large and can be tricky to putt on.
On the back nine, #10 is a zig-zag par 5 of 510 yards (not my favorite hole; seems kind of gimmicky), while #11 is an uphill par 3 of 171 yards where you can't see the green, so you feel like you are at the State Fair and trying to toss a quarter and keep it on the china plate! #12 is a tough, dogleg left par 4 of 427 yards.
The 14th hole is 412 yards, but most folks will have to lay up off the tee, as a creek awaits you at around 210-220 yards. Then of course, if you do elect to lay up, you still have a long iron approach shot to the green. The 15th is a fun, all-downhill par 3 of 150 yards, but it probably plays 25 yards shorter than that. #17 is only 357 yards, but requires a very accurate approach shot over a creek. And #18 is a great par-5 finishing hole of 513 yards that requires you to cross that same creek twice!
All in all, a very fun golf course that will encourage you to use most of the clubs in your bag.
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