MOUNT SNOW GOLF CLUB WEST DOVER, VT
Date Reviewed: June, 2013
Mount Snow Golf Club was designed by Geoffrey Cornish and opened for play in 1966. This mountain course, like many others in the area, is routed over rolling, wooden terrain, featuring a number of blind shots (11) with sweeping views of nearby Mount Snow and Haystack Mountain.
The course was built to accommodate a wide variety of skill levels as four sets of tees are provided that vary by more than 1,500 yards. Thefairways are generally sloping and narrow, requiring accuracy over distance to avoid dense woods and scattered hazards that line many holes. Most of the trouble lies around the greens, which are typically small with moderate undulations, often surrounded by sand or steep slopes.
The course was built to accommodate a wide variety of skill levels as four sets of tees are provided that vary by more than 1,500 yards. Thefairways are generally sloping and narrow, requiring accuracy over distance to avoid dense woods and scattered hazards that line many holes. Most of the trouble lies around the greens, which are typically small with moderate undulations, often surrounded by sand or steep slopes.
Course Information
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Course Rating
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Course Layout & Scorecard
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Hole 1
The opening hole favors a drive played towards the dip in the distant mountains, avoiding woods left and wetlands right. A solid drive leaves a downhill approach between 115-130 yards to a small green guarded by mounding and a lone bunker. The safe miss is short as the green is pitched back-left to front-right.
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Hole 2
The long second plays downhill from the tee to a generous landing area lined by woods on either side. A solid drive leaves a blind layup that should be played along the right tree line as the landing area falls to the left. A good layup leaves an approach between 125-150 yards to an elevated green guarded by sand right and water short-left. The safe miss is short as the putting surface is pitched slightly back-right to front-left.
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Hole 3
The scenic third is all carry over water a green guarded by three bunkers. Missing long should be avoided as the putting surface is three-tiered and slopes generally back-right to front-left.
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Hole 4
The fourth plays downhill from the tee to an angled, but generous landing area lined by woods on either side. A solid drive leaves an uphill, semi-blind approach between 130-160 yards to a two-tiered green that is wide but extremely shallow. A hidden hazard will catch any shots missing long.
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Hole 5
The long fifth plays uphill from the tee to a sloping landing area that is hidden from view. A solid drive leaves a downhill approach between 160-190 yards to green guarded by sand left and mounding right. The safe miss is short as the putting surface slopes generally back-to-front.
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Hole 6
The short sixth plays dramatically uphill from the tee to a small green guarded by sand short-left. Missing left leaves a difficult recovery from a steep slope. The safe miss is just short as the putting surface slopes generally back-right to front-left.
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Hole 7
The short seventh plays slightly uphill from the tee to a narrow landing area lined by scattered trees and mounding on either side. A solid drive leaves a semi-blind, downhill second shot between 225-250 yards to a small green guarded by sand left and right. Players opting to layup should play down the middle, avoiding woods on either side of the landing area. The safe miss is short as the putting surface slopes generally right-to-left.
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Hole 8
The eight favors a drive down the middle, avoiding a hidden hazard left (220-yards to carry from the tips) and a lone bunker right (260-yards to reach). A solid drive leaves an approach between 130-160 yards to an elevated green guarded by mounding and sand left, long, and right. The safe miss is short as the putting surface slopes generally back-right to front-left.
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Hole 9
A drive down the middle is ideal, avoiding scattered trees right and a lone bunker left (210-yards to clear from the tips). A solid drive leaves an uphill, semi-blind approach between 130-160 yards to large green guarded by sand short-left and right. Missing long should be avoided as the putting surface is two-tiered and slopes severely back-left to front-right.
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Hole 10
The tenth plays over a shallow hill to a hidden landing area guarded by a bunker right (210-yards to clear from the tips) and woods on either side. A solid drive leaves an approach between 130-160 yards to a circular green guarded by three bunkers and shallow mounding. The safe miss is short as the putting surface is pitched generally back-left to front-right.
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Hole 11
A drive down the middle is needed, avoiding woods left and right. A solid drive leaves a semi-blind, uphill approach between 130-160 yards to a wide green guarded by a lone bunker right. Missing long should be avoided as the green falls away sharply towards the woods. The putting surface slopes generally left-to-right.
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Hole 12
The short twelfth plays downhill from the tee to a small green guarded by a lone bunker short-right. Missing long should be avoided as the green falls away sharply. The safe miss is short as the putting surface slopes generally back-right to front-left.
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Hole 13
The short, downhill thirteenth favors a drive played just left of the right tree line, avoiding woods that line both sides of the fairway. A solid drive leaves a short-iron approach between 75-100 yards to a wide, elevated green guarded by two bunkers and a small pond. The putting surface is two-tiered and slopes generally back-right to front-left.
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Hole 14
A drive over the left bunker is ideal (225-yards to clear from the tips), avoiding scattered trees left and woods right. A solid drive leaves a second shot between 210-240 yards to a narrow, angled green guarded by sand short-right and left. Players opting to layup should favor the left side of the fairway, leaving the best approach angle. Missing long should be avoided as the green falls away to a hidden hazard. The putting surface slopes generally back-right to front-left.
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Hole 15
The fifteenth plays uphill from the tee to a large, two-tiered green guarded by sand short-left and right. The safe miss is short as the putting surface is pitched generally back-right to front-left.
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Hole 16
A drive along the left tree-line is ideal, avoiding scattered trees right and woods left. A solid drive leaves a downhill layup that should be played short, right or over a small pond that sits left of the landing area. A good layup leaves a short-iron approach to a small, elevated green guarded by sand left and right. The safe miss is short as the putting surface is pitched generally back-left to front-right.
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Hole 17
The short seventeenth allows you choose your level of aggressiveness off the tee. A drive of 220-yards is needed to carry the pond in view (at its furthest point). Longer hitters can challenge the green (280-yards to the front edge from the tips). Most players will be left with a short approach between 60-90 yards to a large green guarded by sand left and right. The safe miss is short as the putting surface slopes slightly back-to-front, defined by a centered mound.
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Hole 18
The finishing hole plays uphill from the tee to a narrow fairway lined by hazards on either side. A solid drive leaves an uphill, semi-blind approach between 110-140 yards to a green guarded by sand left and right. The safe miss is short as the putting surface is crowned and pitched generally back-right to front-left.
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