[QualityReachOut]

There is a course by us with split greens and multiple greens.. i personally do not like it .. almost makes you say ah well im closer to the red so ill just play it.. also it baffles me how the slope rating can remain the same for both sets of flags when one is significantly more diffucult than the other.... (see user name)

[invasuant]

I was reading an article in Golf World about 9-hole courses and they talked about reversible courses. I've never played one. Has anyone? I'm curious about them - can you describe playing one?

[quack!]

What's a reversible course?

[mloversia]

I think it is when the fairways for a hole are used the same but the greens and tee boxes of certain holes can be interchanged. An easy way to change the course without changing the course. Does that make any sense?

Edit: Check out these pictures and the hole layout on the back 9.

[tpJKhY8Z]

I thought the title was reversible curses and you were telling us you were Wiccan.

Kevin

[invasuant]

I thought the title was reversible curses and you were telling us you were Wiccan.

Kevin

I never discuss religion on golf forums.

[AgowlSown]

I never discuss religion on golf forums.

I thought he was discussing spirituality. :-)

[iroxmxinau]

I have some friends up in Idaho, and Oregon who have 6 hole golf courses on their properties. They utilizes different tee boxes, and carries to get 18 holes. They built them originally for their own private use, but have since allowed some of the local folks to use them for a nominal fee. The only issue is safety, and they make sure not to let too many people on at one time.

I have heard about reversible courses, but have never played one as yet. I also remember reading about some of the original links courses in Europe were 9 hole reversible courses. Eventually they expanded into 18 separate holes years later.

[invasuant]

Apparently Pocantico Hills is one, but it's owned by the Rockefeller family and not open to the public. I read that it's the only 18-hole reversible course in NY.

[Beriilosal]

I played Goose River Golf Course (Rockport, Maine - http://www.gooserivergolf.com/ ) once. It has 9 greens, but 18 tee boxes. The 1st hole is a perfect example of how this works. The 1st tee is left of the clubhouse and from there the hole plays as a dogleg left par 5.

The 10th tee is right of the clubhouse and that hole plays as a relatively straight par 5. The 9th hole is a par 3 but the 18th hole is a par 4 (IIRC). There is one hole (6th/15th maybe) where the two tee boxes must be 150 yards apart and the hole plays as a dogleg left from one tee box and a dogleg right from the other.

While it isn't exactly like 18 different holes, it is better than just 9 holes. But what is really cool is the driving range across the street where they have an old junked car to aim at (120'ish yards, depending on where they have the tees).

dave

[hictchewisa]

When I worked in Idaho the course during winter months would play "FLOG". The tee markers are set up by the greens and the pins where put on the front of the tee box.
So instead of starting on number 1 you would start at #9 green and finish at #1 tee box. Made it so that we didn't get wear and tear on the frozen putting greens.

[singleGirl]

The Old Course at St. Andrews has been played in reverse on a regular basis (it used to be done one day each week) for many, many years (more than 100 years). I don't think it's done as often any more since play became so heavy on it, but It was a common way to play the same course and have it present a completely different look.

Most modern courses wouldn't work that way because of the distance between tees and greens, but a lot of older courses, especially the out and back type of links course, lend themselves well to such play.

[OlegSan]

Ive played 9 hole courses where the back 9 is the front 9 with different tee boxes.