An uphill challenge CORRECT
Sandtraps are not the only obstacles challenging golfers at Hole 9 on the Jack Nicklaus-designed Cordillera Summit Course.
Hole No. 9, Par 4
The Cordillera Summit Course
Edwards, Colorado
Championship Tees:
400—yards
Forward Tees:
245—yards
Hole 9 at Cordillera’s Jack Nicklaus-designed Summit Course presents several challenges, according to Brock Sloan, Cordillera’s director of golf. For one thing, the par 4 hole features an uphill fairway crossed by a wetland your drive must carry.
Following that, a large fairway bunker on the left must be avoided.
The hole’s 400 yards seem to play short, but the uphill and the well bunkered, multi-tiered green makes for a very challenging approach shot.
“It’s very demanding to hit the correct distance,” says Sloan. “You have to be very precise.”
Aside from its toughness, Hole 9 has another distinction. Because dens of bears have been sighted at the halfway house located here, and others have been observed just hanging around, the facility has been dubbed the “bear hut,” which seems appropriate since a Golden Bear designed the course.
Cordillera is a year-round resort community in Edwards and the Vail Valley. Among its amenities are three 18-hole golf courses and one 10-hole executive par 3 course. The par 72 Summit Course, situated at an elevation of 9,000 feet, is a Jack Nicklaus Signature Design Course that runs 7,530 feet.
For more information or to arrange tee times, call 970-926-5300 or visit www.cordillera-vail.com.
