Owned and operated by NCGA (Northern California Golf Association), Poppy Ridge is a popular course for a number of NCGA related qualifiers. I played there for the second time in my short golf life on June 16th.
As beautiful as the course may appear to be, it’s a monster of a course. The tolerance level for any inaccuracy is so low that nothing but a perfectly executed shot has any chance of seeing a par for the hole.
Here is the 9th hole on Merlot - a par 5 with a severely elevated tee shot:
And the 9th hold of Chardonnay - another par 5 with hazard to the right and water to the left of the hole:
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