I've played the Campus Course a few times recently, and wanted to voice my thoughts. I'll start by saying that I'm very happy to have a much-improved centerpiece to the city. It was badly needed and from most angles, looks great.
The bunkers and nicely rolling topography make it plenty fun. The downhill par 5 1st is just awesome, and I also really like the par 4 11th, 12th, and the brutal but fair 18th.
I won't talk about the conditioning at this point, as it is probably not fair to judge yet. But I have three legitimate gripes.
1) Why oh why did they think it was a good idea to build NINE straight par-fours?
2) The par threes are very weak and monotonous. the 2nd, 14th, and 16th are all in the 180-200 yard range. The 4th is a little better at ~160 yards. It seems pretty obvious that every good course should have par-3's of varying length, but that idea is somehow lost.
3) The course, since it is surrounded by loud, busy streets on all sides, was never going to be a real charmer. But the gas-powered golf carts, concrete retaining walls, and rather ugly water hazards definitely don't help things.
I'm sure the course has been discussed a ton, but I hadn't heard these particular criticisms yet.
The bunkers and nicely rolling topography make it plenty fun. The downhill par 5 1st is just awesome, and I also really like the par 4 11th, 12th, and the brutal but fair 18th.
I won't talk about the conditioning at this point, as it is probably not fair to judge yet. But I have three legitimate gripes.
1) Why oh why did they think it was a good idea to build NINE straight par-fours?
2) The par threes are very weak and monotonous. the 2nd, 14th, and 16th are all in the 180-200 yard range. The 4th is a little better at ~160 yards. It seems pretty obvious that every good course should have par-3's of varying length, but that idea is somehow lost.
3) The course, since it is surrounded by loud, busy streets on all sides, was never going to be a real charmer. But the gas-powered golf carts, concrete retaining walls, and rather ugly water hazards definitely don't help things.
I'm sure the course has been discussed a ton, but I hadn't heard these particular criticisms yet.