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Explore Fox Chapel's Golf Course Hole by Hole

Hole #1 - Away

Par 4 | Handicap 9/1

411

382

375

341

The start of the course begins with fairway side and cross bunkers on the left and right sides for the player to strategically navigate their opening tee shot. The opening hole gives all skill levels the advantage of placing the ball in the middle of the fairway. The second shot requires finesse to a Reverse Redan green moving from left to right.

Hole #2 - Punch Bowl

Par 5 | Handicap 17/9

458

448

412

397

Punch Bowl green is located in a natural hollow, allowing for three and a half sides of the green to be encroached with a bowl for the green. The short par 5 is open for a long tee shot with fairway bunkers along the right side and a spectacle bunker on top of the left side. Players will have a blind second shot to reach the green, avoiding a series of pot bunkers on the right.

Hole #3 - Eden

Par 3 | Handicap 11/15

195

159

140

100

Modeled after the 11th hole of St. Andrews Old Course; the par 3 green tilts from back to front with a significant false front on the left side. The tee shot is across Glade Lake and the green is surrounded by deep bunkers. Hole locations on the right offer longer tee shots but easier hole locations.

Hole #4 - Road

Par 4/5 | Handicap 3/17

480

434

412

367

A long tee shot is critically placed on the left with the second spectacle bunker located in the right fairway. This re-introduced, reverse road hole green rejects approaches to the right side. The best approach to the green is short left of the road hole bunker leaving a long, uphill putt.

Hole #5 - Cape

Par 4 | Handicap 13/5

335

324

281

231

The recaptured four-leaf clover green juts out toward Glade Run stream with a Lion’s Mouth bunker in front. Tee shots must carefully consider Glade Run. The slight dog leg fairway provides for a shorter, level iron approach for those who challenge the left side of the cape.

Hole #6 - Redan

Par 3 | Handicap 7/11

190

182

170

152

108

Iconic Reverse Redan green with deep bunkering on the left and right side and framed bunker is well short of the putting surface. The green slopes from left to right with a downhill tilt toward the back edge. A prominent spine runs through the middle, redirecting tee shots either left or right, depending on their landing point.

Hole #7 - Leven

Par 4 | Handicap 15/13

283

269

250

A drivable par 4. Fairway bunkers challenge the player wanting to lay up, while bolder play is over the cross bunkers, favoring the left side to avoid a blocked view of the green. From the right side, players face a blind second shot over raised chocolate drops guarding the recessed green's front.

Hole #8 - Knoll

Par 4/5 | Handicap 1/7

474

432

375

The second long par 4 on the front nine features a dramatically elevated green built with steep slopes on all sides. The putting surface features a back-right plateau. Shots mishit short left will collect to an expansive lower area of the fairway (Tom Watson’s top 5 par 4s).

Hole #9 - Lion's Mouth

Par 4 | Handicap 5/3

460

410

391

315

A pair of bunkers allow for shorter hitters to lay up, long hitters who carry the right bunker will have a short iron shot to the green. The Lion’s Mouth bunker is recessed in the front of the punch bowl-style putting green.

Hole #10 - Springhouse

Par 4 | Handicap 6/4

402

394

368

360

296

Springhouse presents challenges to the long hitter. Two cross bunkers and a long coffin bunker are positioned on the right side for players to avoid. A blind bunker on the left side is also in play. The multi-level green with false front is a challenge, requiring all shots to be hit the correct distance.

Hole #11 - Short

Par 3 | Handicap 18/18

181

156

138

121

This hole is an oasis of a putting green completely surrounded by sand. The short hole includes the thumb print in the middle of the green with plateau areas all around.

Hole #12 - Farm House

Par 4 | Handicap 16/12

344

321

311

257

226

Another Leven template, par 4 hole, named after the original barn located near the green. The hole’s fairway bunkers are positioned on the right side to make for a careful tee shot for any approach to the green. Most play is to the left side, requiring a shot over a high mound complex with bunkers surrounding the green.

Hole #13 - Corner

Par 4/5 | Handicap 2/16

422

415

407

354

The only dog leg right tee shot required at Fox Chapel Golf Club. The tee shot must negotiate the end of left-tilting fairway while also avoiding out of bounds and forest on the right. A mid-range iron shot to a right to left sloped green.

Hole #14 - Rodger's Field

Par 4 | Handicap 8/8

453

380

365

325

265

Rodger’s Field was the first airport in Allegheny County, positioned right next to the 14th hole. Additional teeing ground created a lengthy 453-yard par 4. There is a large two-level fairway to land the tee shot, with the fairway narrowing to the smallest green on the course and out of bounds on the right. A deep bunker protects the left side of the putting green. Two dead-straight shots are rewarded here.

Hole #15 - Maiden

Par 4 | Handicap 12/10

400

380

340

303

250

Maiden is 400 yards with a cross bunker to the right side, which the player must carry or land longer left, short of the second cross bunker. A small creek impinges left and then across the fairway. This Shinnecock like downhill fairway hole creates a challenging shot to an uphill plateaued green and a very deep front side bunker.

Hole #16 - Bottle

Par 4 | Handicap 4/2

475

412

366

325

Bottle is the most strategic complex on the course. The fairway gradually narrows on the left and right side, with three cross bunkers in the middle of the fairway. Ideal play is far along the right side short of the bottleneck; the left side is wider but is a more challenging second shot to the green. There are 13 bunkers on the hole with a cross/faux bunker 70 yards short of the green. A spine divides both left and right sides of the green.

Hole #17 - Biarritz

Par 3 | Handicap 10/14

229

217

185

129

Biarritz has a high teeing ground for the last and longest par 3 on the course with a good view of the largest green (85 yards long). The deep swale separating two large putting surfaces gives a challenge for the player hitting to either putting surface. The green is well covered by bunkers left and right and a framing bunker at the front side.

Hole #18 - Glade Run

Par 5 | Handicap 14/6

570

537

475

428

Glade Run hole is named after Glade Run Creek, which runs the length of the hole. This long home hole requires a straight and long tee shot, with two bunkers on the left side of the fairway and the Glade Run Creek running along the right side and crossing the fairway. The uphill par 5 reaches a deceptively subtle, right to left pitched green with crowned edges.