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Hole 1 - Par 5, 480 yards, Handicap #11 - a
dogleg left Par 5 with trees both left and right off the tee. Play
left of the fairway bunker, on the right, 250 yards from the tee.
The 2nd shot must avoid a fairway bunker 100 yards left and short of
the green. The 3rd shot is to a large, undulating green with bunkers
left and right. A ball above the hole anywhere on this green makes
for a real adventure. Photos of Hole #1. |
Hole 2 - Par 4,
370 yards, Handicap #3 - a slight dogleg right with trees right
and OB left. There's a fairway bunker at the left corner of fairway
that will catch an errant tee shot. Green has bunkers short left and
right. Large, two-level green, approach shot must be played to the
appropriate tier to avoid a difficult putt. Photos of Hole #2. |
Hole 3 - Par 4, 415 yards, Handicap #1 - a
slightly uphill dogleg left that falls below the tee and then back
up in landing area, two bunkers at the left corner of the dogleg can
be driven for a shorter second shot to the green, but a ball in
either bunker makes par very difficult. A long second shot to a
green that slopes from back to front with bunkers short left and
back right. Photos of Hole #3. |
Hole 4 - Par 3,
170 yards, Handicap #15 - a good par 3 with another back to
front sloping green. This hole has a very deep bunker that guards
3/4 of the front of the green. An automatic bogey awaits if pin is
back and you're over the green. Best position is always below
the hole. Photos of Hole #4. |
Hole 5 - Par 4, 360 yards, Handicap #5 - a
dogleg left with trees all the way up left side and a fairway bunker
that guards the right corner. Must hit first shot from an elevated
tee short of bunker (235 yards from tee) and then short to mid iron
in to slightly elevated green. bunkers left and right and just short
of the large and flat green. Photos of Hole #5. |
Hole 6 - Par 3,
155 yards, Handicap #17 - a short par 3 with a green that slopes
away from the tee with bunker short right and back of green. When
the pin is tucked behind the bunker, very little chance to get it
close. Photos of Hole #6. |
Hole 7 - Par 4, 350 yards, Handicap #9 - a
straight away par 4 that is very narrow with OB left and trees left
and right. There's a fairway bunker 255 yards from the tee in the
middle right of fairway for the longer hitters to avoid. Second shot
must be kept below the hole on a green that slopes steeply from back
to front. There are also 3 bunkers, 2 right side, one left, which
must be avoided. Photos of Hole #7. |
Hole 8 - Par 4,
330 yards, Handicap #13 - a slight dogleg left that is very
narrow off the tee,with trees left and right and a bunker on the
inside part of dogleg. Second shot must avoid bunkers left and right
sides of green. Photos of Hole #8. |
Hole 9 - Par 5, 540 yards, Handicap #7 -
longest hole on course. Straight away with trees and OB left and a
large fairway bunker on the right in range off the tee. Another
fairway bunker at 60 yards short left of green must be avoided.
Another bunker 15 yards short right is very difficult and the bunker
left of the green is long, but not very wide, and no easy shot
depending on the pin position. Photos of Hole #9. |
Hole 10 - Par 4,
340 yards, Handicap #16 - straight away hole with trees left and
right of fairway and 2 bunkers right side of fairway to be avoided
on tee shot. Second shot must clear deep bunker in front of green
and stop quickly to avoid the bunker over green. Photos of Hole #10. |
Hole 11 - Par 4, 370 yards, Handicap #14 -
another straight hole with a very tall pine tree middle right of
fairway that the tee ball must avoid. OB left and more trees right
are also hazardous. Your short to mid iron second shot must miss
bunkers short left and right side of very big green. Photos of Hole #11. |
Hole 12 - Par 4,
405 yards, Handicap #2 - one of the best Par 4's in the state
that's a dogleg left with dense trees and OB left and right. Tee
shot must be placed right center to avoid fairway bunker down right
side. Second shot will play 200 yards slightly uphill and must be
hit like a laser between tall trees left and OB right to a green
surrounded by 3 bunkers. This hole will test
nerves! Photos of Hole #12. |
Hole 13 - Par 3, 170 yards, Handicap #12 -
signature Par 3 with water guarding front right of green and bunkers
left and right. Downhill hole that's a half a club less than
normal. Photos of Hole #13. |
Hole 14 - Par 4,
480 yards, Handicap #10 - straight hole that needs another
precise tee shot between tall trees and OB. Reachable for long
hitters with 2nd shot that must avoid a fairway bunker 65 yards
short right of green. Green is well bunkered, with one that is very
deep (front right) and slopes back to front. Photos of Hole #14. |
Hole 15 - Par 4, 395 yards, Handicap #6 -
another straight hole with trees left and right and one very large
tree 235 yards from the tee right in the middle of the fairway! The
drive must be placed one side or the other of fairway to avoid this
tree with your second shot. Second shot must also avoid bunkers
front right and middle left of very large green. Photos of Hole #15. |
Hole 16 - Par 3,
160 yards, Handicap #18 - trees surround the green with bunkers
short left and right and OB right that tests the tee ball on this
mid-range Par 3. Shots long and left are tough to get up and down. Photos of Hole #16.
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Hole 17 - Par 4, 380 yards, Handicap #8 -
slight dogleg right hole with trees all the way down left side and
partial right with OB right too. Very narrow hole that demands good
tee ball and second shot into a green that has 3 bunkers, 1 short
left, 1 short right (very deep) and 1 middle right of green. Green
slopes left to right that is very tough to read. Photos of Hole #17.
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Hole 18 - Par 4,
420 yards, Handicap #4 - very good finishing hole that is
straight away with trees left all the way to green and trees and OB
right all the way up. There is also a fairway bunker right side of
fairway and fairly deep, making second shots almost impossible to
reach green. Second shot must also miss bunkers short left and right
of green that are tough to save par from. Green slopes wickedly back
right to front left. Photos of Hole #18.
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A Brief History
Oakbrook's Golf Course was designed by Robert Brout,
Golf Course Architect, Toluca Lake, California. Jack Reimer, Golf
Course Architect, of Vancouver, BC, designed the greens.
Oakbrook Golf & Country Club opened for play in 1967. Known
as one of Western Washington's driest winter courses, it has an
abundance of fir and oak trees lining the fairways.
There are 56 bunkers on the course. Hole 13 is Oakbrook's
signature hole; 172 yard par 3 with an elevated tee. Water protects
the front of the green with bunkers on both sides of the green. Old
growth Douglas fir trees surround the hole, giving this signature
hole a very Northwest feeling.
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