Occupying a spectacular site on the banks of the Snake River, Francis L James laid out Blue Lakes Country Club in 1948 where the signature par three 6th hole drops 200 feet from tee to green.
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Occupying a spectacular site on the banks of the Snake River, Francis L James laid out Blue Lakes Country Club in 1948 where the signature par three 6th hole drops 200 feet from tee to green.
Blue Lakes
Occupying a spectacular site on the banks of the Snake River, Francis L James laid out Blue Lakes Country Club in 1948. It’s rare to find a par three rated the toughest on the card but that’s the case here with the 199-yard signature 6th, which drops 200 feet from tee to green.
The signature 6th hole earns most of the plaudits here but the 175-yard 15th also deserves a strong mention. Played downhill across Alpheau Creek, the tee shot must carry a series of little waterfalls on route to a shallow green that’s difficult to hit and hold.
Other holes of note include the 520-yard 2nd (where Bass Lake comes into play off the tee), the 405-yard 4th (doglegging left and slightly uphill to a long, narrow green), and the uphill 285-yard 11th, which features a rather unique, multi-tiered green.
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