Course: Thunderbird Hills - South
Location: Huron
Directions: Right off Rt. 2, at Rt. 13. About an hour from Akron, 30 from Cleveland
Dewsweeper Tee Time Was: 645AM
Conditions: Perfect
Thunderbird Hills Website
This week, we took a bit of a drive, be it an easy one, to play a golf course that is not an easy one. Thunderbird Hills South is the second 18 hole course on the Thunderbird complex. The North Course in on the opposite side of Rt. 2. It is also a great place to play, as it is the older of the two courses.
The South is of moderate length and by looking at the card you would think this is not that tough of a track. You would be wrong. The South has tons of rolling fairways for uneven stances, very tight rough that is very undesirable to hit out of. Seemingly billions of growing pine trees lining many fairways. There is some sand at some greens, and actually very little water hazards. But the greens on this day were amazingly fast, and borderline perfect for getting the ball to roll. The breaks on the green were many, and tough too. They were releasing well, in fact probably a bit too well.
Joe Red got off to a bad start by getting a bad double bogey on number one, a par 5. But then a nice birdie on 2, and some very consistent play gave him a nice 41 on the front after a shaky start. Red hit the ball as well as he has all year long. Few mis hits but his putter helped him out as he really took advantage of the fast greens, and the ball got to the hole time after time. A nice 43 on the more difficult back, and a nice 84 on the day. Especially since this is a tough course from tee to green,
Beef also shook off a rough start on 1, and battled back nicely. Beef tossed in a birdie on 7, and then again on 14 and that really helped. Beef battled all day long, as nothing seemed to come easy, but a the end of the round, he hung in there and didn't let things get away from him. Going 43/42, for a nice 85 on the day. We all battled on this day, the course was really tough.
Tex had "rough" trouble most of the day, and showed why it's best to stay out of it. Tex overall did not play badly, but he did what all of us do. He had a few "blow up" holes. Been there? Tex had 3, but other than that he hung in there and played pretty well, including making 8 putts. 8 1-putt holes really helped. But the blow ups stung, Tex went 48/50. Hard to recover from 3 bad numbers.
I played a ton of irons and overall kept the ball in play. I had no real control over my driver today, hit 3 of them horribly. So I put it away for today. The story of my round was the throwaways. I gave away shots on 1, 2, 5, 6, 12, and 14. I was in great position on all these holes and could not get the ball in the hole. Completely dropped the ball. I went 43/42 for an 85, but from where I was on the course for much of the day? Should have been better. Those are 6 shots I should have had. Gotta improve on that.
Course highlights? 3, is a brutal par 3, 170 yards, water all down the right, with a sand protected green that rolls, with woods long. 9 is long and tough par 4 with water at the landing area. 10 with same water on drive, and uphill all the way par 5. 11, long par 4, over a creek, uphill. And 18 toughest hole on the course. Par 4, 425, with water, uphill, downhill and just flat out long.
This is a phenomenal golf course that is certainly worth the drive from wherever you are. This is a relatively new course and it gets better every time we play it. To make it really worth your travel, play 36. Play the North and the South with lunch in between. Both are very different, and really nice. This is a great place to play. Great service too.
Scores
Joe Red - 84
Beef - 85
Wynn - 85
Tex - 98
Next week we return to Fox Den in Stow! We played there in April, but the rain came, so we look forward to playing it with no rain. You can also play Fox Den for a great discount when you buy the WQMX Golf Deals Card
There are also some of the other courses we have recently played and reviewed.
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