Oakridge Country Club

Oakridge Country Club is on Shepard Lane in Farmington, Utah.  It has hosted the Utah Open several times, the Utah State Amateur and years ago the Utah Open when it was on the PGA tour.  It is a green, lush course, with many trees.  There are lakes on 6 holes.  Here is a brief description of each hole.  All yardages are based on the white tees.

1.   Par 5 499 yards.  This is a straight hole with bunkers on the right and trees on both sides of the fairway.  It was a pretty opening hole.  The green is well bunker with subtle breaks.

2.   Par 3 177 yards.  This par 3 has a brand new bent grass green with intimidating breaks in some areas of the green.  There is no sure thing when putting from 4 feet on some fringe areas.  It is well bunkered with out of bounds on the left.

3.   Par 4 367 yards.  This is a little tamer than it use to be.  The windstorm in Dec 2011 took out some dastardly trees on the right hand side of the fairway.  Straight away hole, bunkered green with out of bounds on the left hand side.  Slopes fairly well from back to front.  Do not skull a shot into this green over the back.  It could get wet.

4.   Par 4 391 yards.  A dogleg right with trees on the left and right.  If you are in the trees it is usually tough to par.  Fairway bunker on the left and left side green bunkers.  Small creek on the right can eat some balls.  A par feels good here.

5.   Par 3  160 yards.  This is a pretty par 3, elevated tee, over the lake onto a well bunkered green.  Usually an fairly straightforward par hole;  hit it straight, you have your par.

6.   Par 5  490 yards.  The drive must clear the lake, go up to the top of a hill.  Right side fairway bunker can be trouble.  Dogleg left with trees right and left.  Well bunkered green with a good slope on it.

7.   Par 4 377 yards.  A bunch of trees on the right, do not go there.  A drive to the left is no picnic either.  A good slope from back down to the front with 2 to 4 foot breaks on some putts.

8.   Par 4 358 yards.  A dogleg right, with trouble if you clunk a drive left and an ornery bunch of scrub oak on the right.  Bunkered green with strong breaks makes par here feel good.

9.   Par 4 421 yards.  This is the #1 handicap hole from the whites.  The tee shot must clear the lake and stay out of the trees.  Drives of 250 and greater make this hole easier, but 200+ approach shots are common.  Bunkers on the right side and a steep slope away from the green on the left.

10.  Par 4 384 yards.  This hole has a pond on the right and a fairway bunker which saves many shots from feeding into the pond.  This hole has a brand new green also.  It is large, well bunkered and has subtle breaks.  Trees on the left can play havoc with tee shots and approach shots.

11.  Par 5 528 yards.  This is a slight dogleg right hole.  Trees right and left are trouble.  A large bunker in the right fairway area 100 yards or so from the green is not an inviting location to be.  Large bunker left green side can be gnarly.  This green, with some flagstick locations be akin to putting on a turtle's back.

12.  Par 4 370 yards.  This is a slight dogleg left, trees right and left about 200 yards out can spoil a good drive.  Bunkers right and left.  Fairly straightforward green with reasonable breaks.   Do not slice it big right on this one.

13.  Par 3 158 yards.  This hole is tougher than it looks.  Bunkers front right and left and back along the left side.  Out of bounds right if a wickedly sliced shot is produced.  There are some interesting areas on the green with breaks of 6+ feet experienced.

14.  Par 4 408 yards.  Standing on the tee, aim for the house with the white patio.  A creek on the right side magnetically attracts balls to the right.  A bunch of trees on a shot to the left make par just about impossible.  Bunker on the right front.  This is a wicked green if you are above the flagstick.  A front flagstick can see putts go off the green.

15.  Par 3 167 yards.  Over a lake to a well bunkered green.  There is out of bounds right and left with a well sloped green.  There are some pretty big breaks when putting from top to bottom and vice versa.

16.  Par 5 533 yards.  This is the longest par 5.  It doglegs left with ponds on the right and left sides from 150 yards in or so.  A poor shot left off of the tee is tough to recover from.  A parabolic shot to the right is no treat either.  A good second shot allows a nice approach shot into the green.  Big hitters reach this one in 2 as is possible on all the par 5's.  Right side bunker with a big tree by it can be a hindrance.

17.  Par 4 427 yards.  This is the #2 handicap hole.  It is a straight par 4.  No real problems except the trees on the right and left side.  There is a bunker on the right front.  Here is a tip, DO NOT GET ABOVE THE HOLE WITH YOUR APPROACH.  This is considered the most difficult putting surface on the course.  A down hill putt, if at all aggressive can pass the hole by, oh, 20-30 feet.  I've seen it and done it.

18.  Par 4 366 yards.  This is a lovely hole with an elevated green, over a creek with a right side fairway bunker.  The 2011 windstorm thinned out a bunch of trees on the left so a shot there still has a chance when in years prior it was pretty much death over there.  Nice green.  It breaks towards Lagoon usually.

There you have it.  I did not proof read this so any typos are, well typos..