Par 5 – 515 yards
Ballyneal is one of the fabulous golf courses built this century. Cast among the endless chop hills in eastern Colorado, Tom Doak let Mother Nature direct him to create a flow of holes that match the tilt of the land. The texture of the fescues, sage and yucca are on display everywhere but especially on the par 5, 8th hole. The ripples and rolls from tee to green are tremendous as is the grand bunkering on the right side of the fairway and left short of the green. The green is on the wild side for Doak, which is saying something, and the practical play is to stay left as the green is terraced from left to right. Contour is king in great holes and the 8th at Ballyneal is a cavalcade of contour.