then try to find a course that doesn't have at least one good hole

Today I gave my second golf lesson of the year. After the lesson, I decided to sling my clubs over my shoulder and play one of my favorite short "loops" at Nittany Country Club. - the 5th, 8th, and 9th holes.

Nittany Country Club is a small, private club in Central Pennsylvania. It has a Bellefonte (pronounced "bellfont") mailing address, but it ironically hides down a narrow road near one of the smallest post offices I've ever seen. (I should post a picture of it. I've seen golf course halfway houses larger than this post office!) Depending on who you ask, Nittany Country Club is either in Zion, Bellefonte or Mingoville. Small town, small golf course.

As I played the ninth hole today, I realized that this short, quirky 3000 yard golf course (that you play twice to play 18) features some holes that I really, really enjoy for their subtle challenges and unusual features.

• The first hole has an extremely wide fairway but an extremely narrow entrance to the green.
• The second hole has perhaps the smallest green I've ever seen.
• The third hole has two greens - a short uphill par five the first time, a short, severe dogleg right the second time.
• The fourth hole is a long par three looking down over the beauty of Central PA
• The fifth has perhaps the second smallest green I've ever seen. Half of it is sloped so severely it will never see a hole location.
• The sixth is a short par five that I just can't seem to reach in two.
• The seventh is a short par four featuring a very, very tight tee shot and a large tree to left about 100 yards out. (Its even named after a member who demands it's removal!)
• The eighth is a short par three with two triangular mounds framing the entrance of the green. They don't interfere with your shot - just your view of the green. Never seen anything quite like it.

The ninth is as good and as stern as any hole I've played anywhere. Large trees frame the tee shot on this uphill dogleg left that plays about 440 yards. Into a cool early spring breeze today, it took a solid drive, a punched four iron (yeah! I laid up!) and a short pitch with a lob wedge to earn my my two-putt five.

This hole makes me reminds me of something I've known for a while; It is very difficult to find a course, no matter how rural or "low-end," that doesn't have at least one really good hole on it. At Nittany Country Club, its the ninth!

Any comments about your favorite hole on your ordinary course?