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Benson Park features traditional
parkland style golf course
 Benson Park Golf Course is your
traditional American public course with its open fairways, tall trees
and leg-stretching hills.
And for the price, it’s a great course to get
a round in without breaking your wallet.
The fairways are in good shape, and
generally bend around trees and bunkers, but still allow plenty
of room for the long hitters to unleash a power drive.
The greens are large, but sometimes tough
to read and won’t always give a smooth roll.
A closer
look
No. 3, a
510-yard par five from the middle tee, requires you lay-up in front of a
creek, then a long, second shot to a green guarded by a bunker. It makes
for a great challenge to get home in two.
Your length will really be tested
on No. 5, a dogleg left measuring 440 yards. The dogleg corner sits
right at the landing area, giving you plenty of angles to attack the
hole from, but an average drive could leave you with a 200-yard approach
shot.
No. 7, 8 and 9 feature some of the severe
changes in slope that add toughness to Benson Park. No. 7 plays up hill
on the second shot, No. 8’s tee shot is downhill toward a dogleg to the
right with water waiting, and No. 9 is uphill from tee to green.
 You begin the back nine with a
monster downhill
test where the green looks much closer than it is. It measures 410
yards, but still takes two good shots to reach the green.
No. 11 is a fun par 5 that starts with a
tee shot to the middle of a dogleg right, then a second shot through an
opening in the trees over a creek.
No. 12 is a short but narrow par 4 with
bunkers waiting in the landing area. No. 15 is a long par 5 (540 yards)
that plays downhill on the first shot, then over or near bunkers on the
second.
A blind tee shot starts to a fairway that
slopes from right to left starts No. 17, and it makes placement more
important than at most other holes.
The final hole features four sand traps in
the middle of the fairway, perfectly sitting to snag any drives that
would normally be considered great.
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