This club has three nine hole courses that are played in three eighteen hole combinations Golf Digest rated this course as the 5th Best Public Course in the state for 1996 The Gray Hawk Course opened in 1996 and it has wider fairways than the older courses Hole 6 a 573 yard par 5 requires an approach shot into a narrow landing area with 200 foot tall trees bordering the fairway and green The Blackbird Course requires both accuracy and length in order to score well Hole 8 a 212 yard par 3 requires a tee shot onto a green that is virtually surrounded by water Shotmaker s need to hit the green or land well short to be safe This course has long demanding holes with plenty of water and sand bunkers protecting the greens and fairways Hole 4 a 557 yard par 5 plays into the wind and requires a tee shot over water and onto a long narrow fairway Reaching the green in two on this hole will require a pair of big shots