Although the course is part of a private home community, it is open to the public at large. We welcome residents and visitors from the surrounding area as well as tourists visiting our beautiful corner of Columbia County from elsewhere. Get ready to enjoy a fun course with great conditions.

Our course, built in 1978, is located close to scenic Swan Lake, a sparkling glacier-made and spring-fed body of water that measures 8.5 miles all the way around. With large greens, several doglegs and exciting water holes, this fully irrigated course is designed for the most seasoned player as well as the beginner.

Our first hole is a dogleg right par-4 (343 yards from the back tees and 303 from the front). Watch out for a pond in the middle of the tree-lined fairway, about 200 yards off from the tee. You can hit your driver off the tee.

"But if you're a long hitter it's better to hit an iron up to the pond and then a short iron to the green. Pulling a driver out can get you in trouble."

On your second shot, it's going to be about 150 yards to a large elevated green with pines around the back to give it some definition. You'll find that all our greens are immaculate and beautifully manicured. In fact, they are some of the nicest greens you'll find in the area.

Our No. 2 is a dogleg left par-4 (338 yards from the back and 236 from the front) cut through a white pine forest. You need an accurate tee shot because trees line both sides of the fairway. After your tee shot, you'll be hitting into a green surrounded by pine trees.

Then it's on to the par-3 No. 3 (145 yards from the back and 127 from the front) where you'll be hitting over one of our ponds.

"The par-4 4th (414 yards from the back and 353 from the front) starts out very narrow with houses on your left and a pond on your right, so accuracy is the key on your tee shot." Water is in play if you don't hit a straight ball. "If you try to go over the pond, it's 250 yards or you're in the water. You need a driver off the tee on this one as it's completely uphill to the green."

The 5th is another par-3 (143 from the back and 123 from the front). You'll be hitting your shot to an elevated green with a pot bunkers in front and in the back left corner and a stacked sod bunker to the front left of the green. In back of the green is a wildlife area again.

Probably our most difficult hole is the dogleg left No. 6, a par-5 measuring 449 yards from the tips and 424 from the front. "The conservancy area is on the right-hand side and on the front right of the elevated green is a pond.

You can breathe a little easier on the par-4 7th, playing at 310 yards from the back and 235 yards from the forward tees. It's a fairly straight hole, but there is out of bounds area, pine trees and a highway off to the right. Bunkers guard the left side of the green.

Another straightaway hole is the 8th, a par-4 measuring 350 yards from the back and 316 from the front. But you're going uphill all the way to the elevated green.

Finish up with No. 9, a dogleg left par-4 (354 yards from the back and 292 from the front). Be accurate because this hole was cut through pine trees as well. "There is sand to the front right and back of the elevated green.

Once you've played our nine, however, you'll want to go around again playing 18 holes in all. Hit from another set of tee boxes for a different experience and challenge. The distance will differ and so will your angle on the second go-round.

If you play 18, it's a par-70 adventure with the total distance measuring 5,823 yards from the back and 4,830 yards from the forward tees.