I have heard about Chabot Golf Course in Oakland, California and have always wanted to play it. Finally, Denise and I took a trip out of the Central Valley and took the plunge. I was not disappointed. What a great course.
I am not going to review the course here. I will save that for a full review at a later date. What I did want to share with you is the unique par six, eighteenth hole. I had heard of it but really didn't know what to expect. Unique is not quite the word to describe the hole.
As you drive into the course, you look off to your right at what appears to be a very high, totally green hill, mountain actually. At the end of this hill is a green and you notice a cement path crisscrossing the hill. On the path are small little munchkin movers-- oh, wait a minute they are golf carts. Those are golfers. They are playing a hole. This doesn't look like a golf hole, it looks like Lombard Street. This thing is steep and long.
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| Lombard Street. Notice the cart path. |
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| It's steeper than it looks. Wahoooooooo! |
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| It is all of 600 plus yards. Notice the cart in front of the green. |
I have a suggestion for the City of Oakland. Put a chairlift up the side of this hill and people can ski down it. That would help the City's budget crisis. It snows in Oakland about as often as the A's win the World Series or the Raiders win the Superbowl--I can say that because I am an A's fan. You can always rent snow making equipment. This is not a hill, it is a mountain. What a hole!
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