Lazne Kynzwort Golf Resort, Czech Republic

They Say: "Golf Club Kynzvart is the youngest golf club in the Czech Republic's smallest region, which now has the most courses (10) relative to area and population. The club is located on the fringe of the Slavkov Forest, in the imaginary centre of the other courses, which are located within a 50km perimetre around Kynzvart. The two nearest golf courses are Bohemia's oldest one, with origins dating back to the times of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy - in Marienbad and in Carlsbad. Golf Club Kynzvart may not boast a long tradition, but it offers its members a role in creating it. The history of the club started between 2004 and 2008 when it was officially established and the construction of the course commenced. The architects used the features and characteristics of the castle and the neighbouring nature and, combining traditional and modern elements, created a varied parkland course."  

http://www.golfkynzvart.cz/en/

6620m (~7262Yds), Par 72, Slope ?

#1 short par 4, but there is a large tree and a large bunker pinching the landing area. . . in the sunshiny autumn glory this day I effortlessly hammered my drive over the trap with a power fade away from the tree. We (2-ball scramble) bladed our 2nd just over the green, 2putt par.

#2 medium par 4, a little downhill, very tight fairway . . . totally feeling my oats, intentionally hit a tight draw down the right side of the fairway . . . not to much trouble getting to the green, but that pin was on the edge of a hump that made birdie not happen.

#3 Long par 5 . . . not too much trouble on the drive, just stay in the fairway, but then we got confused by the meterage, and both hit 5irons into the water on the left . . . mine landed right of the water and just followed a hidden slope into the water . . . gad I was irritated.. . . from there another 5iron to the green and flounder to a 7.

#4 par 4-- so wide open I was guarding against the fan-slice, and hit it on a beeline at that hump on the right . . . our playing companions start to grouse about my expertise on the tee . . . 8^D . . . nobody ever notices how bad I putt, OTOH . . . not a real good approach, but up-and-down. . . 

#5 par 3. . . hashed a 5iron. . . over the water but . . .we tried to play this ball, even with the scramble drops, just impossible. . . double bogey . . . 

#6 par 5 . . . played left of those trees . . . many people cut the corner, but that's not fairway, it's rough, and deep in places . . .I didn't realize the hole played so short, and tried to hit a 5wood short of the water . . . 5iron woulda been better . . .  looking for my ball in the deep creekside rough was no fun, especially with our companions complaining about the speed of play . . . duuuuuude, we bin waitin' on you most of the time! . . . double bogey . .. should be simple drive, 5iron layup, and wedge.

#7 par 4  . . . too upset and hurried to get a photo of the tee . . .hit a good drive to the back side of the hump before the sandtrap . . . hit a weak 4iron at the left side of the green, short, then up & up & down for bogey.

#8 very short downhill par 3 . . . hit a half9iron to 3 ft and made the birdie.

#9 par 4 from the back tees is a fearsome t-shot . . . like 200m water carry . . . we didn't have that, we had this trick shot around the trees . . . hit a little halfdriver to the middle, then my partner hit a sparkling 7iron right at the pin, I tho't it might go in, but it wound up 20-odd ft past . . .then we 3jacked from there. . . oops.

 #10 par 4, kinda hairy looking tee shot -- mind games -- just a drive & pitch hole if you can get past that . . . 

#11 par 3, very little bailout room here, ob all down the right side, and tree trouble on the left. . . I hit a high 5iron counting on a fade onto the green, but it hit a tall pine solid . . we weren't sure where it went . . . bounced back 40 m toward the tee . . .chopped it up and 2putt bogey.

#12 par 5 . . .very tight landing area. . . downhill pinched by a w-i-d-e creek that crosses the fairway, not reachable, but playing on your mind planning the hole . . . trees, of course, and then some bunkering on the right . . . Hit a rope down the right side with no draw on it. . . straight into the bunker . . . hadda pitch out short of the bunker and try to go from there . . . 5iron/8iron 
from there . . . that elevated green is tough . . . 

#13 par 4, shortish, but a huge mass of bunkering on the right as the hole doglegs left around those trees . . . in my total confidence, I just slapped my drive over all but the last bunker on the right, just short of it --- whew --- just a shortiron from there, 2 putt par . . .kept thinking we'd get another birdie, but just couldn't really get close enough.

#14 par 4, not so much happening, just rail it straight down the right side, short iron onto the green and 2putt.

#15 par 4, likewise, don't remember at all . . .

#16 par 5, hit another good drive -- not well placed -- in that bunker on the right side. . . all day long worried about overhooking and just kept hitting it straight . . . hit a towering 9iron out of the trap, laying up short of what we tho't was the creek crossing the fairway . . . turned out to be covered in the fairway . . . just played safe from there, 150m out with water on the right side of the green . . layed up with a 7iron in the middle pitched on, then made an 18ft par putt. Nice when the strategic golf works out. . . 8^D . . .

#17 is another hairy t-shot for the first timer. . . Not knowing anything, I just hit a half driver down the left side. Turned out alright, left a half-wedge to the green, 2putt par.

#18 par 3 -- I really don't like par 3s to finish a 9, and especially not an 18 . . .hit a solid 5iron, pin high, into a bunker right of the green, behind that evergreen . . . both days . . . we used my partners ball w-a-a-a-a-y on the left side, off the green. Bogey . . .it was funny the next day, our competitors were in the same place, and made that 40m shot for a birdie. . . .

so:

#s 1,5,6,9 on the front, and 10,11,12,13,16,17,18 are all very good holes, if not great....
the par 3s are an excellent mix of challenges and distances.
the par 5s are a very good assortment of holes, with the challenges not on the t-shot so much, but more on the 2nd and approach shots, if you see how I mean . . . 
the par 4s are well-mixed, too, but there's a kind of sameness to several of them that could be better with more variety...

For the most part a mature course (despite it's newness) and if the trees grow in some on those bland par 4s it might move up on the scottsdale scale . . . I'd say a high 3 right now. . .