No. 4 and No. 15 at Pheasant Ridge, a public 18 hole course in Gibsonia, are par 3s of 199 yards apiece. The course calls a 4 a great score on the first of them, and on the 15th its tip is one more club off the tee so you don't come up short. No. 17 stretches to 212 yards, and the advice there is blunt: don't go right.
Your birdie look is No. 7, a 501-yard par 5, where the course suggests clubbing down from the fairway and using the bounce. The 18th closes at 401 yards, a par 4 with out of bounds left and an elevated green.
Joe DeCroo, a PGA golf professional, gives lessons. The pro shop carries tour balls, gloves, hats and sunglasses, and inside you'll find sandwiches, hot dogs, draft beer and a cigar humidor. Leagues and golf events round out the calendar.