Short, lots of birdie opportunities, nice trees, historical value.

Long waits on each teebox, 6 hour rounds of golf.

Ah, Lions, home of the 6 hour round...it could be 35 degrees and it would still take you 5 hours to get around. Lions is an in-town, short, tree-lined "parkland" style course that is fun to play. For the long hitters numbers 9, 10, 11, and 18 are all driveable par 4s. This story has been told a million times, but here but it is anyway: Ben Hogan played an exhibition match here with Harvey Penick and Morris Williams. Hogan found hole #7 (now #16)challenging so now it is known as "Hogan's Hole." It's a tight par 4, not too long. You play a position shot with a long iron or 3-5 wood down to a small pond that has a small landing area. You can throw only 3-4 blankets on the flat landing areas - the rest is steeply sloped downhill. Trees are left, and trees and hardpan are right. Then you hit uphill -- about 130 yards -- to a very shaded green. Play #16 and Lions once so you can say you have. Story has it that Crenshaw's "Little Ben" putter was purchased out of the used club barrel in the Lions pro shop.

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Can't hit your woods on the range. Some of those range balls have been around since Kite and Crenshaw teed it up here as young lads.