Review: Eagles Crossing Golf Club (Part 2)

It's time to check out the back nine at Eagles Crossing, go here to see the front.

The tenth hole is by far the longest par 4 on the course, playing a hefty 440 yards. There's a bunker left and a line of trees (with the fifth on the opposite side), but that bunker is pretty close and not difficult to carry with a driver. A good drive will leave a mid iron slightly uphill to a narrow green sharply sloped from back to front. It's definitely a tough hole, though hardly an interesting one.

The tenth hole.

Approaching the tenth green.

The tenth green.

The eleventh hole is a shortish par 4 at 365 yards, with the tee shot playing downhill to a narrow fairway with dense forest right and scattered trees left, along with a fairway bunker that, like the previous hole, is easily carried. It doesn't even come into play if you use a fairway wood, which is the smartest choice. The hole is short and a wood will still leave you with a wedge for the second shot. The green is on the smaller side and protected by a single bunker front right.

The eleventh hole.

Approaching the eleventh green.

The eleventh green.

The twelfth hole is the longest hole at Eagles Crossing, playing 555 yards to a narrow fairway pressed hard against O.B. mere feet from the right side. The left side is relatively open, but it's the second shot where things get complicated. Starting about 150 yards out, a cluster of dense trees cuts in from the left, narrowing the playing corridor down to something like 20, maybe 25 yards, and the fairway doesn't widen out at all until you're about 50 yards from the green. That is not an easy gauntlet to negotiate; of course, you can lay up short, but then you're looking at a mid iron third shot. That doesn't feel good either. Anyway, whatever you do decide, the green is fairly shallow and tilted from back right to front left, with bunkers in front and behind.

Ultimately, it's not the strategy itself I mind, but the execution. The idea of presenting a hazard in the lay-up zone of a long par 5 is sound and can work, forcing you to either challenge the obstacle or settle for a long approach. Here, the penalty for failure is too severe. If you're even slightly off on the second shot, you're looking at a lost ball, and that is no fun. If it were bunkers in similar positions to the tree lines, this hole would be fine.

The twelfth hole.

Approaching the twelfth green.

The twelfth green.

The thirteenth hole is the shortest hole on the course, playing 145 yards to another relatively shallow green. This green is very sharply tilted from back to front, and there's a single bunker guarding the front left. Honestly, all this hole needs is a bit of tree pruning (the left hole location you see below is 100% obscured by overhanging tree limbs) and it's fine. It's a shame the sixth and the last par 3 on the course are so terrible, because this hole and the third are honestly okay.

The thirteenth hole.

The fourteenth hole is 370 yards and plays to a narrow fairway framed on all sides by dense forest. The fairway also runs out about 215 yards from the tee, making a long iron (or fairway wood for the shorter hitters) mandatory. I suppose one could try to fly the trees and cut the corner; I think the carry is doable, but I've never seen it done so I don't know if it's actually possible. For most, the second shot will be a short iron to a long, narrow green with multiple tiers.

The fourteenth hole.

Approaching the fourteenth green.

The fourteenth green.

The fifteenth hole is a short par 4 at 310 yards, though since it plays uphill I doubt too many people are reaching the green in under regulation. The ideal tee shot is out to the right, which will leave yourself a direct line up the axis of the green, which is tucked into a small amphitheater and has a lot of back to front slope to it. Especially at the front; if you miss this green long you have to be very careful with the chip back down the hill. 

The fifteenth hole.

The fifteenth green.

The sixteenth hole is 190 yards and plays steeply downhill to a peninsula green jutting out into a pond, with water in front, left, and right, and two bunkers behind. This is not a hole I particularly enjoy, though I suppose it is easier than the seventh. At least here the green is relatively large and you can miss long safely. The chip down is tricky since the green slopes from back to front, but not impossible. If it were 150 yards, this hole would be fine, but 190 is a little too long.

The sixteenth hole.

The sixteenth green.

The seventeenth hole is a mid-length par 4 at 385 yards, playing uphill to a fairway that bends left to right around a cluster of three bunkers. Obviously carrying those bunkers gives you a shorter second shot, but beyond that there's no real strategic advantage to challenging them too closely. The second shot is a wedge or short iron up the hill to a medium-sized green with a single small bunker front right.

The seventeenth hole.

Approaching the seventeenth green.

The seventeenth green.

The eighteenth hole is a long 550-yard par 5 that plays from a commanding viewpoint at the top of the property's central ridge. Unfortunately, that long view is pretty much everything the hole has to offer. The playing corridor is a million yards wide with the two bunkers within reach on the tee shot doing little besides simply being there. If you can reach the green in two, there are two bunkers in front to challenge you, but for most, the second shot is a simple matter of moving the ball forward. The green is a little tricky, but nothing particularly memorable. It's just a boring hole all around.

The eighteenth hole. Way to waste a commanding vista with the lamest hole imaginable.

Approaching the eighteenth green.

The eighteenth green.

I played Eagles Crossing twice in 2025, so clearly the answer to "would I play this course again" is yes. However, much like Maple Run last month, that has more to do with geographic convenience and a relatively empty tee sheet than anything else. Really, Maple Run and Eagles Crossing do sort of fall into the same general class of golf course: They're not good, but they do definitely offer things for me to write about. The worse thing a golf course can do is be boring, and for the most part Eagles Crossing is very far from boring. That seventh hole is certainly something else, and the tee shot on 9 will continue to irritate me for years to come. 

However, I can't bring myself to fully hate this place. When you charge me less than $30 for 18 holes and get me around in a little over 3 hours, particularly post pandemic, you can get away with a lot. Would I recommend it to others? Hell no. It's an absolutely baffling, often very annoying and stupid golf course. But sometimes all I want is a place to play golf at a quick pace, and Eagles Crossing can offer that.