NEWCASTLE COUNTRY CLUB may surprise

Newcastle Country Club is one of those golf courses that may provide a pleasant surprise for golfers.

It’s a well-maintained hidden gem, board member, Christie Wornkey, said in describing the course that opened in 1966.

The Newcastle Country Club is a nine-hole course situated at the gateway to the Black Hills in the northeast corner of Wyoming.

With a community with a smaller population, it is easier to book a tee time that works for any golfer.

The course offers four sets of tees for all levels of golfers. Ladies tees, senior tees, and two sets of men’s tees to play from.

The course plays 3,464 yards from the longest tees and 2,641 from the shortest tees. Number 1 is the longest hole, measuring 490 yards from the longest tees, and 466 yards from the shortest tees.

Number 2 is the shortest hole

BY JASON GROSS BLACK HILLS PIONEER

measuring 130 from the blue tees, and 110 from the gold tees.

It’s a nice long challenging course.

Water is prominent on two holes, with a tree line featured on another hole.

Hole 5 is the course’s signature hole. This par 4 measures 300 yards from the blue tees, 273 yards from the red tees, and features the afore mentioned tree line. It’s the narrowest hole on the course.

If you don’t make the fairway, you could be out of bounds.

A creek runs through hole number 1 and number 4.

The Black Elk Pond has been added to our property in recent years. This is a public fishing facility, with the Wyoming Game & Fish Department stocking it. A Wyoming fishing license is required for adults.

Since Jan. 22, the past year the club expanded its driving range tee box, and added a chipping green for short yard-