Chena Bend Golf Course. Ft. Wainwright, Alaska.

I think Chena Bend is a beautiful course, ranked 2^nd in Alaska a few years back. It continues to improve. Here are a few Photos of some of the holes. Yardage is from the white tee’s.

#2 A medium par 3 at 177 yards from the box. This hole has an OB along the road on the left, so don’t pull it. The airfield is just to the left of the hole, and it can get loud there when the fighters are visiting.

#4 A 505 yard par 5, which has an OB along the left side, and by the clubhouse parking lot on the right. This green is reachable in two, but look out for the fairway bunkers that guard the green, about 40 yards in front. View it from the dogleg here.

#7 Just a couple of shots of the green here to show you how the surface looks.

#9 Yet another one of the par 5 on the course. This one is short and easily reachable in two at 497 yards. The only real hazard is the woods off the box on either side. Or if your 2^nd shot drifts right it could be behind some trees in the fairway of #4. Here is the shot over a small hill by the fairway bunker that captures a lot of big hitters.

#12 One more par 5 which is the longest on the course from the whites at 520 yards. You will want to play it to the right half of the fairway to get this view of the green, but watch out for those trees, they are thick.

#13 Is a dogleg left par 4 on which the fairway necks down and has fairway bunkers at around 220 yards, but a good tee shot will give you this view of the green.

#14 Is a 175 yard par 3 with the Chena river on the left side. Guarded by a trap left and right of the green, it is not a real difficult par three. The river is OB instead of a lateral water hazard. Here is another closer view.

#18 Is a dogleg right par four which is protected with a pond on the right, and bunkers left and right. It is up hill and plays into the wind on most evenings, which makes par a very good score here.

There you have some of the holes for Chena Bend. I will try to take some of North Star Golf Club in a week or two. It is an interesting links style course, with small hard greens on one side and larger slower greens on the other.

Hope you enjoyed this.

“Lati”