Thanks all for commenting.

Enjoyed my round, Mike, and appreciate you getting the Upper Course out so we can go to Baltusrol and play 36 holes! I found the course fair, rough was appropriate to the quality (or unquality...) of the shot, and I found the greens to be easy to read, if not all that easy to putt at times. Thanks so much for the Upper Course, and your whole body of work, we probably don't deserve what you've given us.

Almost a month after releasing his Baltsurol GC Lower 2025 course, MSR Golf offers us the Upper version, again very pretty to look at, but quite different and challenging in his own ways, with plenty of elevation changes, slanted fairways, blind shots and quite a few tricky sloped greens to deal with.
Just like on the Lower course, this par 72 offers you an eagle opportunity on the dogleg right par-5 1st hole, with a blind and uphill tee shot landing down onto the fairway, followed by an uphill approach to an elevated green, before moving on to another dogleg right hole, the par-4 2nd, where, after a blind and downhill tee shot landing onto a fairway, sloping from right to left, you will have to hit your second shot toward a slightly-elevated green.
After the par-3 3rd hole, with only deep rough between the tee box and the green, and the straight par-4 4th, uphill all the way and with a heavily-slanted fairway (sloping from right to left), you will face the dogleg right par-4 5th, with a blind and steeply-downhill tee shot, followed by another blind approach to reach the green.
Two easier holes follow with the dogleg left par-4 6th, again uphill all the way and with a tee short over a tiny meandering creek, flowing across the fairway near the tee box, and the straight par-3 7th, needing a blind and downhill tee shot to land onto the green, unlike the dogleg right par-5 8th, steeply uphill and with another blind tee shot, and four bunkers guarding the entrance of the green.
A small lake (with a fountain) comes into play on the straight par-4 9th hole, with a tee shot over it, before starting to head home, with the par-3 10th hole, along trees (on the left) and slightly-uphill all the way to the green, surrounded by seven bunkers and offering a nice panoramic view.
You will then face the long (around 625 yards) dogleg par-5 11th hole, slightly-uphill all the way and with an undulating green, impossible to reach on your second shot (set slightly to the left, and surrounded by five elongated bunkers), before walking over to the straight “down-and-up” par-4 12th, with four more big bunkers around the green.
After the dogleg right par-4 13th hole, with a blind tee shot over a big pond and trees (on the right) to shorten the distance to the green, and the par-4 14th, with a blind and uphill tee shot landing down onto a sloped fairway (right to left), and a downhill green, you will enjoy the last par-3 hole, the 15th, downhill all the way to the green, partially hidden by trees (on the right).
The last three holes are straight, starting with the par-4 16th, wide open and uphill all the way, followed by the par-5 17th, similar to the 16th but with a green, hard to reach on your second shot (unless you have a strong tail wind !), before completing your round with the par-4 18th, with a tee shot landing onto a slanted fairway (sloping from left to right) and a green, set next to a pretty stone clubhouse.
Overall, with its pristine two-tone fairways and very hilly layout, this par 72 is a nice complement to the Lower version. But, in the end, while it is once again very well designed by MSR Golf, I prefer the Lower course, visually more appealing with its water hazards...

TY Rob.