Hole By Hole

This short par 3 is all about accuracy, or good lag putting. A well-struck short iron is required to find the correct pin area for a relatively simple finish. Missing the green will leave the golfer with a wide variety of pitches or bunker shots. 

This short par 4 provides the long hitter with a risk-reward opportunity to go for the green. Tee shots that miss the fairway on the right side will require the golfer to play a delicate pitch shot over a cavernous bunker. A more prudent play may be to choose a fairway wood or a long iron from the tee. 

This is an intimidating par 3 with water protecting the right side of the hole. Tee shots played too cautiously to the left of the green will end up in a series of hollows and bumps, leaving a difficult chip shot to the green. 

 

This long par 4 will play much shorter than it is. The fairway plays downhill to the landing area, allowing for maximum rollout on the shot. The second shot plays significantly uphill to a large green, with three surrounding bunkers to collect errant shots. 

This is a multi-optional, reachable par 5. The conservative route of play is to hit the tee shot to the wide, lower left side of the fairway. Then, place the second shot far enough along the fairway past the landform on the right. A short iron over a bunker to a narrow green is required. The aggressive play off the tee is to drive to the upper right side of the fairway, leaving a good view, angle, and downhill shot to the green. 

The tree line dictates the shots on this short par 4. A draw is required off the tee to hit a successful drive. The safe play is a three wood off the tee favoring the right side of the fairway. Then, hit a short- to mid- iron into the heavily contoured green. 

Drives hit near the fairway will leave the golfer with a better angle into the green and a much shorter shot than drives played well away from this hazard. Although this is a very large green, it plays much smaller with the front and left side of the green falling off sharply. 

This modest par 4 requires a well-placed tee shot that challenges the edge of the water in order for the player to avoid a blind approach shot. The green is tucked behind a large landform and will require accurate club selection to find the putting surface. Par is respectable on this hole. 

Two good, long shots are required on this par 4. The golfer may be deceived by the placement of the bunker guarding the front of the green, as it is 20 yards short of the putting surface. The golfer is cautioned to take enough club to get the ball all the wat to the green on the approach shot, as the hole may appear shorter tan it plays.

On this mid-length par 3, the left side of the green sits on the water. A small pot bunker comes into play for shots hit short and right of the green. The two-tiered green makes hitting the correct side of it critical. The back bunker will create an obstacle for golfers hitting over this green.

This unique par 4 doglegs around a hill and a hazard on the outside of the dogleg. The best tee shots will favor the center to the right center part of the fairway, leaving the best angle into the green. Beware of playing too far away from the water on your second shot, because this is the type of green where you can easily short-side yourself. 

This drivable par 4 is loaded with options. Favor the right side of the fairway for the best angle into the green.

This is a reachable par 5, depending on which fairway the golfer decides to drive to. Driving to the right fairway is the aggressive play because this is the shorter route to the green. If chosen, the second shot is a forced carry over water onto the green. Playing to the left side around the lake is the safe route, but it makes for a difficult third shot into the green. If the golfer decides to lay up on the second shot, the golfer should be very careful with placement; leaving 100 yards into the green is a much easier shot than leaving 50 yards!

Aim for the bunker in the middle of the fairway. A well-struck drive hit left of the bunker could find the water. The easiest access onto the partial punch bowl green is from the right side of the fairway. 

Under some conditions, a driver may be needed on this very long par 3. The green is extremely large and simply contoured, pitching from left to right. A very small pot bunker sits in front of the green to keep a rolling ball honest. 

This long par 5 is a straightforward hole that simply demands three long, bravely struck shots in order to get home. Water protects the entire left side of the hole but playing near it makes the hole shorter and easier. There is ample width in the fairway, allowing for all but the most errant shots to stay in the fairway. Playing safely the entire length of the hole simply makes for a long hole to play.