Hole #1
Par 4 382 Yards
Approach is much easier from the left, where you can see the green better and you are hitting away from trouble … but the left is a hard place to get to, especially from the back tee.
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Hole #2
Par 4 490 Yards
This hole will play 100 yards shorter downwind than into the wind, when it’s a three-shotter for many players. Try to drive to the left-center. For the approach, the right distance is paramount, as the green is very deep.
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Hole #3
Par 3 145 Yards
A very short three with the green in a natural bowl. Green tilts away to the back right, so hedge to the left of the hole, and stay out of that back bunker at all costs.
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Hole #4
Par 5 573 Yards
Reachable in two for some players, but it will take two perfect shots. Lesser mortals should lay back to the left side of the fairway with their second shots, unless they can chase one up to the foot of the green.
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Hole #5
Par 3 165 Yards
The bank at the left front of the green is the most severe hazard here. Just make sure you carry the pot bunker in front, and take your chances from the back of the green.
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Hole #6
480 Yards Par 4
The longest and toughest par 4 on the course; into the wind, you should be content to get up short of the green in two and try to save par with a chip and a putt. Very tricky green … if the hole is on the left you can use the slopes to your advantage, but when it’s top right you just have to play a precise shot onto the plateau.
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Hole #7
Par 4, 352 Yards
Lots of players are tempted to drive it up in front of this green, but it’s easy to leave yourself with an awkward distance and a bad angle. A safe tee shot to the right lets you use the bank at the left side of the green to contain your second shot and bank it back close to the hole. The bank can also come in handy on recovery shots from anywhere to the right of the green.
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Hole #8
Par 5 515 Yards
This fairway narrows to hourglass dimensions at just over 300 yards from the tee, so even when it’s reachable in two, pulling driver takes on some risk. The safe play to the green is to stay left of the flag, since most of the green is terraced up from left to right.
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Hole #9
Par 4 362 Yards
Another hourglass fairway … the main thing is just to get the ball in play off the tee with whatever club makes you happy. The green is generally receptive although there are two very tough hole locations, at the very front and on the back right shelf.
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Hole #10
Par 4 509 Yards
There is a hidden bit of fairway on the upper right for aggressive drivers, but be sure you’re on the right tee to make that carry! Many players will have a blind or semi-blind second shot from the hollow on the left; keep the shot on line and you’ll be fine.
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Hole #11
Par 3 200 Yards
A strong one-shotter to a high plateau green. NEVER miss left of the green, as there is a 20-foot drop on that side. This is the only green where I ran the bulldozer myself, so you can blame me if you misread the putt.
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Hole #12
Par 4 375 Yards
One of my favorite holes on the property. A good tee shot (not necessarily a driver) will hug the left side of the fairway for a better angle and a better view … if you leak to the right you’ll be playing the second from a deep hollow. This is a WILD green and it’s important to know where the flag is … the left-hand hole locations are in a hollow and it should be easy to miss to that side, but keeping the ball on the right-hand plateau takes a very good shot.
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Hole #13
Par 4 510 Yards
There are acres of fairway here, but you’d like to drive it down the left if possible, because half the green is hidden behind a front right-hand bunker and it’s very difficult to get to that side from the right of the fairway … in fact you probably should just play to the left of the green from over there.
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Hole #14
Par 4 362 Yards
This is the simplest looking hole on the course, but it’s an awkward length and a very small green, and you can find a lot of trouble if you get aggressive with it. I’ve seen several players drive it within 50 yards of the flag but leave their second shots in the hollow to the right and make 5, or worse.
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Hole #15
Par 3 237 Yards
A big par-3 in a big setting. The saddle of fairway between the bunkers is deceptively about forty yards short of the green … if you carry just past that, the ball will usually scoot down to the front part of the green, effectively reducing the length of the hole. Or, you can just try to hit a hybrid club into the back of the green, where most shots will feed to the left unless you hold up on the right-hand plateau.
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Hole #16
Par 5 546 Yards
A hole with two different strategies depending on the wind and the tee you’re playing. From the back it’s usually a three-shotter, and the key is picking the right line for your second shot over the big ridge on the inside left of the dogleg. If you’re playing up a tee, the hole can be very reachable in two, but a bold drive down the left side makes all the difference.
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Hole #17
Par 4 481 Yards
My other favorite hole on the course, this is just a glorious long two-shotter. The fairway has an upper deck on the left and a valley on the right side … the ideal tee shot will split the difference and get around the corner. The approach shot should be played to the left front, so it can take the slope at the front of the green just as it expires.
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Hole #18
Par 4 463 Yards
It may look obvious now, but we moved the tee and green a couple of times before we figured this hole out. The drive is open, but it will swerve away to the right if you stray right of center, leaving a longer approach. The green is quite steep from back to front, more so than any on the course, so beware the pace of your putt … nobody likes to three-putt the last green.
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