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Beals Creek — Hole #10: Par 5

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From either of the back-right boxes, there are a couple routes you can take to reach the second fairway.  Some looks let you just blast a high-teed driver straight over the trees.  If you need more distance, you can turn left and play a high A1 drive.  But you should also consider turning right and […]


Beals Creek — Hole #11: Par 4

By • Updated: Aug 3rd, 2019 • Category: Beals Creek

From the original tee boxes, this one is always drivable but you’ll notice considerable differences in distance.  Shorter looks, or looks with a tailwind, only require a medium-teed driver with backspin.  Longer looks call for a high tee where you blast a driver. In most all cases, you’ll want to aim for the stretch of […]


Beals Creek — Hole #12: Par 3

By • Updated: Apr 27th, 2019 • Category: Beals Creek

There are two shorter boxes and one or two longer boxes that can play almost 300 yards.  This is a tougher green that definitely brings water into play, more so as you see the pin tucked away in the front or right.  You can attack this pin more with the flag on the left. From […]


Beals Creek — Hole #13: Par 5

By • Updated: Apr 27th, 2019 • Category: Beals Creek

You’ll almost always be using a high tee to safely blast into the second fairway for an open approach shot. However, from the right tee box, there’s an area of rough to the right of the grove of trees that can be an option too depending on wind and pin. There’s a new tee box […]


Beals Creek — Hole #14: Par 4

By • Updated: Apr 27th, 2019 • Category: Beals Creek

Some looks let you go straight at this green…it depends what kind of line you have and how lofted a club you can use.  From the back box, here’s a high-teed 5W over the top to a back pin.  And this high-teed 3W easily clears the right side of the trees to a right pin. […]


Beals Creek — Hole #15: Par 5

By • Updated: Aug 3rd, 2019 • Category: Beals Creek

As usual, your first option is to blast out into the second fairway, towards the left side over the sand.  This offers you a clean approach.  The rough here isn’t awful either as long as you have a straight shot in, because you’ll still have enough distance.  Here’s an 8W hole-out from there. There are […]


Beals Creek — Hole #16: Par 4

By • Updated: Apr 27th, 2019 • Category: Beals Creek

Most looks have you floating a high-teed wood over the trees into the green, especially from the back boxes.  With a tailwind, you can even get by with a medium-teed 6W so that you can use backspin.  Here’s one with the medium-5W that made it straight over with backspin to a back pin. From the […]


Beals Creek — Hole #17: Par 3

By • Updated: Apr 27th, 2019 • Category: Beals Creek

For a 17th hole par 3, this one usually plays pretty easy.  The only issue might be a gap in clubs where you have to use a tee to adjust.  When in doubt, the center of the green is a big landing area! From the front-center box, here’s the same distance and two very different […]


Beals Creek — Hole #18: Par 4

By • Updated: Apr 27th, 2019 • Category: Beals Creek

Usually I’d say you need to be careful thumbing any shot where you’re clearing a wall with water in front, but because this shot is often a more-lofted 5W or 6W anyway, thumbing is not a bad option, especially with a tailwind.  And tailwinds are what present the most trouble here…just make sure your worst […]


Sandhill Woods — Golden Tee 2019

By • Updated: Dec 29th, 2018 • Category: Sandhill Woods

Here are some early screenshots of the course!  Here is the official preview of the new 2019 Pinebluff, North Carolina course. “It’ll require back roads and a map to get there—your GPS will do you no good here—but Sandhill Woods offers golfers something they treasure—spectacular, immaculate tranquility. Although the town of Pinebluff, North Carolina is only 2.4 square […]


Sandhill Woods — Hole #1: Par 4

By • Updated: Apr 13th, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

As tough as this course can play sometimes, you’ll appreciate looks where the first hole is drivable — you might only have 370 or so from the front box, allowing you to take a high-teed driver right at the green.  Here’s an ace right at it.  Here’s another one from 400+ at a different angle […]


Sandhill Woods — Hole #2: Par 4

By • Updated: Apr 20th, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

A 0-hybrid is a fantastic club to have here…from longer looks, you can hit medium tee or low tee and curve it around the trees with something like a B3 with backspin for an eagle putt.  It’s definitely one where you improve with practice but you gain more control by not having the ball in […]


Sandhill Woods — Hole #3: Par 5

By • Updated: Apr 13th, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

There are many different ways to play this one depending on the tee box.  From the front-right box, it’s often a great play to the sand straight ahead…there’s a large opening between two bunches of trees allowing a clear shot into the green from there.  You can also play across the water into the second […]


Sandhill Woods — Hole #4: Par 3

By • Updated: Apr 20th, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

From the back box, this high-teed 5-wood thumber dunks for the ultra-shot ace! From the middle box, this 9-wood also dunks to a back pin. One new box is off to the left of the front box in the sand area…here’s a 6-iron ace from there. Another new box is further up left in the […]


Sandhill Woods — Hole #5: Par 4

By • Updated: Apr 20th, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

This is perhaps the toughest eagle in GT 2019 and one where I’m often satisfied with just birdie.  If the distance is right, a high-teed 6W straight at it can clear the valley of trees and make it all the way over to the green.  It’s possible but a high 5W too but riskier – […]


Sandhill Woods — Hole #6: Par 4

By • Updated: Apr 20th, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

Here’s another tough hole where the shot you choose will vary widely based on the conditions…you’ll play high/low tees, and maybe even a low 0H skip shot if you have that in your bag. From the front-right box, you might be able to get a high-teed 9W over the top straight at the green, but […]


Sandhill Woods — Hole #7: Par 5

By • Updated: Apr 13th, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

Three or four layup spots here for consideration.  First, if you’re concerned about your accuracy off the tee, there’s no need to stick any fairway island…you can play straight ahead to the end of the first fairway.  From here it’s 300-320 so a hard 3W or moderate 10.5 driver is a nice 2nd shot. If […]


Sandhill Woods — Hole #8: Par 3

By • Updated: Apr 20th, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

One new tee box here is way back left behind the sand surrounding the original three tee boxes, from about 250 yards…here’s an ace from there. Another new box is on the other side of the water from about 100 yards away into a Down 5 green — here’s a 9-iron backspin ace from there.


Sandhill Woods — Hole #9: Par 5

By • Updated: Apr 13th, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

Another well-designed hole with many options depending on the setup!  Let’s start with the front-right box…first, there are rare setups where you may be able to drive the green — check out this massive C3 that somehow gets there!  If that’s not your game, there are two good options depending on wind and pin – […]


Sandhill Woods — Hole #10: Par 4

By • Updated: May 21st, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

The shot here is clear; you’ll be wrapping around the trees into the green.  Most of the time you hit around the right side, although some setups favor the left.  Pin placement can matter too, as you prefer to have some landing area on the green on the way to the stick.  Obviously long is […]


Sandhill Woods — Hole #11: Par 3

By • Updated: Apr 13th, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

From the shorter tee box out left, here’s an 8-iron spun back into a front cup. There are also two more tee boxes where you play over the water into this green, making it slightly more challenging. One new tee box here is way out to the right over the water from about 265 yards […]


Sandhill Woods — Hole #12: Par 5

By • Updated: Apr 20th, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

From the front box, you’ll have enough to carry out into the second fairway, aiming to be clear of the tree lines for an open shot at the green. From the middle box, you can usually clear to the second fairway also by blasting a high tee.  You should aim just over the water to […]


Sandhill Woods — Hole #13: Par 3

By • Updated: Apr 20th, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

From the front box, here’s a well-played 7-iron for the dunk! And from the back box, this 5-hybrid also dunks for the ultra shot! There’s another new tee box to the front-right of the back box, offering about 150 yards into the green.  Here’s a great 5-iron ace from there. Another new box is way […]


Sandhill Woods — Hole #14: Par 4

By • Updated: Apr 20th, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

Here’s another hole where the low-lofted clubs come in so handy; there’s always a shot under/through the trees with them.  Just know that you really need to use a low tee to better ensure a skip off the water if needed. From the front box, a low 2H is a good option (or low spinny […]


Sandhill Woods — Hole #15: Par 4

By • Updated: Apr 20th, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

From the left box, you should only consider trying to drive the green with a strong outwind towards it…with that, a high-teed driver can carry almost all the way up, but might get a friendly bounce up and on for an eagle putt.  Check out this high-teed driver carry to the hill, bouncing up and in! […]


Sandhill Woods — Hole #16: Par 5

By • Updated: Apr 13th, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

You can play this one a couple different ways off the tee depending on the best approach shot, given the wind and pin placement.  The most obvious option is to blast it down into the second half of the fairway, either straight B2 or cutting an A1 or C3 high-teed drive into the wind past […]


Sandhill Woods — Hole #17: Par 3

By • Updated: Apr 20th, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

From the back-center box, this hole plays easiest into an up 10 green.  Yeah it can be hard into a headwind, but it’s hole #17 on a tough course, so just aim high on the green if that’s the case with lower loft.  This 5-wood carries into a back-right pin for the dunk! From the […]


Sandhill Woods — Hole #18: Par 4

By • Updated: Apr 21st, 2019 • Category: Sandhill Woods

A really tough finishing hole for a really tough course.  The easiest box here is the front-right one which at least allows a straight shot into the green, although you still have to manage the wind and avoid the water.  Shot-making can get very creative here; sometimes you want low-loft and sometimes you need to […]


Catedrais Beach — Golden Tee 2019

By • Updated: Dec 29th, 2018 • Category: Catedrais Beach

Here are some early screenshots of the course!  Here is the official preview of the new 2019 Ribadeo, Spain course. “On the coast of Ribadeo, Spain sits an Oceanside course far different from most—a place of gorgeous blue water, endless sun and soaring, overpowering rock walls. Catedrais Beach, which stands for the Beach of Cathedrals, is what happens […]


Catedrais Beach — Hole 1: Par 4

By • Updated: May 19th, 2019 • Category: Catedrais Beach

From the front box, it can be enticing to play a big C3 towards the green to give yourself a chip at eagle. Don’t play up top of the hill to start – there’s a solid fence there that will catch your ball and make it hard to get out…not the way you want to […]


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