There might be two different greens here; the one shown here is flat, but there’s another where you have a right 6 slope coming into it. We can update this description after confirming with more practice rounds! From a front-right box, this 9-iron finds the cup.

This can be a nasty par 3…you’re shooting way downhill with a strong wind and a lofted club, so it certainly challenges your shot-making skills.  Often times a low-tee is great to both compensate for a gap in clubs and better fight the wind and elevation.  Two pretty big tee boxes really mix things up […]

There are 3 areas being used here, and I’m considering this hole not always drivable due to some of the setups. From the screen-shot above, you’re too far right to play an A1 around the left side, so use a tee and slide to the front right. Turn a bit right of the green and […]

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 – […]

This hole isn’t as hard as it might initially appear once you learn how to go over the top straight at the green. A high 6W straight at the green clears the trees easily, and a high 5 is okay over or around the left side of the tree line. Rarely you can carry a […]

This is a pretty tough finishing hole – lots of varying distances off the tee, and it might take some time to figure out the distance and how much the wind affects your shot.  The green is small, awkward and tough to hit, and the up 10 slope might give you a tough downhill putt. […]

Pins on the bottom tier are much easier to attack than pins on the top, as you have options to either roll down into it or just fly and bite that lower tier. From the farthest box, here’s a driver ace to a front pin.  Here’s another with a 4-wood with bite, also into the […]

There’s a $500 bounty for whoever is the first to ace this hole, which is made possible by blasting an A1 with roll (some are achieving this with a low tee) and hoping to catch the turbo ramp to propel your shot towards the green.  So it’s fun just to try this most of the […]

Here’s a great hole that sometimes changes GT Par…with tough setups it’s just a layup in the main fairway anywhere.  Sometimes birdie can actually gain a stroke on the field with other players getting in trouble with the sand or water.  Here’s a dunk from the fairway to come away with an eagle. However, I […]

Downhill shot to an up 6 green with another offset look…bite can be a good play with a front pin where you play towards the fat middle part of the green.  Here’s a driver ace to a front pin. One new tee box is to the right from about 300 yards. There’s a new tee […]

Almost always here, I like to play a big driver straight ahead to the right fairway…you only need to get a little ways past the hill to have a clear approach into the green.  This also keeps you close in line with the elevation to the green. After a really long drive down the right […]

There are two large tee boxes here that can offer many different looks.  From the front box, here’s an ace to a center pin.  And here’s a 5-hybrid to a back pin. From the back box, this driver finds a back pin. There’s a new tee box behind the water to the left from about […]

For having a flat green, this is often a terribly difficult par 3. The shape of the green is awkward and small with water everywhere, but the kicker is the elevated approach with a hill guarding the front.  That takes some lower-lofted iron approaches out of play and forces you to loft into pins in […]

The play off the tee is just to blast out straight ahead…distance is important to ensure an open approach at the green.  Then you’ll just be battling the slope of the green on your approach trying to be close enough for a manageable putt.  After a drive out in the left fairway, this 6-wood settles […]

With a tailwind, you’ll club down and hammer a wood with backspin which has enough elevation to clear the hill through the trees on its way to the green.  With a headwind, use a high tee and play the same line right at the green.  Cross-winds likely call for a high tee as well to […]

This shot is easier with the pin on the lower tier, since you can use the tier as a backstop if needed while coming into the green.  Here’s an 8-wood that deflects nicely off the tiered wall settling back in the cup.

This is a really tough shot into a narrow green, where missing either right or left will result in water.  You usually just have to take your medicine and shape a shot as best you can to counteract the slope and wind and settle anywhere on the green for a putt.  This driver with bite […]

I haven’t found a reason yet to play the left side of the fairway.  Always do what you can to blast as far as possible down the right side, preferably a ways away from the hill which will be blocking your approach.  That gives you more room to curve a wood around the hill into […]

Even with tough winds, you’re always able to work a high-teed wood onto the green here…just picture your shot around the left of the rocky hill to start and then stay to the right of the trees by the green. From the front-left of the box, here’s a high-teed 5W over the top to a […]

You’ll see many different looks on this short hole but they are all pretty manageable, even if you have a gap in your club distances…just tee it high or low to account for that.  Stay safe towards the center of the green if needed for your birdie putt.  From the front box, here’s a nice […]

It takes a while to comfortably nail the distance off the tee here, which is almost always a C3-type shot with a wood.  You can’t be short because of the water but you can’t be long because the fairway falls off and you’ll have to lay up.  Practice finding the right club and tee height […]

A high tee is fine even with a cross-wind here even though it’s a down-6 green.  I like to try to line up as straight as I can with the green and just play a small hook.  Here’s a high-teed 3W that hugs the left side for the dunk. You might opt to play it […]

This is usually a 3W or driver and whether or not you use a tee depends on the wind…the two-tiered green of course makes this tricky, especially if you need to carry to the top tier.  Here’s a nice driver with bite that hops up to a pin on the upper tier. From the left […]

Nothing much to think about off the tee here unless you have a preferred distance for your approach, which is slightly uphill into a large green.

Here you’ll be tucked slightly behind a tree, so it’s useful to use a tee to slide left.  You’ll need a bit more club to make sure you carry the hill in front of the green, but assuming you do that, it’s a flat putt for eagle. Here’s a driver curled around the left side […]

This hole is sometimes drivable, especially if you’re a big hitter playing Streaks.  But even with other balls, you can often get close to the green for a chip at eagle. Check out this huge C3 that finds the hole off the tee!  Here’s another big drive straight at it with the Streaks.

Here’s another hole where the best play is to high tee the highest lofted club you can carry to the green and blast it right over the top.  It’s usually a high 5W or 6W, but tough longer setups might call for a high 4W. Here’s another option — let’s say you have a setup […]

From all boxes, you can hit up on top of the hill…anything from a high-teed 10.5 driver to a more lofted wood.  Distance off the tee helps as you may still have a driver into the green, but more important is accuracy…falling down to the left is death.  Take your time and stick the center […]

It’s always worth a look to see if you can reach the second fairway out left, which offers an easier approach that is less uphill.  However, it’s not worth attempting if you aren’t positive you can make it. A great option there every time is to hit something like a 6W to the left-center fairway […]

Often times you can use a high tee and hit a big A1 or C3 into the second fairway, over the creek.  After blasting down to the second fairway, here’s a 6-wood hole-out for double eagle. Another great layup spot, though, is the fairway island to the left before the water.  It’s big enough that […]