There are a few options off the tee here.  The easiest setup from the right side of the box lets you drive straight ahead or with just a small curve, to set you up with an approach around the right side.  Here’s an example 6-wood hole-out. To get to the left side of the fairway, […]

First, look to see if you can get the ball to the grassy rough island straight ahead; you’ll have plenty of distance to get there in two from here.  A high-teed 3-wood straight at that island is good if you have the distance (the trees on the left are a little lower to help you […]

Hole #16 offers a couple options that are decent, and one that is difficult.  First, if you can carry up on top of the hill straight ahead towards the green, you’ll have a shot there in two.  It was windy, but check out this dunk!  This can be a troublesome spot with a strong headwind, and […]

This hole is rarely drivable with the front box and a nice wind — check out this drive that carried up through the sand onto the green! Most of the time you can just lay up anywhere in the fairway — here’s an example hole-out. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s a 2-iron ace to a back pin. This 5-wood settled into a front pin, which is near the most dangerous location — you’ll sometimes see the pin at the very bottom stem of the club, but this awesome 6-wood handled it! VIDEO DEMO

Some setups allow you to get fairly close to the green for a chip shot. Otherwise just put it anywhere in the fairway — here’s a dunk to start off the round. VIDEO DEMO

Slightly downhill, but otherwise very straightforward par 3 early in the round — here’s an example ace. VIDEO DEMO  

  A drivable par 4 that will really test your elevation control as you loft over the mountain and let your drive float into the green.  Sand will catch some errant shots and still leave you an eagle chip, but water may catch others! Here’s a great 4-wood dunk to a front pin.  Here’s a 3-wood straight […]

You can reach the green in two from the main fairway or from either of the layup spots left and right.  Try to play the spot that offers you the best approach based on the wind and pin placement. Here’s a 3-wood hole-out from the layup fairway island to the right, which offers a nice […]

Hole 1 is a long par 4 that will give you a chance at some extra GSPs if you can stick it close.  Here’s an example hole-out. VIDEO DEMO

There look to be up to 3 different shots off the tee to give you a shot at the green in two, but one is the safest bet. Most common should be to lay up straight ahead at the end of the first fairway, giving you a gap between the mountains to shoot.  Get as […]

  The most common shot is a curved shot around the left side with backspin to hold the green — check out this great 3-wood that found the hole!  And here’s a 5-wood that bounced down to a left pin.  Finally, here’s a nice ace with the driver. If you get around left of the […]

  The only real option off the tee is to hit it as far as you can down the fairway straight ahead.  You can try to curve a shot or just blast a big B2 driver with roll or a high tee.  The farther you get, the less you’ll have to curve around the mountain […]

  It’s likely that some day someone will high-tee a driver and carry up onto this green, but it will take perfect conditions.  Most times, you’ll lay back in the fairway where you are most comfortable for the lofted approach into this green.  Here’s an 8-iron to a left pin, and here’s a 5-iron to […]

From the front box, here’s an ace to a front pin. Here’s a 5-wood dunk from the back box. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an ace from the back of the front tee box. From the back box, Walt D. chose to play extra cut to find a right pin. VIDEO DEMO

Different looks here provide some variety — from the left box, here’s an ace to a back left pin. From the back center box, here’s a 5-wood to a back-right pin. VIDEO DEMO

Oh, the options here.  You may be in between wedges, so high or low-teeing one of them is an option.  Here’s a Gap Wedge dunk to a left pin.  Here’s an easy sand wedge backspun into a center pin. The pros prefer to play a low-lofted chip for a better chance of an ace here. […]

Three different tee boxes offer different lengths and elevations into this par 3 as you begin to close out your round. It’s uphill from the back-left box — here’s an example ace. It’s long and downhill from the back-right box — here’s a driver backspun into a front pin.  And here’s a 5-wood floated into […]

  Just put it out at the end of the fairway to bring in your approach — nothing fancy here.  Anywhere in the middle of the end of the fairway should allow you up to a 3-wood approach with no loft issues — here’s an example 3-wood hole-out. VIDEO DEMO

No tricks here; just punch it out in the second fairway to leave an open approach — here’s a driver hole-out. VIDEO DEMO

  Float your drive around either side of the old building down into the green (most often around the left side for a better angle), but don’t be long!  Use a high tee if you need the extra distance.  Here’s a nice ace from the back-left of the box. Here’s a fantastic high-teed driver around […]

A straight, downhill par 3 that should be a great birdie opportunity.  From the back-right box, here’s a 6-wood ace. From the front-left box, this shot was long but got a perfect little ricochet off the back rock for an ace. VIDEO DEMO

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Most often you will be curving it right-to-left into the green, but you have to be careful to control the backspin, as it may be coming hard towards the water.  Here’s a nice 3-wood through the gap from the back left box that backspun into the hole.  Here’s another example with a 4-wood, coming in […]

  The best play here is usually to shoot for the small landing spot on the right side straight ahead, short of the fairway neck.  Landing here gives you an approach with just a small amount of cut required into the green.  Here’s a 3-wood dunk from there. The alternative is to play the left […]

Hole #17 is a par 3 way downhill with a severe penalty for missing.  With a front-right pin, being short isn’t bad if you have backspin, because it will bounce down onto the green — here’s an example ace.  And check out the bounces this one got to find the hole! Wind is always a […]

A medium-teed driver fits perfectly through the hole in the building straight ahead. If a 3-wood is a better fit, you can also rotate right once and play it over the right side of that building — here’s an ace using that approach.  And so it makes sense that you can curve around the left […]

  Most of the time, the best play is out left to stay level with the green for a manageable approach shot. You can also play straight ahead if you like your odds with the uphill approach — here’s a 5-wood hole-out.  This 3-wood didn’t have enough loft but got a nice skip and hop […]

  Multiple tee boxes offer different approaches into depressed green.  The back-right box can require as much as a driver — here’s a nice ace. From the middle-left box, here’s a 4-hybrid ace. VIDEO DEMO