If you play out left, you need to lay back a ways from the sand mound, otherwise you may not have enough loft to clear it towards the green.  At the same time, you can’t be so far back that a driver won’t even get there in two.  This driver had just enough to clear […]

Nothing wrong with laying up straight ahead, just leave yourself a bit of clearance from the sand mound on the approach.  Here’s an example hole-out. If you get a good setup and really crave a big drive (or if you get the much closer tee box), you can reach the second part of the fairway […]

Club down and hit it hard!  You need as much loft as possible into this elevated green guarded by a hill and pot bunkers.  Short is bad, and long is wet, so you need to nail the distance.  If in doubt, aim for the grassy hill in between the bunkers and hope to hop over […]

As long as you get towards the farther half of the middle fairway, you should have an open approach.  Here’s a 5-wood dunk from there! It is certainly possible at times to drive the far fairway, and you can go for it if you’re comfortable — here’s a hole-out from there. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s a nice little dunk from the middle box followed by a backspun ace from the right box. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an ace from the left box followed by a nice kick from the right box. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an example hole-out after a long drive around the corner. It works perfectly well to lay up straight ahead between the sand too — here’s a straight-in hole-out from there.  At worst you may have a small cut into a left pin. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s a 9-wood ace from the middle-left box followed by a shorter ace from the middle-right box. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s a great hole-out playing a small curve around the trees. If you lay back farther left, you’ll have a better angle to the green — here’s a 5-wood dunk. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s a 5-wood hole-out from the end of the bunker-ridden fairway.  This driver also found the cup from the center of all the traps. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an ace from the middle box. From the back center box, this one rolled around the hill and found the cup! VIDEO DEMO

Here’s the first YouTube of 2013 from AK at IT — a bender through the giant sequoias into the green! Here’s an example hole-out. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an example hole-out. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an example hole-out. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an example hole-out. VIDEO DEMO

Several options here to leave you an approach shot to the green in 2. If you’re close enough to hit it down past the sand on the left and onto the lower fairway, hit it there and close to the water, as far left as possible. You’ll have a 3-wood with backspin to the green. […]

Elevation is almost never an issue here if you hit your shot hard with the highest lofted club that you think can get there.  It can be anywhere from a 3-wood to a driver.  It carries well too, as the green is downhill from the tee box.  Long is water — you cannot be there, […]

This par 4 is drivable 75% of the time, but it’s very challenging. The front left box gives you the best chance. Aim for the right side of the green and hit a C3 5-wood to 3-wood with backspin, The follow-through is the key here — make sure you hit enough “3” so you don’t […]

Here’s a driver hole-out from the middle box.  This 3-wood hopped in from the front box.  Here’s a 5-wood from the front box that trickled back in, followed by a nice 7-wood floater from the front box.  And here’s a driver ace from the back box.

This hole is long, so try to get it as far as you can to the right side of the fairway.  Even in the middle of the fairway, if hit long, you can still have plenty of room to work around the trees.  Here’s a nice 3-wood hole-out. Another option is to lay back along […]

Here’s a hole-out from the back box and a 6-iron ace over the right side from the front box.  This one bounced off the roof but still found its way home!  And here’s a 7-iron from the middle box off the angle of the roof, but the left-blowing wind pushed it home.

The high-lofted woods can be a huge advantage on this finishing hole — here’s a nice ace with the 7-wood.  And here’s a well-played 5-wood. A firmly-hit 2-iron can still carry the green as well! Here’s a phenomenal 4-wood from the back box.

This short little par 3 can be very tough, because most club sets have a gap in their wedges, and you’ll find that a lot of times here you’ll be in between clubs!  So, if you’re in between clubs here, you’ll have to hit a 3/4 shot with the longer club, which is difficult.  Don’t […]

It’s easy to think you need to clear the river to have a chance at the green in 2, but that usually won’t pay off.  The fairway slopes back towards the mud and water, and you’ll probably get stuck here instead.  The reward isn’t worth the risk, even if you can hit a 7-wood or […]