Often drivable, but the difficulty is in the angle of the approach.  You have to be careful not to clip any trees on your way to the green.  Here’s a nicely played 3-wood from a left-center box.  Here’s another nice 3-wood ace from the center box.  And this driver found a pin tucked to the right.

With the back-right box and the introduction of tees, this 3-wood went up over the right side to find the green.

With some setups tucked back behind the trees, there doesn’t appear to be a way to get to the green, so just curve around in the fairway for an open approach.

This is a tough eagle.  You need a long drive, but even then, you may still need quite a bit of curve on your approach shot, trying to hold a narrow green with water all around it!  Here’s an outstanding hole-out.  This drive was long enough to allow a 5-wood over the top.

There’s also a shortcut island out to the right if you have a really terrible headwind and/or tee box, but of course it’s hard to stick.

You can usually play a big A1 drive to the second fairway, but it does come with a bit of risk — this is interesting, for instance.  This approach shot from the rough found the cup.  But, if you aren’t sure, just lay back in the first fairway — you’ll still have plenty of club on the approach.  Here’s a hole-out off the sidewalk!

Here’s an example hole-out after a long drive.  And this was a beautifully-curved approach that also found the cup.

It’s very difficult to leave yourself with a reasonable approach shot by taking the long way around, so your best shot is to try to lay up in line with the pathway through the trees to the green.  If you pull that off, you can either play a toned-down driver to reduce distance while keeping it below the trees (here’s a fantastic hole-out through the shortcut path) OR you can expect to have the trees knock the ball down and hit it closer to full strength (here’s a shot that found the cup that way)!  A driver may not be necessary — this shot just had incredible distance and elevation control.

Even at 400 yards, this hole is usually drivable or very close to it, since it plays downhill.  Here’s an incredible shot off the tee for an ace!  Here’s another that finds the hole.

Here’s a hole-out from the fairway after laying up.

Here’s a short ace played off the hill.

You’ll have to curve your tee shot around a tree into a green sloped towards the water, so wind and spin always play a big role in landing and holding this green.  Here’s a great 3-wood ace.  Check out this incredible driver hole-out!

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As of 7/30/12, no one has posted a YouTube hole-out here — I hope to see one eventually!

This hole is rarely drivable, given a great setup.

Here’s a hole-out after a straight-ahead drive.

Here’s a nice hole-out after a long drive cut around the corner.

Having a 9-wood is huge here — you can take it right over the side of the structure to the green…but an 8-or-7-wood can be fine too to curve around.

You used to need to do some math to lay up for a 5-wood through the hole in the structure on the approach (I can’t tell if this goes over or through, but you get the idea), but if you pack a 7-wood or 9-wood, just leave yourself somewhere between 190 and 230 yards and you can shoot right over it.

Or, you can play the right side of the fairway and cut over the side — this 6-iron did just that and found the cup.

Here is a 2-iron gone wrong, and then gone oh-so right in this amazing hole-out!

Here’s an example hole-out from the middle tee, followed by an ace from the back tee.

Here is a fantastic 5-wood ace.  Check out this amazing 2-hybrid which missed everything through the trees and ended up in the hole!

This 5-wood caught an incredible bank back off the far pillar and found the hole — amazing!

You can almost always play a big A1 drive over/through the sand spiral towards the next fairway, setting you up nicely for eagle.  This drive found the grassy center, followed by a hole-out on the approach!

You can try to cut the corner through the trees, but it’s usually not worth it.  Here’s an outstanding recovery after the tee shot found trouble through the trees.

Here’s an example hole-out from the fairway after laying out to the left, and here’s another one-hop hole-out.

This drive is tricky — you need to cut it around left so you have a clean shot at the green.  Here’s an example hole-out.

Here’s an example hole-out.  This 9-wood was well-played with a tough wind.

This hole is sometimes drivable, but it can be tough.

You can usually cut the corner over the sand to give yourself a closer approach, which is nice if you have the lofted woods.  Otherwise, you may lay up behind the sand in the first fairway for a 5-wood approach — this one was played well into a front pin.

This 3-wood barely got up to the green after a poor drive but got some nice bounces into the cup!

Three potential greens to shoot at here!  Here’s a nice 4-wood ace to the right green.  Sometimes a driver can actually skip the water to make the green!

Check out this 5-wood to the front green that was short but caught a grassy break! There’s also a backstop that can help too.

Here’s a 5-wood ace to the left green.

Because of the short direct distance, and especially with the introduction of high tees to classic courses, you may be able to take a shot at the green off the tee in some setups!

Otherwise, you’ll want to lay up on top of the pyramid to the left of the fairway to give an approach chance at eagle.

Here is an incredible dunk for double-eagle after missing the lay-up spot!

Here’s a nice 7-wood hole-out into this elevated green.  Here’s an ace from the short front box.

Lacking lofted clubs?  With a front pin, you can ram it into the hill and maybe get lucky too!  Here’s another one-hopper from the hill to the cup.

Here’s a beautifully-played 3-wood.  This 5-wood got two incredibly lucky bounces off the stairs and found the cup!  This 7-wood floated in nicely and spun back in.  And here’s a driver to a back pin.

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Here’s an example hole-out.

Here’s a hole-out after a long drive to the second fairway.  You can also lay up behind the second-fairway sand — here’s a hole-out from there.