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Black Hills — Hole #15: Par 4

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Welcome to The Falls!  I almost wish this hole hadn’t won the “Design a Hole” contest, because although it looks really cool, it’s really tough!  I’m still finding myself in the waterfall way too often, and that water is lethal — it sucks your ball right down into the river, and you get a penalty.

If you’re tucked into the back right box, you’ll have a hell of a time curving a shot into the green without hitting the waterfall — AND, if you hit the rock on the left too soon, you’ll shoot straight backwards.

From other boxes, it’s a bit easier, but it still won’t let you take aim at the flag.  Often times, if you play too safe and hit the green on the other side of the pin, you’ll have a 180+ foot putt that you can’t make anyway.

The ideal shot curves around the water and can even bounce off the back wall on its way back to the flag for an eagle putt. Take note of the flag and try to bounce off the wall towards the pin if that’s the best way to get close!

Keep in mind that the waterfall falls from left to right…so, you have to stay low and left if going around the left side, and high and right if going around the right side.  But above all else, play extra wide to miss the waterfall!  If you do, you should have birdie at worst.

EDIT — Thanks to Putz, who has revealed after several months of secrecy that you can sometimes blast a 3-wood straight through the water and still carry the green!  You need at least a 9mph tailwind to accomplish this feat.  If you’re blessed with this wind, hammer a B2 3-wood with roll right through the water!  The extra loft of the 3-wood coupled with the carry of the tailwind allows the ball to carry onto the rough, sometimes the green, where roll can add some extra yards too!  I’ve gotten word that a 5-wood can work too, with preferably more tailwind.  It also helps to be using the Freaks, which add distance.  Check out the hole-out below!

FAIRLY STRAIGHT HOLE-OUT
AROUND TO THE RIGHT
AROUND TO THE LEFT
THE SICKEST OF THEM ALL!
STRAIGHT THROUGH THE WATER!
CHECK OUT THE VIEW FROM UP HERE!


Black Hills — Hole #16: Par 4

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On easier courses, this hole might be a par 5, but this is Black Hills!  You can usually play a big C3 with roll to get some extra distance up the fairway, but just being in the fairway is the most important part.

Pin placement can be tough here, and you must leave yourself a line at the hole since this green is almost cut in half by sand and rock.  Keep your approach shot accurate here, because you’ll want the birdie setting up your run at the next two really tough finishing holes!

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT


Black Hills — Hole #17: Par 3

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This hole can very easily kill your round, if it’s not dead already by this point.  What makes it so hard is that you have to hit a high-lofted club into a green surrounded by rock and cliffs while fighting a heavy wind!

If your ball lands on the rock, the results are almost never good, and you may very well be sucked off the cliff on the back end.  So, it’s important to land and stick the green, usually with backspin.  On the other hand, you might get a setup where landing on the rock and trickling down towards the pin is best, so size up all your options! Keep in mind that the wind is going to affect your high-lofted club much more, so you have to compensate more than normal.  Par is respectable here, since many a ball have fallen off the cliff here!

HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE
ALL THE WAY BACK UP THE HILL
UP, AROUND, DOWN, AND IN!
USING THE LEFT SIDE
FINDING THE FUNNEL!
WHAT EVEN HAPPENED HERE?
OVERSHOT IT 50 YARDS?  NO PROBLEM!
TAKING A DETOUR TO VISIT THE MOUNTAIN GOAT
THIS IS JUST A TERRIBLE SHOT GONE VERY LUCKY!


Black Hills — Hole #18: Par 4

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One of the coolest hole ever designed, and just about as tough!  You’ll learn pretty quickly that you can’t miss left, or you’re falling down the faces of Mt. Rushmore!  The tendency will be to aim long and right, but Golden Tee conveniently put a pond there too! Actually, with a bit of practice, this tee shot is not too bad and can offer you an eagle to close out with.  You’ll probably be hitting a driver, which will actually be a relief from the last hole since the wind won’t blow it as much.  Just aim for the back right side of the green with backspin.  If you can land here, your ball will settle nicely into the middle of the green.  If you don’t like pulling back on your shots, this hole’s great for you also!  You’re pretty much just shooting forward opposite the wind to try to hit the green!

One more note — if you find water and are place on the green patch to the right of the green, opposite the rock, take note of where you are, because sometimes you can PUTT across onto the green!  It seems impossible, but the putt can actually “skip” across the rocks, cutting the corner even though it seems it’d fall down the rock and never make it to the green!  Try it and you’ll learn to save a stroke or two over a much more risky chip!

A SLIDER ORIGINAL
USING THE WALL
HOW DID HE CONTROL THOSE HOPS?
MORE ROCK-PLAY
HELPS TO GET LUCKY!


Woodland Farm Breakdown — Golden Tee 2009

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This section breaks down how to play each hole at Golden Tee’s Woodland Farm, in Viroqua, Wisconsin.  Check back soon to see how this course and specific holes rates difficulty-wise among all the 2009 courses!

Check back here and learn even more tips and tricks, and how to play from each of the tee boxes on the course!


Clubs and balls to use on Woodland Farm

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So what’s the best set of clubs to use when playing Golden Tee 2009’s Woodland Farm?  Well, I got feedback from 25 pros on their choices, and here’s what I found!

The most votes went to the new Big Bertha set available in 2009.  Players like the combination of the 310-yard driver and the loft that the woods offer, and the driver is one of the few low-loft clubs that can be worked through the covered bridge on hole 4!

Coming in second is the old hybrids, still a favorite among amateurs and pros on any course.

The low-loft clubs (310 driver) and 2007 hybrid set (0 Hybrid) also offer a club making it easier for hole #4, and some players like how it’s easier to work these lower-lofted clubs on some of the driveable par 4s.  Oh, and the D2 balls are the most popular choice, followed closely by the Gamers, and then the Freaks!


Early reviews for Golden Tee 2009’s Woodland Farm

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Here’s what the players are saying early on about Golden Tee’s new 2009 course Woodland Farm!

AMJ — GT Par is -28.

Jeff S — Trees and elevation changes galore!! Some tight greens too. If you hit a cow, yes…it does MOO.

AMJ — Played the old birds the first round and the low loft clubs the second round. Both can work, but I’ll be sticking with the low lofts for now (I have rekindled a relationship with the 4W). Honestly I don’t remember a ton about his course. I think my main impression was, “that’s a fun course,” but nothing jumps out at me. Just looking at my two rounds combined. GT Par is at least -26, but I’m sure there was a hole or two that I messed up both rounds, so it’s at least -27, probably -28.

I have made it through the bridge witha 2 hybrid twice…might not work from other tee boxes though.


Woodland Farm — Hole #1: Par 4

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Nothing fancy on hole 1 — just get out at least to the top of the hill and try to line up the wind with the pin as best you can!

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT


Woodland Farm — Hole #2: Par 4

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There’s no point in trying to clear the lake here — just punch it down the fairway.  Be careful on your approach shot with the sandy moat in front — a low-lofted club may get stuck in there, so make sure you fly the green and stick it!

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT


Woodland Farm — Hole #3: Par 3

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Here’s a tough, long par 3 that can set up over 300 yards!  It’s slightly downhill, and you’ll probably have to fly the sand, landing on the green and sticking it by the pin.  Make sure you leave yourself a clear putt at the flag because of the oddly shaped green!

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 1
EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 2


Woodland Farm — Hole #4: Par 4

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Time for some fun!  This hole is great.  It’ll take some practice, but you should always be trying to punch a driver (or a very low-lofted iron) through the covered bridge onto the green!  The tee box is 60-70 yards long, but it’s always in line with the bridge.  You’ll have an offset look through the bridge, so it’ll be tougher to be accurate, but that’s part of the fun!

Most of the time you’ll be using your driver with roll to punch it through.  Pull the club back 1/4 to 1/2 way, and shoot forward with 50-75% power, depending on how far away you are.  If you can get the ball to touch down inside the bridge, it should roll up onto the green!  This is definitely a touch shot that will take a lot of practice, but when you get it down, it’s one of the funnest tee shots in the game!

HOLE-OUT WITH PIN IN BACK
HOLE-OUT WITH PIN IN FRONT
3-WOOD OVER THE TOP
AND ANOTHER ONE
STRAIGHT OVER THE TOP
AMAZING SHOT — HOOKS WITH BACKSPIN TOWARDS THE PIN
AND ONE FOR FUN!


Woodland Farm — Hole #5: Par 5

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Here is a manageable eagle opportunity on a par 5.  You have to get long, but more importantly to the right, off the tee, and many times rotating left and hitting an A1 will be the shot for you to get far out to the right side of the fairway.  However, you can also really cut the corner with a successful C3 if conditions are right, then you’ll just have a little iron shot in for eagle!  With a good tee box and drive, you can have a clear approach shot into the green in two.  If you do have to hit a C3-type shot around the tree, be wary of the sand in front of the green!  The loftier club you can use, the better.

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 1
INCREDIBLE HOLE-OUT 2!


Woodland Farm — Hole #6: Par 4

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The safe play is to lay up out to the right, far enough where you have a clear shot into the green.  But what fun is that?

There’s usually room to play a small C3-type shot with a 5-wood over the trees, if the 5-wood looks like it offers the right distance to get to the green.

If you’re feeling daring, there are tiny gaps in the trees to finesse a driver into the green. It helps if your tee box lines up with the largest gap, because then it’s actually manageable to hook a driver with backspin onto the green. It’s certainly a risk, but with enough practice you can really gain a stroke on your competition here by being able to pull it off!  Something like a 0-hybrid can fit through here.

OVER THE TREES
THROUGH THE TREES
REALLY THROUGH THE TREES!


Woodland Farm — Hole #7: Par 3

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Pin placement can make this shot difficult sometimes, as can the fact that you don’t know whether the green will have slope of up 7, down 7, or left 7, because of all the different tee boxes! Use the strategies you already know to attack this green based on the slope.

Be warned on downhill putts here — I had a Down 7 putt roll over!  So pull back to A or C and putt it more gently to ensure the same never happens to you!

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 1
EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 2
EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 3


Woodland Farm — Hole #8: Par 5

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From the right tee box on this par 5, there is a fairly big landing area along the river that offers you a shortcut into the green in two, but it is REALLY tough to stick!  It’s very hard to get around the trees and carry the landing area without getting caught up in the trees or the river.  Take it out wider than you may expect, because those trees really poke out to the right.

In all actuality, you don’t really need to try for this spot anyway, because you can always get there in two by going around the left.

From the left tee box, just stay long and left, whether that’s a straight B2 shot or a C3 shot to create a bit more angle.  Above all else, keep it in the fairway, where you’ll have anywhere from a B2 5-wood to an A1 driver that you can bring into the green in two.


Woodland Farm — Hole #9: Par 4

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This hole offers a lot of looks from two tee boxes set up perpendicular to each other.  If you’re closer to the barn, a 5-wood does not always clear the silo rising up in the middle, so work around that if you can.  From the front right tee box, a 3-wood clears the bar just fine if you aim at the green.  And from the back of the back tee box, a loftier driver can clear the barn if aiming at the green.  So, you’ll probably have a club that can at least clear the barn, if not the silo as well.

If you’re way back on the box and unsure, you can also try to work a C3 with backspin around the tree into the green.  It’s a par 4, so even if you don’t end up on the green, you should still have a chip and a putt for birdie!

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 1
CUTTING A 3-WOOD OVER THE TREES
A FRIENDLY KICK
INCREDIBLE TRICK SHOT
OFF THE PIG — CRAZY!
CHIP OFF THE COW AND IN — AMAZING!
ANOTHER AMAZING TRICK SHOT
YET ANOTHER FORTUITOUS BOUNCE OFF AN OBJECT


Woodland Farm — Hole #10: Par 4

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Yikes.  Golden Tee sometimes likes to punish you coming out of the clubhouse for the back 9, and this hole certainly fits that bill.  If you choose to hit a long drive, you’re almost certain to have a tree blocking your approach shot into the green.

Instead, I sometimes like to lay up short into the little peninsula jutting out into the river, which you see is around 160-180 yards out.  Get as far left as you can without clipping a tree or rolling into the river.  Remember, you can always work an A1 type shot around the tree for your approach shot if you’re too far right, but if you’re too far left, it’s hazard time.  If you can execute your tee shot well enough, you can usually hit a 5-wood straight into the green, which is ideal here!

If you’d rather take your chances with a little hook shot into the green, that’s fine too — odds are, you’ll have to be shaping one shot or another here in order to have a decent birdie putt!

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 1
EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 2
INCREDIBLE HOLE-OUT 3


Woodland Farm — Hole #11: Par 3

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On this par 3, you’ll be on any one of 5 different tee boxes, hitting into a well-guarded green.  If conditions are tough, just aim for the middle of the green and deal with your putt, rather than ending up in the water or sand!

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 1
EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 2


Woodland Farm — Hole #12: Par 5

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From the left tee box on this crazy par 5, you can usually play a big A1 with roll and get your ball to either carry, skip, or bounce down to the lower-level fairway to the right.  If there’s a big wind at your back, you may consider laying up at the top of the left fairway, but it’s very difficult to get there in two from here unless you have this type of wind at your back.

From the left side of the right box, hit a big C3 with roll into the middle of the fairway.  You’ll still have a long way into the green, but this is your best shot to set up an approach that might get there in 2.  You can also cut the corner over the trees a bit by using a 5-wood C3 shot!

From the right side of the right box, you can usually hammer a B2 right down central that will leave you within striking distance of the green!

Depending on the distance of your approach shot in, you might have to play a C3 or A1 here also.  It’s uphill, so if you try to hit a B2 with roll and it gets caught up in the elevated fairway, it may not go more than 300 yards!  This green is well-guarded, so you may have to try to skip it over the sand and hope it holds the green or fringe!

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 1
EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 2

From the left fairway, check out this huge driver hole-out!


Woodland Farm — Hole #13: Par 4

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This par 4 with an island green is usually driveable but very tough!  There are 4 tee boxes, and sometimes you’re on the back of one and simply can’t get there with your driver.  If this is the case, you at least have a lot of fairway to work with so you can line up your approach shot with the wind.

As with most driveable par 4s, you’ll see an offset look into the flag, meaning you won’t be able to take dead aim with a B2 shot.  This of course adds to the difficulty of the shot!  As expected, use the most lofted club you have that will get there, and to improve your chances, aim for the fattest part of the green.  If you can stick it here with backspin, you’ve got your eagle putt, and you can’t complain about that!  Remember too that if you plan to play a small curve into the wind, you’ll lose just a bit of distance over a 180-degree shot!

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 1
FLIRTING WITH WATER — TWICE!
I DARE YOU TO TRY THIS AT HOME!
A LAY-UP GONE WONDERFULLY WRONG!
ANOTHER SICK SHOT


Woodland Farm — Hole #14: Par 4

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This hole has several looks among 3 tee boxes, but you should always check out the small gap in the trees leading towards the pin.  Most of the time, you’ll have a look with anything from a low-iron to a 5-wood to a driver that has the proper trajectory to fit right in that gap!  It will usually be a finesse shot that rarely will have a clean angle into the green.  More than often, the tree to the left of the green will catch your drive if you get through.  If you anticipate this, you can aim to land a bit long and left, and when it catches the tree, your ball will trickle down onto the green for an eagle putt!

If the shot through the gap in the trees is not there, pick a point in the fairway that gives you a clear approach shot at the flag, and stick it there.  It’s very tough to get eagle anyway on this hole, so it’s not terrible to play it safe and take your birdie this way too!

One final note — if you are on the far-right tee box, look for a gap OVER the trees that a lofted wood can clear, floating your shot down onto the green instead!

CLEANLY THROUGH THE GAP
CLIPPING THE TREES BY PLAN
RAMMING IT THROUGH!
UP AND AROUND THE TREES!


Woodland Farm — Hole #15: Par 4

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On this hole, you’ll usually be laying up in the circle fairway, although sometimes you can clear the river to the next fairway.  If you’re laying up in the circle, be careful, because it slopes down and can leak into the water if you hit it too far!

With this elevated green, loft becomes important again.  If you have to hit a low-lofted iron because of the distance you have left, it’ll be harder to get your shot safely on the green.  The Big Bertha clubs offer a big advantage on this hole because of the 7-wood and 9-wood, but you can still get a 3-iron or 3-hybrid high enough on the approach too — it’s just more difficult.

The pin is usually on the right, and the green slopes that way, so make sure you land your approach high and left and let the ball trickle down that way towards the flag!  The fattest part is also in the middle, so it makes a good landing area.

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT
CRAZY LUCKY HOLE-OUT!


Woodland Farm — Hole #16: Par 5

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The easiest shortcut here is to a grassy hill just over the river — if you are on the left tee box, you can line up with the green and you’ll see it straight ahead.  Pull out your 3-wood (you’ll need the loft) and crank it straight ahead on top of this hill!  From here, you’ll have a good look at eagle, but there’s sand guarding the front (as usual) and backspin won’t work as well from this rough.

It’s hard to find, but there is another decent shortcut here if you’re on the right tee boxes.  If you rotate to the right several times, lining yourself up with a tree out in the rough, you can play a big C3 out this direction.  It should end up in a patch of small trees in the rough, if not beyond them all!  From here, you’ll usually have a pretty clean look into the green in two (and if not, you can usually chip onto the green in 3 anyway for your birdie putt).

I’ve also found that if you take your drive straight out to the fairway, you can sometimes get there in two with a big A1 approach.  With sand on the lower side, it’s still tough to stick the green with this shot, but you should at least have an eagle chip with this route.

 EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 1
EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 2


Woodland Farm — Hole #17: Par 3

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Another par 3 with drastically different looks from multiple tee boxes.  If you’re got the wind and the slope going the same direction, it’s extremely difficult to hold this green, and if you don’t, it might be wet.  You can pray that the wind is blowing opposite the slope so that you can play a straight shot into the green, but in all other cases, expect to be working a small curve against the slope with backspin to give yourself a chance at birdie.

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 1
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EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 3
EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 4


Woodland Farm — Hole #18: Par 4

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Woodland Farm finishes with a driveable par 4, but you’re going to have to maneuver one of the most difficult greens in the game, both in terms of shape and slope.  If your drive is short, it’s wet.  If it’s long, it might bounce back down and be wet.  If you hold the green, you might not even have a line at the pin because of the shape.  If you’re above the hole and chipping, you can’t stop it, and it may very well roll all the way down to the water.  Downhill putts roll over, or if you miss, it’ll roll into the lake.

So what do you do?  This is the ultimate skill shot off the tee and offers a fun challenge for pros, but for amateurs, it can just be hell.  It’s fun to go for it, and it’s worth the risk if the pin is in the vicinity of some fatter green.  Otherwise, the rough to the side of the green can actually be the next-best place to be.  From here, you can lob a chip to the high part of the green and let it trickle down to the pin, where you tap in for birdie.  Play it safe here, and your birdie may very well get a stroke or more up on your competition!

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 1
EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 2
EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT 3
CRANK UP THE VOLUME ON THIS ONE!
BIG HOP!
LIKE THROWING DARTS
USING THE ROOF PERFECTLY!
ANOTHER CRAZY HOP
BEAUTIFUL DUNK


Grand Savannah Breakdown — Golden Tee 2009

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This section breaks down how to play each hole at Golden Tee’s Grand Savannah, by the Mara River in Tanzania.  Check back soon to see how this course and specific holes rates difficulty-wise among all the 2009 courses!

Check back here and learn even more tips and tricks, and how to play from each of the tee boxes on the course!


Clubs and balls to use on Grand Savannah

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So what’s the best set of clubs to use when playing Golden Tee 2009’s Grand Savannah?  Well, I got feedback from 25 pros on their choices, and here’s what I found!

The most votes went to the new Big Bertha set available in 2009.  Players like the combination of the 310-yard driver and the loft that the woods offer, since this course is a lot about carry!  Players also like the Attack Wedge in this set for hole #17, which is already being deemed one of the most difficult holes ever created (and I concur).

Coming in second is the old hybrids, still a favorite among amateurs and pros on any course.

There were also votes for four other sets of clubs, but these 2 seem like the best bet for scoring well on Grand Savannah!  Oh, and the D2 balls are the most popular choice, followed closely by the Gamers, and then the Freaks!


Early reviews for Golden Tee 2009’s Grand Savannah

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Here’s what the players are saying early on about Golden Tee’s new 2009 course Grand Savannah!

AMJ — GT Par is -26.

Jeff S — MUD, MUD, MUD!! The ball does not travel well out of the mud…enough said.

AMJ — Played the new woods (310,3W,5W,7W,9W) the first round and old school low loft the second round. I think I’ll stick with the low lofts for now. Not many obstacles you need to go over and not enough elevation change to justify the new woods. Like Whodat said, it’s tough to tell what is water and what is land on a few holes. The front is fairly plain, and if I remember right, the back has some brutal par 5s. Looking at my two rounds, it’s at least -25 GT par (14 was an eagle hole for sure), but it’s probably -26 and maybe -27.

kevinb77 — not a bad course at all… just dont like a nearly 800 yard hole…

bpharri1 — i was doing ok thru 6 (pretty easy first few holes), then missed like a 12 yard chip (that i would’ve made on 2008, but for some reason that same chip on 2009 went about 54% as far)…and then another hole apparently plays about 1 club short (like a few of those on 2008–you know who you are!), i miss a putt, etc….. then i par everything, it seems, but then i still think i can shoot a 20 on my first round, which was my goal (that i only acheived tonight on bonnie moor, which is cake) and then…..
……17——–ouch!!!
basically impossible.
there was like a 16mph wind going at about 4:39 and the pin was on the left of the green that is about 25 feet deep, with water short, and junk everywhere else. Oh yeah, and it’s up 10. up 10 and 2 right or something. the distance was the club right between a 9i and pw (a 10i, i’ll call it?). i attempt to hit-cut the ball with a 9i into the tree that is just left of the green so i’d drop down right next to and maybe on the green (the only shot i could really think of). it goes through the leaves, and ends up about 20 yards long in the shit. oh, ok, not bad, i’ll just chip it on…NOPE!! there is a big speedbump right before the green, that is down 10 from me now, and again, the green is like 20-25 feet deep! I lw bs it up, it hits the very front edge of the green, tries to check, doesn’t, and gets wet–and it would’ve been wet if the green was 40 yards deep. drops me in the same place. i then use sw bs it and chip it off the top of the upslope of the speedbump, takes a few bounces on the speedbump top and downslope, tries to check up on the green for like 20 feet, doesn’t, and then again is wet. they drop me in a really tough place with a severe breaking chip and of course i miss.

just ridiculous


Grand Savannah — Hole #1: Par 4

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Just try to place your drive out there where the wind and sand traps will least inhibit your approach.

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Grand Savannah — Hole #2: Par 4

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This is about as easy as par 4s get.  It’s always driveable, but you’ll have an “offset” look, meaning you won’t be lined up directly at the flag.  So, you’ll get more practice with your aim!  Do NOT be short, though…if you land in that dirt stuff short of the green, the ball will not bounce out of there, and you’ll have to chip!

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT


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