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Sparkling Waters — Hole #2: Par 4

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Here’s a driver ace around the left side from the back right box.

From the left box, this 3-wood curved over the trees on the left to carry the green and find the hole. And this high-teed 5-wood went right over the top into a headwind for the dunk!

And if you venture off the green a ways here, you’ll find Hoffa!

Sparkling Waters — Hole #3: Par 3

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

Sparkling Waters — Hole #4: Par 5

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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 clear); otherwise turn left and play a high-teed driver A1-type shot to the island instead (this can also be a medium tee if you need to curb distance…it will curl in around the trees to the rough patch). The closer to the pin, the better, but you can get there from anywhere on here — this holeout was from the back-left of the rough. Here’s a 3-wood that bounced up and in from the muck behind the rough. This one was also in that stuff and had enough to get up and in.

Not all of us will be able to get there in all setups, and you’ll actually have a better look from the next option with a left pin, which is the fairway island short and right of the first option. It’s easier to land here with the front box; you’ll need a 3/4W curved into there from the back box. Here’s a driver holeout from there.

You cannot get there in two from either of the back boxes by playing the main fairway.

Sparkling Waters — Hole #5: Par 4

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From the back tee, here’s a driver with backspin around the right side. Here’s another incredible driver ace from that box. And this high-teed driver went around the left side to a left pin. So did this one, barely missing danger!

From the middle tee, you can go around either side depending on the pin placement. Here’s a high-teed 5-wood around the left side that settled into a front pin. Here’s a high-teed 3-wood around the right side that found a back-right pin.

From the front box, this 3-wood cut around the left to a left pin.

Sparkling Waters — Hole #6: Par 5

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The best approach shot comes from the upper left fairway, which may require as much as a high-teed C3 drive out to the left side. If you can get up there, go for it — here’s a 5-wood holeout.

If you can’t make it to the upper left fairway, you can still drive long and right to give yourself a chance — here’s a driver holeout from there. You may also find an opening in the trees — this one went through and found the hole.

Sparkling Waters — Hole #7: Par 3

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Here’s a 5-wood dunk to a back pin.

Sparkling Waters — Hole #8: Par 4

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To eagle this tough par 4, you’ll have to curve around the trees to the right and try to tuck into a green with trouble on all sides. You can either take straight aim and play a B3-type shot (check out this nice 5-wood ace, and also this great driver ace), or turn right and play more of a C2-type shot. From the back-right of the box, here’s a 3-wood with bite around the right side. And with more of an angle, here’s another nice ace to a front-left pin.

Another option is to play some loft around the left side — this high-teed 6-wood played a small curve around the left to find the hole. This high-teed 5-wood took a similar route and found the cup. And while those shots cut over the top of the trees on the left, this shot went around them almost completely to a left pin.

Sparkling Waters — Hole #9: Par 5

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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, you can take a high-teed 3/4/5-wood through/over the trees where there’s an opening. You can also use a C2-type driver with backspin around the trees to settle left. From here, you can approach through the trees around the left side into the green. This may set up better depending on the pin placement and/or wind — here is a 3-wood hole-out taking that path. Here’s another example from that spot with the 5-wood. And this approach with the driver was a smart play to a left pin.

Another option is to lay up before the neck of the fairway, on the right side, which will expose a fairly open path to the green with a driver. Here’s a long hole-out from there.

Sparkling Waters — Hole #10: Par 3

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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.

Sparkling Waters — Hole #11: Par 4

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Nothing special here; from either tee box location, just put it in the fairway for an open shot at the green. Here’s an example hole-out.

Sparkling Waters — Hole #12: Par 4

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

Sparkling Waters — Hole #13: Par 3

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This par 3 can be tough — you’ll have to shoot through a narrow row of trees that extend all the way up to the green, and then you’ll hope to have a clear putt at the pin with the irregular shape of the green and often tough pin placements. Bunkers will catch any errant shots that the trees don’t deflect.

From the back box, check out this 5W dunk to a back-center pin!

Sparkling Waters — Hole #14: Par 4

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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 hot!

From the left side of the back box, especially with the wind blowing right, you can also come around the left side of those trees into the green.

Sparkling Waters — Hole #15: Par 5

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Some setups allow you to play something like a high-teed 3-wood to curve around to the upper fairway, giving yourself a short approach shot for eagle. Here’s a holeout from there. A high-teed driver has enough loft to get over the corner as well.

Especially with a wind blowing away from the green, you can also lay up at the end of the lower fairway and curve a wood up and around into the green — check out this great 4-wood hole-out. Here’s another one with the 3-wood.

Finally, you can lay up even shorter in the main fairway to the left edge, in line with the center of the pine needle patch, to give yourself a driver straight into the green.

Sparkling Waters — Hole #16: Par 3

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From the center box, here’s a nice 5-wood ace.

From the right box, here’s a 4-wood ace to a back-right pin.

Sparkling Waters — Hole #17: Par 5

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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 angle into the green.

Here’s another 3-wood hole-out from the left island, which also had a nice look to the green.

Sparkling Waters — Hole #18: Par 4

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Just requires a bit of loft and backspin to hold the green. Don’t clip the rock or you’ll ricochet into the water as well. The green is as bad as it gets in terms of slope, so don’t be too frustrated if you two-putt. You can also try to prevent a downhill rollover by sticking the far side of the green for an uphill putt. By playing safe, you should come away with a birdie at worst here!

From the back box, this 3-wood carried the hill, stopped with spin, and settled into a right pin. And this 5-wood one-hopped off the rock into a right pin! This 3-wood with bite settled nicely into a back-left pin, for a pretty decent score. And check out the great cut on this 4-wood to settle into a right pin.

Check out this 5-wood that came up short, barely held up on the rock because of the tailwind, and crept back down into the hole!

Desert Valley — Golden Tee 2015

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Here is a description of this new course for Golden Tee 2015:
“Vegas, baby. With Sin City cathedrals looming in the distance—serving as an unfamiliar trackball backdrop—it’s time to test your luck (and skill) in Las Vegas. The fairways are lush and full of life, although the desert elements are evident early and often, reminding you of the terrain when you stray off course. The big gamble on Desert Valley Resort will come on the par-3s. Do you put all your chips to the center of the table or play it safe?”

Here is the official preview of the new 2015 Las Vegas, Nevada course, and this article breaks down the course even further.

Here is a playlist with YouTube demo videos of all 18 holes from the beta version!

This post contains tips, tricks, and information related to the 2015 Golden Tee course Desert Valley! Check out the hole-by-hole breakdowns and example hole-outs as I partner up with the Golden Tee community to give you the edge you need to beat your friends!

The most popular club/ball combo on this course, as with all 2015 courses, is Vultures/Grabbers. However, some players prefer the Howitzers as an alternate club set because of the value of the high-loft driver on some shots, and the Streaks are seen as an alternate ball option.

Desert Valley — Hole #1: Par 4

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A little curve around to the right and some fun-looking dice traps start off your round. This hole is actually drivable in some setups — check out this huge high-teed A1 driver that found its way through the trees and into the hole! Here’s another incredible ace to start off the round.

Desert Valley — Hole #2: Par 4

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A drivable par 4 where you just need the right touch to stick the elevated green…but don’t miss! The offset will challenge your accuracy off the tee. Here’s a nice 3-wood ace. And from the back-left of the box, here’s a driver ace.

Desert Valley — Hole #3: Par 3

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Elevated sand on the left, and suited traps on the right. Here’s an ace to a front pin.

Desert Valley — Hole #4: Par 5

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From the back box, the play is to lay up at the short-right corner of the fairway. Ideally, you have enough distance to hit a 3-wood over the trees for an eagle putt. Here’s another dunk to a right pin. Or, if you have the Howitzer driver, it can help elevate over the top as well…check out this dunk!

Other times, you’ll have to cut a driver around the left of the trees. This driver cut too early but missed all the trees and ended up in the hole! This driver went around the trees and backspun into the cup. And using the water skip assist, here’s another taking a more extreme angle.

From the front box, you can also blast a drive way down the right side of the fairway to give you a straight driver into the green. You may still have to play a small cut around the trees anyway — check out this great driver to a back-right pin. If you are too far away, you can play an A1 cut shot to add distance and perhaps hope to skip the water if needed.

Finally, check out the lucky charms in the desert out to the right!

Desert Valley — Hole #5: Par 4

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A drivable par 4 whose complexity depends on the tee box — you’ll either get to hit over the trees or have to curve slightly around them to the green.

From the left box with a left pin, this 5-wood took straight aim and got a nice little kick off the sand hill into the hole. This 3-wood didn’t quite have enough curve around the right side but caught a great bounce off the sandy hill to spin back in the hole! And this 3-wood played a more extreme right-to-left cut into a left pin.

This high-teed 5-wood played a little left-to-right cut into a right pin. And this low-teed driver avoided the trees around the left to find a back pin!

From the right box, this driver cut into the green and deflected nicely into the cup. This driver took a more direct route under those trees and backspun into a center pin.

Desert Valley — Hole #6: Par 3

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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. Check out this 6-wood chip to a center pin. Here’s an iron chip to a right-center pin.

Desert Valley — Hole #7: Par 5

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Just hit your drive down the left side of the fairway about level with the start of the rocky hill on the left to leave yourself a driver or 3-wood straight shot into the green. Check out this driver dunk! And here’s a 3-wood dunk to a left pin.

Desert Valley — Hole #8: Par 4

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Again, some small curve required from the back box and an ability to stick this elevated island green to avoid getting wet! It’s usually anywhere from a 3-wood (with a headwind) to a 5-wood (with a tailwind).

This 4-wood took aim at the left side of the green and played a small cut around the left to find the hole. Here’s another example with the 3-wood.

There is a path around the right side that can be considered if it looks more welcoming — here’s a high-teed 5-wood with a small cut that finds the cup!

Desert Valley — Hole #9: Par 4

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Potentially drivable par 4 given a great helping wind and a high-teed A1 drive (Grabbers) from the right tee box…just watch out for the water on the right, and don’t clip any trees on your way! Here’s another one with the Streaks, which carry a bit farther. Finally, here’s a shot that did find the hole for the ace!!

Desert Valley — Hole #10: Par 5

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Interesting setup where you’ll have to stick one of the three landing pods to give you a shot at the green in 2. The farthest back pod gives you the best approach shot, where you can play a small curve around the hill for your approach — here’s a nice driver hole-out. With a left pin, you could even have a straight shot at it — here’s another driver that settled into a back pin.

From the middle pod, you’ll have a couple options — there’s an opening to shoot through the trees, or you can still curve around the left side like this 3-wood did to a left pin.

From the front, there is an opening over the hill around either side of the trees — here’s a 3-wood around the left side that finds the hole.

Desert Valley — Hole #11: Par 4

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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.

Desert Valley — Hole #12: Par 3

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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