Turn right and play a small cut around the corner to get closer to the green to ensure you have plenty of club to get there in two.
After a nice drive, here’s a 5-wood holed-out to a front-left pin. This 3-wood was way off but got generous bounces to find the hole!
Even if you happen to drive too far into the sand, all is not lost — check out this recovery!
This par 4 is very easy from the front box, often a short straight shot at the green. Here’s a 4-hybrid ace from there.
From the middle box, you’ll need some loft or curve…this 7-wood had no problem going over the top to find the hole.
The left box requires quite a bit of cut around the mountain and will be a much tougher eagle, OR, you can try to shoot around the left side instead — check out this high-teed 7-wood over the left edge for the ace!
Finally, there’s another tee box way back and out to the right where you just need distance control down into the green, and it can require as much as a high-teed driver.
There are a couple options off the tee here depending on the wind and pin. By far the most common is to either blast a drive straight ahead, hugging the left edge of the fairway, or rotate right and play a big C3 drive to this second fairway. The farther the better, as you are trying to get out past trees guarding your approach. The approach from here can be tricky as you may be between an 8-iron and 9-iron, so it will take some skill and touch to stick for an eagle putt.
The other layup option is to the center of the circular edge of the fairway to the far right. From here, there is a straight gap through the trees to the green. This is a good option if the wind and flag line up straight through the gap.
There are conditions from the front box where this green is perhaps drivable — this high-teed driver got through the trees and trickled down almost onto the green! And by pulling off the Turbo A1, this drive did find the green and almost the cup!
Most of the time you’ll just play out to the end of the second fairway for a short chip into the green. If the pin is towards the right, then the farther out, the better. Here’s a fairway hole-out to a center pin, and here’s an 8-iron hole-out from the rough to a right pin.
Here’s another par 5 that may be driveable, so take a look at the setup! From the front-left box, this high-teed 3-wood had just enough to clear the volcano and trickle down into the hole! This one played as a C3 into a right wind also dropped into a left pin for the super albatross! Finally, some of the higher-lofted drivers with a high tee may clear the volcano as well — this one (Surge driver with Streaks) almost finds the hole. There’s a bit of risk here because of the water and downhill slope of the green, but it’s fun to give it a try if you can make it!
Most of the time, you’ll be laying up to any of the fairway strips out to the right…whatever seems easiest based on your clubs and the wind. From the center strip, here’s a driver hole-out to a back pin.
From the left strip, here’s a 3-wood hole-out to a back pin.
The tricky part about greens like this, other than the slope, is trying to ensure you don’t end up on the wrong side and leave the grassy hill between your ball and the hole! Even though water is short, the front of the green is the safest place to give you access to both sides of the green.
From the back-left box, here’s a perfect dunk with the 3-hybrid! And this 6-wood floated a bit too far to a back-right pin but caught just the right bounce to intercept the hole.
From the front box, this low-teed 3-hybrid went around the right side and bounced up to drop in for an ace! This 2-hybrid did the same thing — awesome. It’s safer, though, to float a wood around either the left or right side to carry and stick the green. To use the left side, you’ll want more loft — this 7-wood was played perfectly for the ace.
From the back box, this one had just enough to carry and backspin into the hole. While the left side is more direct, it brings the water into play the entire time, so a safer play in cooperating conditions would be to play around the right side.
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GT Par on this course is either -28 or -29 (depending on if #1 is drivable).
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Even from the back box, this hole can be driven with a big A1 drive and a nice wind…check out this ace to start the round! Sometimes it’s best to play the hill to the right, and other times you’ll want to try to carry the green on the fly by rotating left another click.
This is the most popular hole to try the Turbo A1 Drive in an attempt to steal an early stroke from your friends. With that, here’s a 459-yard ace to start the round, the longest known YouTube ace!
Even if you can’t get there, it can be nice to be down by the sand for an eagle chip onto this flat green.
Not usually that challenging, but you can’t flirt too much with the water…an offset look will make you have to work a little bit for your eagle putt. From the back box, here’s a nice driver with a slight cut into a right pin.
Here’s a 7-iron dunk from the front box.
From the right box, this 7-wood had just enough to bounce into a front pin.
With a good setup, or almost always from the front box, you can blast it long and straight to have a straight shot into the green from the main fairway.
Another alternative, especially from the back box, is turn left and loft a shorter shot (high-teed 4W works well) over the mountain onto the shortcut fairway patch for a long, but straight, approach — here’s an example driver hole-out from there.
The offset look and the elevation change provide the challenge here, so make sure you err to the center of the green to give yourself an eagle putt. Remember that backspin, when shooting downhill, causes more spin than on flat elevation, so be careful when applying it…especially with a headwind.
From the front box, this 5-wood floated down and backspun into a front pin.
From the back box, here’s another 5-wood backspin floater.
Only real danger here is the water on the right side, so don’t get too aggressive when the pin is to the right! A bogey is not what you want on your card this early.
While you can sometimes get there from the main left fairway, it requires a precise drive long and hugging the right side to allow a long drive into the green.
Most of the time, you’ll need to work your drive around the trees to the shortcut area towards the green. Don’t be short in the first half because it slopes backwards into the water! Make sure to take your shot way out left or right, because the tree will gobble it up if you don’t. Whether you go around right or left depends fully on the wind and your tee box…do what feels most comfortable. The final caution is the snow…if you get stuck there, your eagle hopes are gone.
From the front edge, this 3-wood finds a back pin.
From the back-middle box, this high-teed 7-wood cut around and over for the ace. This high-teed 6-iron didn’t have enough to clear cleanly but still bounced forward, down and into the cup! And this medium-teed 9-wood also didn’t clear cleanly but got the perfect bounces into the hole.
From the left box, it’s nice to have a 9-wood in the bag that you can tee high and take straight over the top especially with a headwind. However, this high-teed 7-iron cleared the top and found the hole! This high-teed 8-iron also cleared and had enough distance to reach the cup. This high-teed 6-iron didn’t have enough to clear cleanly but got some nice bounces down into the cup!
Otherwise, you can cut a shot around the mountain with backspin to hold the green. It’s uphill, so you’ll usually need to either club up or high-tee to carry the green.
From the right box, you’ll have the easiest time with your approach…this 7-wood went straight at a right pin for the ace. However, with a left pin, you still may want to cut around your approach…check out this great 8-wood cut into a left pin!
Many times you can blast out to the fatter part of the second fairway for a straight-in shot in two…this is the best place to be if you can carry your drive over the water.
With a tough setup, you can also lay up back in the left part of the first fairway and still have a pretty straight shot into the green around the mountain.
If you don’t get your drive out far enough left, you’ll have to curve a shot around the mountain into the green — this 3-wood got it done!
If you like the setup towards the left island fairway, or if you can’t clear the water to the left part of the fairway, it offers a fine approach as well.
From the front-left box, here’s a video of a driver with roll that found a ramp to jump up onto the green! This is rare, but as long as you aren’t concerned about the loft of your approach, you may as well give it a try!
Even though your approach is uphill, loft isn’t usually a problem…the only issue can be finding yourself in between clubs. So think ahead a little bit about where you think you want to be, but the fairway anywhere should be fine.
You can even lay back at the top of the first fairway if you’d rather bring in a wood without having to shoot uphill.
Most common layup spot is the elevated landing area in the center…this can be had with a high tee with a headwind or normal tee with backspin given a tailwind. You’ll have a wood into the hole from there… here’s a driver hole-out.
Another less popular layup spot is to the right of this one and farther away. You can’t get there from every box, and it may be tougher to stick, but it’s an option that won’t result in water if you miss.
It’s possible, especially with the wind blowing towards the hole, to drop your drive straight ahead in the main fairway and play a big C3 shot into the green as well.
Using the Turbo A1, here’s a huge drive out to the right fairway for an easy approach!
Pin placement, like in the back right, can make this approach tough. Put your drive in a spot where you can stick a small landing area if needed; otherwise, most anywhere is fine.
After laying back with the drive, this 5-wood hopped nicely into a back-right cup.
In general, it’s best to play as much loft as you can to clear trees and snow on your way into the green. From the back-right box, you’ll need at least the loft of a 3-wood, and usually more, to curve around the left into this green. You can also curve around right if that provides a better look.
From the middle box, here’s a high-teed 5-wood over the top of everything into a right pin! And this high-teed 4-wood cut into the wind over the top for the dunk.
With all conditions, you should be able to blast down the main fairway far enough to have an approach shot into this green in two.
It shouldn’t be necessary, but if you are so inclined, there is a shortcut spot straight ahead at the hole. This spot is a more popular option with a straight head/tail wind to give you an easier approach than what you might have from the fairway. It’s at least a 7-wood in terms of loft to get there. Here’s a nice 7-wood dunk from there!
This really tough par 3 may force you to get creative with tees and shot-shaping to give yourself a decent birdie putt. The wind seems to affect your shot more than usual. From the back box, this 7-wood gets a ridiculous deflection to find the cup.
From the middle-left box, this low-teed 6-wood curves nicely into a back pin. This 5-iron was a great shot into a left pin.
From the back-right box, you could have a fairly straight shot or some curve depending on the pin placement and wind, and the elevation change makes it challenging. Of course, long is okay and can give you a comeback chip with a chance for eagle. This high-teed driver settled into a right pin. Here’s another one with a straight opening finding a back-left pin.
From the back-left box, it’s tough to control your accuracy due to the distance and wind, so try to err long if you’re not sure. This high-teed driver cut hard around to find a back pin, but the -33 was the most impressive part of the shot!
Here is the official preview of the new 2016 Interior, South Dakota 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!
GT Par on this course is -29.
This post will contain tips, tricks, and information related to the 2016 Golden Tee course Antelope Pass! 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!
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From the front-right box, this medium-teed 5-wood curves around the right side into a center pin. And this high-teed 5-wood goes around the left and over for the dunk!
From the center box, this high-teed 6-wood went straight over to find the hole.
From the back box, this high-teed 5-wood was good straight over the top for the ace.
