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You’ll often use a tee here to move left, if nothing more, so that you have a straight approach around/over the trees down into this green.
Here’s a towering 8-wood that drops in the cup.
The best setups allow you to high-tee a driver and carry down to the second fairway, offering a straighter approach at the green.
With other looks, it’s good to float down to the island fairway spot in the middle for your approach. Here’s a 4-wood hole-out from there.
Finally, if you’d rather limit risk off the tee, you can lay up at the end of the left fairway and usually have enough distance and loft to be able to carry over the trees at the green.
This one’s mainly about distance control, as the wind won’t be awful yet but you’re forced to navigate it while floating downhill into this island green. Anywhere on the green could be considered a good shot here and give a great chance at eagle.
Here’s a 7-wood ace.
Don’t overthink this one too much – it’s typically just a punch shot to the end of the fairway straight ahead to set up your approach over the water.
However, if you’re feeling adventurous, you can hook a drive around to the right and bring in a shorter shot from the rough. From there, this 8-iron finds the cup.
The end of the left fairway usually offers a pretty straight approach, but sometimes distance can be an issue…you might have to carry a driver over the water into the green. After a drive in the fairway, this 10.5 driver had enough loft to clear the trees for a straight approach at the green and found the cup.
Playing out to the right fairway may be good from other tee boxes where you can blast far enough not to have to curve a shot into the green, as you’ll be quite a bit closer to the pin than from the left fairway too.
Hugging the left side of the fairway is often the best play here and many times leaves you with a straight approach into the green.
This is a nasty par 4 for all the reasons — wind, elevation, rock and water around a sloping green. Sometimes it’s challenging just to stick the green. Usually you’re trying to come in around the left of the trees.
However, shooting the gap to tie right can be an option too. Here’s a great 3-wood through the gap on the right side for the ace.
Some boxes allow for a drive out to the far-right fairway, which is a good option if you can get out far enough for a fairly straight approach into the green. After a drive out to the far right fairway, this 5-wood curls around for the hole-out.
Most other setups call for playing to the end of the center fairway, which might require working the ball right-to-left to get out for a clear approach. After curling around to the end of the center fairway, this 5-hybrid-wood drops in the cup.
Finally, there’s a fairway patch out left that presents a nice approach option but is difficult to reach…it requires something like a 3-wood worked through a small gap in the trees off the tee box.
This opening par 4 is sometimes drivable. There’s a close tee box where you can take straight aim at the green…here’s a high-teed driver that cleared the dirt to bounce up and in.
Other tee boxes give you a chance to curl a C3 driver up close to the green for a chip or putt, as long as you avoid the dirt!
Here’s a 5-wood ace straight over the barn to a back pin.
Here’s an 8-iron ace.
From the jutting end of the fairway, this 3-wood approach finds the cup.
Some closer tee boxes offer an option to play into the dirt out to the left, straighter at the green. Here’s a 7-wood hole-out from there.
There is a very rare setup where power hitters have a chance to drive this green.
From this tee box, a high-teed 5W cleared the tree right at the green to find the hole.
From the left fairway, here’s an 8-wood hole-out.
This medium-teed 5-wood cleared the building easily, using bite for the ace.
With a tailwind, a medium-teed 6-wood normally has enough to clear the building so backspin will hold the green. This 6-wood had some curve and caught the top of the roof but still bounced down and in!
Here’s an ace with the 9-iron.
After a drive to the left edge of the fairway, this driver approach had just enough to find the cup.
Here’s a high-teed 5W right over everything to a back pin.
With a front pin tucked behind the barn, this one gets trickier. Headwinds make it easier to drop one right over top, like this high-teed 5-wood.
You might not need as much loft as you think — this medium-teed 4-wood clears to a front-right pin.
Even if you’re short, you might get a friendly bounce off the roof!
If you can find a way to carry over to the second fairway, it’s a great option that gives you a nice look at the green in two. Here’s a 3-hybrid hole-out from the right-side of the fairway.
Another good option is to play to the dirt straight ahead towards the hole, to the right of the gallows. Blast out as far as you can, and you should have plenty of club to get there in two. Here’s a 3-wood hole-out from there.
