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Pelican Grove — Hole #7: Par 4

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From the left box, you can punch a low-teed 1-iron or 2-hybrid under the leaves and through the gaps in the trees. Here’s an example with the 1-iron that found the green. This 2-bird took a couple hops right into the hole! And this 2-bird also went under to a right pin. A low-teed driver can also work — this one caught a friendly leaf at the end and settled in the cup. Same with a 0-hybrid if you have that set — here’s a great shot underneath!

Or, if you have a 9-wood in the back and a decent wind, there’s an opportunity to cut over the top instead! Finally, a more risky play — this iron played a hard cut but missed all the trees in finding the hole!

From the right box, you can also execute the low-teed shot through the trees, or you can try to carry a shot around the right side of the trees and cut it into the green instead. Here’s a 4-wood around the side acing a tough right pin! Or, you can move back in the box and play a high-teed 5-wood right over the top too!

If it doesn’t look like anything is there for you, then play out right to the fairway — here’s a hole-out from there.

Pelican Grove — Hole #8: Par 3

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Here’s an example ace to a back pin followed by another one to a front pin. The trees can come into play if you are reckless with your tee shot, so always play inside out to pins on the either side of the green — here’s a nice ace to a right pin.

Pelican Grove — Hole #9: Par 5

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This short par 5 is drivable, perhaps a couple ways, in some cases! Here’s a big C3 cutter around the right side that caught a late water skip and held the green. Here’s another one. This high-teed driver took a bigger angle and caught a boost from a branch to shoot it up on the green! With a tailwind, you can also shoot a straight high-teed driver through the trees. And here it is — the super albatross!

Most of the time, though, you’ll be curving around in the first fairway towards the water, because the approach can still be open — here’s a hole-out from there. This wasn’t left far enough but a great curve shot found the cup!

Another option off the tee is to rotate left a couple times and play a high-teed driver straight over the gap in the trees to the second fairway. And in other cases, you can also aim straight ahead and play a C3 driver to skip the water and end up in the second fairway for an open approach shot for eagle.

Pelican Grove — Hole #10: Par 4

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The safest option if you want to try to drive this green is to cut over the top — check out this high-teed 5-wood that hit the stick! Here’s another one that found the hole. The angle of cut may depend on the wind and distance required, as you can see from those 2 examples.

Another option, and perhaps the best approach especially with a poor wind, is to low-tee a driver and try to cut through the trees — check out how this one got it done! It’s usually a full cut to A and then an easy out between 1 and 2.

If you’re not in the mood to risk hitting trees or dumping it in the water, just lay up ahead to the left of the sand for a fairly straight-in approach shot — here’s one worked into a front-right pin.

Pelican Grove — Hole #11: Par 4

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There are some setups where you can drive this green, or at least the sand for a chip. This big A1 driver hopped the sand and almost found the hole! But this huge A1 drive got the hops it needed to bury in a back pin!

Otherwise, you can usually cut around the left side of the trees straight ahead, putting you at the end of the fairway with a nice easy shot into the green. Here’s a hole-out from there.

If you play the right fairway instead, make sure you don’t hit it too far out where the trees would impede the approach. This tee shot left the ball far enough back for a straight-in approach from over there.

Pelican Grove — Hole #12: Par 3

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Here’s an ace from the back-center box.

From the front-right box, this 9-wood got under and found a right cup.

Pelican Grove — Hole #13: Par 5

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Lay up along the left side of the fairway to give yourself the best approach at this green — here’s an example hole-out. This 3-wood cut through the trees to fight the wind into a left pin!

Check out this driver dunk that missed the branches on the approach!

And then there’s this unbelievable shot off the tree by the green…incredible!

Pelican Grove — Hole #14: Par 4

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From the front box, you may be able to carry a big C3 high-teed driver around and onto the green — this one came pretty close! This one did carry through the sand and roll up onto the green for an eagle putt!

Just lay up along the left side of the fairway in the middle somewhere — here’s a 5-wood hole-out from there.

Pelican Grove — Hole #15: Par 4

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From the left box, you can either punch a low-teed 1-iron or 2-hybrid through the tree gaps right at the green (more risky), or you can take the shot around the left side and curve it back into the green (less risky) — here’s a great 2-hybrid ace to a back pin. With an out wind, this low-teed 2-hybrid actually skipped the water straight at it!

This 5-wood took a loftier approach to ace a front pin. And this was a wonderfully-played 4-wood swerve around the trees as well. Here’s one more example with the low-teed 3-wood.

If you slide right, you may be able to take a 5-wood up around the right side still, accounting for a knock-down as it reaches the last tree by the green — check out this ace! Or if you have a 7-wood, you can high-tee one and hope to get it up and over as well, especially to a left pin!

I don’t know how this 5-wood got under/through the trees, but it also got a sweet kick off the flag and then back into the hole — crazy!

And this 2-iron attempted to go around the right side but ran into the trees…and then into the cup. Amazing.

From the right box, this high 4-wood floated over the top and settled in the hole. This 5-wood used the leaves to slow it down and suck back in the hole. This high-teed 5-wood easily cleared the first set of trees in finding the cup. This medium-teed 5-wood cut over the middle gap of those trees and settled in the hole. This low-teed driver missed all the trees right at it and backspun in the cup! And I don’t know how this shot missed everything, but it made for a great ace.

Going low around the right is also an option — check out this amazing low-teed driver spun around the right for an ace!

Pelican Grove — Hole #16: Par 3

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This hole can get tricky with a headwind because of the up-10 green, and there’s a little stream in front that you need to avoid by over-backspinning anything.

Here’s a 5-wood ace from the back box. Here’s a nice 9-wood with bite to a front pin.

Sometimes you need to play lower-lofted clubs into the green — just make sure you clear the stream and stick the green. This 3-hybrid found the hole. And this 2-hybrid dunked it!

Pelican Grove — Hole #17: Par 5

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Always look out left, because if you can use a great wind/tee to blast a drive out that way, you could have an open approach shot into this green. Here’s a hole-out from there. Here’s another one with the 3-wood. This one didn’t get out far enough but there was a gap in the trees for a 3-wood to shoot quite nicely!

Most of the time, though, you’ll want to lay up straight ahead towards the sand, trying to leave yourself with a 4-wood or 5-wood shot into the green. Firmly-hit 5-woods can clear the trees on the approach if you are on the right side of the fairway. This one was about an inch from hopping over but backed into the hole! Check out this physics-defying bounce back off the back wood!

Or you can curve around the left of the trees into the green if the wind is blowing right and you are more on the left side of that fairway — here’s a 3-wood that hooked around the left to a back-center pin. And this 4-wood played a giant curve but worked out perfectly! Here’s a sick 1-iron skip off the water to a right pin…incredible.

If you do have high-lofted clubs, you can play a bit further down the fairway — here’s a 9-wood over the top.

Pelican Grove — Hole #18: Par 4

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The low-teed 1-iron is money here, but the low-teed 2-hybrid with the Hawks should be able to get it done for you as well. From the right-box, this 2-hybrid actually one-hopped over the water, onto the green, and into the hole — and it’s not bad to play it this way either. Here’s another one with a small hop up. This low-teed 2-hybrid got through the gap to the green and settled back in the cup.

Low-teed drivers can work here too if you can control the distance. Check out this one with a little cut through the trees! And this driver with roll is one of the most violent aces you will ever see! Finally, check out this amazing bounce off the tree behind the green!!

The left tee box provides an opening to go pretty straight at the green — this driver was short but caught a great hop up onto the green and in the hole!

If you don’t have a low-lofted club to get under the trees, just lay out to the left for your approach — here’s a hole-out from there.

Shady Acres — Hole #1: Par 4

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Lay up short of the sand and bring it in — here’s an example hole-out.

Shady Acres — Hole #2: Par 4

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Most times the best drive is cut over to the right behind the sand, opening up the approach which is guarded on the left by trees. You may very well still have to cut around the trees on this approach into the green — don’t let this happen! However, lower-lofted clubs can cut through and maybe clip a leaf — this one found the cup.

With a right-pin, this approach was wide open for this authoritative dunk!

Shady Acres — Hole #3: Par 3

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Here’s an example ace to a front pin.

Shady Acres — Hole #4: Par 5

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Most of the time you’ll lay up in the fairway in front of the sand traps on the right…this leaves an opening approach for eagle. Here’s a driver hole-out from there. Here’s another one with the 3-wood.

Shady Acres — Hole #5: Par 4

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Club down or hit softer here, because it carries quite a bit with the slight downhill elevation change. Here’s a 3-wood ace. This 3-wood got a little pin action with a front pin. This driver was off the mark but got an amazing deflection out of the bunker into the hole!

Shady Acres — Hole #6: Par 4

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Gauge the wind and play the fairway that makes the most sense.

Here’s a hole-out from the right fairway.

Here’s a 9-wood hole-out from the left fairway.

Shady Acres — Hole #7: Par 5

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This is a really tough eagle that forces you to pull off a couple great shots to find the green. Off the tee, very rarely you can find a setup from the back box with a big tailwind where you can play an A1 out to the left and cut out to the second fairway. That shortcut shot that could net you a short approach — here’s a hole-out from that spot!

But normally, you can cut the corner with a C3-type shot, making sure still to find the fairway. Try to be short as well so that you end up holding the left side of that fairway, giving you more room for your approach shot. Where you lay up depends on your clubs. It’s usually a driver approach from back by the sand, or if you have 2-hybrid or a low-iron, you can cut more off the corner to get closer to the green for your desired approach distance.

For the approach, you can take aim straight at the green and play a B1-type shot to swerve around the trees into this green — here’s a great hole-out with the 3-wood.

Or, you can rotate left once and play more of an A2-type shot to create more angle into the green — this also brings the trees more into play. A driver stays low enough to get under them though — check out this awesome shot. A well-played 2-hybrid works great too!

There are some small gaps in the trees guarding the green that may allow an overcut approach still to trickle down on the carpet. Here’s another one with the 2-hybrid.

Shady Acres — Hole #8: Par 3

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Here’s a 7-wood backspun into a front pin.

Shady Acres — Hole #9: Par 4

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You usually loft a shot around the trees and hope to hold the green here. This 3-wood had enough to catch the rough and a nice hop to a back pin. This 4-wood was another nice play to a back-right pin.

A driver is another good option, where you land left and depend on backspin to bring it onto the green. This driver landed in the sand and backspun out to find the cup! A low-teed driver can also be an option to stick the green.

Shady Acres — Hole #10: Par 4

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Most of the time, the left fairway is fine — just be careful with a right wind because it slopes towards the water. From the end of that fairway, here’s an example hole-out.

The end of the right fairway gives you another option at an open approach — here’s a 5-wood hole-out from there.

Shady Acres — Hole #11: Par 4

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Off the tee, play a small curve to the left in front of the water to give yourself a more open approach shot at the green. Here’s a hole-out from there.

If you do play straight ahead, you’ll have to play a small curve into the green — here’s an example hole-out.

Shady Acres — Hole #12: Par 5

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It’s tough to get a drive out far enough to have a decent approach here, making it a tough par 5 to eagle. Here’s a 5-wood needing just a small curve for a hole-out. This 2-hybrid played a bigger cut and backspun into the cup. And this 3-wood holed out to a really tough pin location!

This drive got too close to the trees, but a driver rammed through them and luckily found the cup!

This drive was able to carry far down the fairway and left this open approach hole-out.

Shady Acres — Hole #13: Par 3

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It’s nice when you can use a 5-wood to loft a shot onto this green — here’s an example ace to a left pin.

Here’s a 7-wood ace to a back-right pin.

With lower-lofted clubs, this hole can be difficult. It’s often between a 2-hybrid and 3-hybrid if you play Hawks, and there’s quite a gap difference there while needing to carry and stick this green. This 3-hybrid with bite worked well with a tailwind. This 2-hybrid with backspin also found the cup.

Don’t try this at home, but this appears to be a 1-iron swerved with a front-hill assist — amazing! Here’s another one curved the other way hopped up to a back pin!

Check out this amazing deflection off the back bunker!

Shady Acres — Hole #14: Par 4

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Play a cut shot around to the right with your driver here to open up the approach shot. Here’s a hole-out from the right fairway. Even if you end up in the middle of the sand, you’ll have an open approach shot — this one found the cup.

Shady Acres — Hole #15: Par 4

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Here’s a 3-wood with bite to a right pin. And here’s a driver ace.

This driver was sure to get wet, but it hung on and got a crazy hop into the hole!

Shady Acres — Hole #16: Par 5

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A good option many times off the tee here is to rotate right and look for a little grassy outlet jutting from the right out into the water. You can play a small cut into this area to give yourself an open approach shot with a wood.

Curving an A1 shot off the tee often still leaves you with a very difficult approach where you’ll have to curve a C3 iron into the green. This one got it done to a right pin.

If you try to drive straight ahead, you may have this happen (left tree). You can actually hit out of here sometimes as a playable lie for the time being and still potentially save your eagle! Other times, though, it’s unplayable, so I don’t think this is something you want to plan for.

If you drop down somewhere in the area and have an opening, that gives you an approach at the green. With the wind blowing left to help out, this approach found the cup. This one from the rough also got it done.

Shady Acres — Hole #17: Par 3

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Here’s a great ace to a back-left pin. Here’s an 8-iron ace to a front-right pin.

This 9-iron got a crazy bounce into the hole off the front-right hill!

Shady Acres — Hole #18: Par 4

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From the front box, this 9-wood was perfectly-played into a back-left pin.

From the back box, this 5-wood also found the hole. And here’s a great 3-wood. With a lot more angle, check out this impressive 5-wood dunk! And this one is fun because it aced for a -41 in the all-drivable par-4 daily contest!