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HOLE-OUT FROM THE BACK BOX HOLE-OUT FROM THE SECOND-CLOSEST BOX HOLE-OUT FROM THE SECOND-FURTHEST BOX
From the far right box, you’ll have to hook it around the trees with backspin, possibly needing a water skip for the correct distance to hold the green. A 5-wood A2-type shot with backspin can work too if you’re good at cutting back distance. Or, you can use the hill as a backstop, as was […]
Just lay up long next to the water to bring in your approach shot — make sure you’re far enough out there to have a straight shot in, and the farther left you are, the less club you’ll need. Make sure you carry the green on the fly, because there are some weird bounces if […]
This is a really tough par 3 that requires a very precise tee shot to have a birdie putt. You’ll often be working the ball right-to-left to hold the green. From the front box, hit 3-wood or a 5-wood, like this. From the middle box, hit 3-wood or driver. Here’s a hole-out with the driver. […]
Here you’ll almost always be hitting a straight-180 shot, usually with backspin (unless there’s a strong headwind), aimed at the rough between the green and the hill to the right of it. Use as much loft as you can while still giving you the distance you need. A 5-wood has the perfect loft, a 4-wood […]
From the back box, lay up in the fairway as long and left as you can. From here, you can bring an A1-type approach shot into the green, usually with no backspin, as shown here. It’s better to be left than long, because even if you don’t tee off long, you could still have a […]
Don’t just blindly blast a drive as far as you can here — the better play is to hit something like a 5-wood off the tee, close to the water. This gives you another lofted 5-wood to work with on the approach, where you can float it over the trees instead of having to curve […]
There’s no big advantage here to carry the water around the corner off the tee, so just lay back for an approach shot that’s not much more difficult. Here’s a holeout from the middle fairway, well behind the winding river. The green is pretty long, so if the pin is in the back, lay off […]
The best play off the tee is to aim out left, giving you a clean look into the green with a 5-wood or 3-wood. Here’s a 3-wood knocked down perfectly by the tree guarding the green, and here’s another one that lands cleanly and finds the hole. If you do stay to the right, a […]
This shot can be a little intimidating with some cross wind, but don’t panic. In the case of a cross-wind, play a very small cut shot into the wind to keep your ball straight through the gap. If you don’t play cut shots very often, be careful to only pull very slightly to the left […]
This one is tough to reach in 2. The fairway sand is strategically-placed to envelop a tee shot that’s too aggressive, and then you’d have to lay up. Similarly, if you’re not aggressive enough and leave your tee shot too far to the left, you can’t make it in 2 either. However, a 9-wood can […]
You’ll almost always be hitting over the trees, pretty straight at the green. However, club selection is very important! A 5-wood can usually clear the trees no problem, a 4-wood clears all but the highest spots of tree, and a 3-wood needs to be over the gap in the middle or around the upper sides […]
Get your drive past the sand down the fairway to leave yourself with a tough A1-type approach into the green. As with many holes in Golden Tee 2010, don’t leave yourself on the wrong side of the green where you don’t have a clear putt at the hole! Here’s a great cut-shot after a long […]
This is a really tough par 3 that most of us aren’t going to be able to birdie on a regular basis. You have to have a low-lofted club, and you usually have to cut into the slope of the green, or else you’re going to be wet. In fact, if it weren’t for this […]
This shot just demands that you nail the right distance with backspin. It’s downhill, so don’t get crazy and blast your drive in the water, especially if you have a tailwind. Again, the green is separated by a gap, so try not to leave yourself without a clear putt at the pin. Here’s a crazy […]
This hole can be devastating. As if #16 weren’t enough to ruin your round, now you have to deal with this monster. Not only that, but it’s a very tough tee shot, and a very tough approach shot, and a very tough putt! You’ve got dangerous water off the tee on the left, which the […]
This hole can be driveable at times with the right wind and equipment — but, don’t just automatically crank the longest drive you can. Know the gaps in your clubs and don’t put yourself in a situation where you have an uncomfortable distance into the first green. EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT
This hole can be driveable from the front box, which might only be available in casual play. It may also be driveable at times from the back box with the right wind and equipment! Normally, you’re just thumbing a drive out into the fairway, because you don’t gain anything with extra distance — leave yourself […]
HOLE-OUT FROM THE BACK BOX HOLE-OUT FROM THE FRONT RIGHT BOX HOLE-OUT FROM THE MIDDLE RIGHT BOX HOLE-OUT FROM THE MIDDLE LEFT BOX
If you’re playing with the red distance balls, then this hole becomes much easier, but you certainly don’t need them. Usually, even a 3-wood has enough loft to clear the center and left parts of the tree in your way. If you control the distance, you’ll be on the green for an eagle putt! Here’s […]
Most guys are always laying up in the same spot, every time, on this hole. It’s towards the end of the fairway, just left of the orange bush straight ahead. From here, you can hit either a 3-wood or 4-wood over the hill and under the tree on top of that hill right at the […]
It’s best to clear the stream if possible, so you can hole-out like this … but, if you can’t make it, lay up to the right. Here’s a hole-out from a lay-up in front of the river. The approach shot is not easy — the green is tricky and surrounded by water. Be extra careful […]
You can have all kinds of approach shots depending on your club set and the tee box. From the back right box, hit a 9-wood if you have it. A 7-wood works from the back of the box, like this, but you can clip the house from the front of the box, so use a […]
Don’t get confused — there are two greens here and 4 possible tee boxes! HOLE-OUT FROM THE SECOND-FARTHEST BOX TO THE LEFT GREEN HOLE-OUT FROM THE SECOND-CLOSEST BOX TO THE RIGHT GREEN HOLE-OUT FROM THE BACK BOX TO THE RIGHT GREEN HOLE-OUT FROM THE MIDDLE BOX TO THE RIGHT GREEN
It’s easy to think you need to clear the river to have a chance at the green in 2, but that usually won’t pay off. The fairway slopes back towards the mud and water, and you’ll probably get stuck here instead. The reward isn’t worth the risk, even if you can hit a 7-wood or […]
This hole forces you to make another decision based on the wind and pin placement. Most of the time, you’re fine going left down low. Your approach will be way up hill, but unimpeded, and wind won’t affect it much. So, if you go this route, club up one for your approach. Here’s a hole-out […]
From the front boxes, you can clear the neck and the lake towards the bowl of the fairway, and then it’s a decent approach into the green — here’s an example hole-out from there. It’s not automatic because it all slopes off into the sand, so try to hit the middle of the green. Here’s […]
There are two possible greens on this par 3 also, and errant shots here have a chance of backing up onto the green because of the backstop created by the hill behind either green. HOLE-OUT FROM THE BACK LEFT BOX TO THE LEFT GREEN HOLE-OUT FROM THE FRONT BOX TO THE LEFT GREEN HOLE-OUT FROM […]
You’ll need to hit one of a few green grassy pods out past the fairway in order to reach this green in two. It’s not easy, and you’ll have to have a good handle on your distances to stick the landing here. You may also take wind and pin placement into consideration when deciding which […]
Believe it or not, this hole is driveable from almost any setup. Read on! If you’re on the far right box, a 5-wood can get over the corner of the house to the green with a minor C3-type shot — here’s an example. Better yet, if you’re towards the back of this box, the 5-wood […]
