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 […]

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. […]

Put your drive down in the fairway close to the lava to give yourself a driver straight in over the trees on your approach — here’s an example hole-out. If your drive comes up short and/or you need more distance because you’re around 350 out, then play a big C3 driver shot as your approach […]

From the middle box, this hole can be drivable — this high-teed driver came up just a few feet short of the cup!  But this high-teed driver did find a right pin with distance to spare!  Here’s another with the Hawks. Otherwise, just lay up in the fairway and avoid the sand and rough — […]

From the middle box, here’s a huge C3 driver that carried onto the green! Here’s a giant A1 that hopped the last bunker and also made it on! VIDEO DEMO

Here’s a 3-wood that settled into a back pin.  And this 5-wood used the hill nicely to bounce into a front pin. This 3-wood played a left-to-right curve to settle into a back pin! VIDEO DEMO

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 […]

This hole can be brutal with a headwind or a tough pin placement.  Rock is long, meaning you’ll bounce back short. From the center box, this 6-iron played a small cut into a headwind and sucked back into a front pin.  This 8-iron floated over to a left pin.  And this 9-iron banked off the […]

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! VIDEO DEMO

Here’s a driver ace from the back-right tee box.  This 3-wood cut through the trees straight to a back-right pin.  And this 3-wood aced a back-left pin. This high-teed 4-wood played a huge curve around and perfectly into a front-left pin.  With a front pin, it’s often nice to play the hop off the rough […]

Clearing the hill is not that difficult from anywhere in this fairway, but if you can get closer by aiming for the back left fairway, go for it.  This approach shot caught a nice hop off the front rock and settled into a back pin. This shot was way too far left, but the rock […]

This short par 5 only asks that you stay out of the sand for a chance at eagle.  In some cases you can blast a drive past all the sand for a short approach — here’s a short DE hole-out. There’s some open fairway in the second-left fairway in the middle of all the sand. […]

From the front-right box, this 4-wood was perfectly cut into a front-left pin.  And this 2-hybrid was a straight shot into a right pin. From the back-left box, this shot is often a low-teed driver where you try to split the trees and keep it on the green.  Here’s a great one with bite that hopped […]

Here is a 3-wood floated over the top into a back pin. With a tough left-pin placement, here’s a great 3-wood curved into the hole. A driver still gets over the top too — this one backspun into the hole. VIDEO DEMO

Many times you can just lay back in the first fairway and loft your approach over the tree to the green.  Consider laying back to the left for a 5-wood approach if you don’t have a 7-wood or higher in the bag.  Or, you can carry towards the end of the first fairway and curve […]

You can usually take aim right at this green and play a B1 swerve shot into the green.  This 5-wood found the hole after a nice hop off the front rough.  Here’s a perfectly-played 3-wood ace. Here’s a nice aggressive 4-wood into a back pin! VIDEO DEMO

Most of the time you can high tee a driver straight ahead to the far-left fairway.  Another option is to rotate right and play a C3 shot with roll out there instead.  Check out this nice hole-out to a front pin.  And here’s a 4-wood hole-out using the back-right of the hill as a backstop. […]

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 […]

In some cases you can blast a huge drive all the way past the sand to leave a short approach shot — here’s a great DE hole-out with roll through the rough. This drive settled in the fairway just past the water and found the cup from there. This drive laid up back in the […]

From the far right box, here’s an ace to a back pin. Here’s a nice ace from the middle box. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s a 3-wood over the top, spun back to a front pin. This 5-wood caught a soft hop off the rocky ground in front to the hole. VIDEO DEMO

Most of the time you can blast a drive ahead to the left fairway, getting far enough to leave an open approach shot.  Here’s a hole-out from there. Another option is blasting ahead to the rough area to the right, also leaving an open approach.  There are a few rocks and things that pose a […]

Just play out to the second fairway past the sand to give yourself an open approach shot into this green.  Here’s a nice 5-wood hole-out to a right pin. VIDEO DEMO

Here is the official preview of the new 2014 Edgewater, Florida course, and this article breaks down the course even further. This post contains tips, tricks, and information related to the 2014 Golden Tee course Pelican Grove! Check out the hole-by-hole breakdowns and example hole-outs as I partner up with the Golden Tee community to give you […]

Here’s an example 9-wood ace.  This 5-wood found a back pin. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s a 3-wood ace from the right box. VIDEO DEMO

You can play to either fairway here depending on the wind and what gives you the best approach shot. The left fairway is the safest since you can blast away with no sand trouble.  Here’s a 9-wood dunk!  This shot caught the front rough but shot forward into the cup! From the right fairway, this […]

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 […]

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. VIDEO […]

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. VIDEO DEMO