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. VIDEO DEMO

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. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an example hole-out. VIDEO DEMO

Short holes like this can be challenging because you’ll often have a gap in your clubs and need to get creative.  Here’s a gap wedge that carried into a back pin, and here’s another one with the sand wedge. Big headwinds can make this hole tough and make you consider clubbing up to hit a […]

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! VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an example hole-out. VIDEO DEMO

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! VIDEO DEMO

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

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

Just punch a drive straight ahead — here’s an example hole-out. VIDEO DEMO

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. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an ace from the front-right box. Here’s a nice bounce off the hill with a 6-iron from the middle box. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an ace from the back-center box. From the front-right box, this 9-wood got under and found a right cup. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an ace to a left pin. VIDEO DEMO

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. VIDEO DEMO

This hole is probably never drivable, but there’s potential to get a shorter chip shot by cutting a big drive over to the left fairway past the sand to leave a straight-in chip. Here’s a hole-out from the end of the first fairway. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an example ace to a front pin. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an example ace to a back-right pin and here’s one sucked back to a front pin. VIDEO DEMO

September 23 is Golden Tee 2014 Ship Day, meaning it will start showing up in bars across the country this week!  Here’s everything you need to know to get ready for the new update. First, visit each course category page (Pelican Grove, Shady Acres, Turtle Island, Highland Links, Greek Hills) to see a summary review […]

Muscle up however you can to carry the second fairway so that you can reach this green in two — sometimes it’s a high-teed driver straight ahead, and other times you’ll rotate right and play a C3 driver to get out there, trying to avoid the sand and rough.  Here’s an example hole-out. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an example ace to a front pin. VIDEO DEMO

Here you can either take aim at the green and float a wood out to the right with a B3-type shot, or you can rotate right once and take more of an angle into this green — check out this fantastic 6-wood ace. VIDEO DEMO

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

Here’s an example ace to a back pin. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an example ace to a front pin followed by another one to a back pin. VIDEO DEMO

From the back box, here’s an ace to a right pin. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an example ace to a right pin. VIDEO DEMO

Description: This set has 7 Woods for perfect long range play. Driver (9.5 degrees): 300 3 Wood: 275 4 Wood: 260 5 Wood: 250 6 Wood: 235 7 Wood: 200 9 Wood: 190 5 Iron: 160 7 Iron: 140 8 Iron: 125 9 Iron: 100 Sand Wedge: 60 Loft Wedge: 40 Putter

Description: Inciter is a balanced set with the Lob Wedge for the short game. Driver (9.5 degrees): 310 3 Wood: 275 5 Wood: 250 6 Wood: 235 7 Wood: 200 4 Iron: 180 5 Iron: 160 6 Iron: 150 7 Iron: 140 8 Iron: 125 9 Iron: 100 Pitching Wedge: 80 Loft Wedge: 40 Putter

It’s here!  After years of playing offline recording scores only tracked on your home machine (and then losing those scores when you want to upgrade), Golden Tee has introduced online play for home units!  During April and May 2013, I’ve explored and enjoyed the luxury of having my games saved against my Golden Tee account, […]