Handicap: 2nd hardest hole Category: Difficult Average Score: -0.24 / -1.00 Eagle+ Birdie 54% Par 26% Bogey 13% Double+ 7% Ah, the “donut hole”. Pin placement determines the difficulty here. This is the 2nd toughest hole on the course, so par is not bad here. There are also some tough drop zones if you do […]

Handicap: 10th hardest hole Category: Moderate Average Score: -0.64 / -1.00 Eagle+ 1% Birdie 73% Par 19% Bogey 6% Double+ 2% Stay safe off the tee — 5-wood / 5-wood can certainly get the job done! This is not the hole to be aggressive off the tee, yet many players are dropping strokes here. Here’s […]

Handicap: 13th hardest hole Category: Easy Average Score: -1.55 / -2.00 Eagle+ 64% Birdie 26% Par 9% Bogey 1% Double+ Hit a high-teed driver over the trees to cut the corner of the fairway quite a bit. Make sure you don’t miss left in the trees that protect the left side of the fairway, because […]

Handicap: 5th hardest hole Category: Difficult Average Score: -0.34 / -1.00  Eagle+ Birdie 59% Par 21% Bogey 17% Double+ 3% Here’s another tough par 3 early on that forces you to stick a small area of green. Bogey or worse happens often here — it’s best to be long to ensure par, and be very […]

Handicap: 14th hardest hole Category: Easy Average Score: -1.59 / -2.00 Eagle+ 64% Birdie 32% Par 3% Bogey 1% Double+ You should be trying to hit it long down the right fairway here most of the time, especially if you aren’t using lofted clubs. A high tee can help add some distance too if you’re […]

Handicap: 11th hardest hole Category: Moderate Average Score: -0.71 / -1.00 Eagle+ Birdie 77% Par 19% Bogey 3% Double+ 1% This early par 3 has a tricky green, so you shouldn’t necessarily aim for the flag. Find a box of green that will ensure you a direct putt at the flag, and make sure you […]

Handicap: 17th hardest hole Category: Easy Average Score: -0.92 / -1.00  Eagle+ 1% Birdie 90% Par 7% Bogey 2% Double+ In very rare cases, you might have a chance to drive this one!  Check out this shot. Otherwise, if you get a good tee box, just let it rip! Here’s an example hole-out after a […]

Handicap: 18th hardest hole Category: Easy Average Score: -0.96 / -1.00 Eagle+ Birdie 96% Par 4% Bogey Double+ EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT

Teeing it high and going over the top is usually the way to go!  But, be careful of invisileaves — they can jump out and bite you! With a strong head wind or a cross wind, a teed-high 5-wood should clear the trees left or right of center.  Here’s a great over-the-top dunk, and here’s […]

With a favorable tee box and pin, you can play a small curve around the trees — here’s a hole-out dunk! If you’re positioned on the right, you can tuck a 3-wood around the corner like this great shot. If you’re tucked away left, you might be able to tee it low and punch a […]

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT

This hole is occasionally driveable.  A combo that’s been known to work is an A1 teed-high 3-wood around the corner — here’s an example ace!  Here’s another great 3W holeout.  And here’s a 406-yard 3-wood ace! You may also get a good setup to take this hole head-on if you have a far left tee.  […]

There are lots of options here — you can go straight over the gazebo (this high-teed driver set up a good approach shot) or straight under/through the gazebo (here’s a nice drive) to set up your approach, like this nice shot.  You can also find some grass to the left of the gazebo (here’s a […]

With a left tee box, you can go over or under the trees by teeing it high or low.  A high-teed 5-wood or 7-wood can get over the trees in some cases — and check out the hole this high-teed 3-wood found! A driver can get under the trees if you need to — it […]

Two greens here!  Here’s a hole-out to the water green, and here’s a great one-hop dunk! Here’s a hole-out to the sand green.

Once again, lay out at the northern-most point of the fairway, as close to the water as you can safely get.  One thing to note on your approach is that a driver stays underneath the leaves of the tree that tries to get in your way, so you shouldn’t have to take it way out […]

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT

Just lay back behind the sand on the left — no reason to kill a drive here.  Here’s an example hole-out. There may be rare cases where you can drive this green — here’s a really long high-teed driver that almost went in!  Here’s another close one around the other side.  The Air-Os can also […]

EXAMPLE HOLE-OUT

Handicap: 7th hardest hole Category: Difficult Average Score: -0.76 / -2.00  Eagle+ 25% Birdie 48% Par 13% Bogey 8% Double+ 6% You should almost always drive out to the left here. Consider the wind and pin placement, and put your ball in a position that allows the best approach shot through the gap in the […]

Handicap: 5th hardest hole Category: Difficult Average Score: -0.28 / -1.00  Eagle+ Birdie 46% Par 41% Bogey 11% Double+ 12% Check out the wind and tee position, because you may be able to drive this hole! If you’ve got a big tailwind, consider teeing high a driver, which can carry 380 to the green if […]

Handicap: 9th hardest hole Category: Difficult Average Score: -1.22 / -2.00  Eagle+ 47% Birdie 31% Par 19% Bogey 3% Double+ You’ll be cutting around the corner with an A1-type shot, but accuracy is more important than distance here. A left-blowing wind makes this tee shot very difficult, so you may want low loft so you […]

Handicap: 2nd hardest hole Category: Difficult Average Score: -0.25 / -1.00  Eagle+ Birdie 39% Par 49% Bogey 10% Double+ 2% The challenge here lies in the slope of the green, because it’s hard to sustain a cut shot into that slope when you’re shooting downhill. Be happy just to stick this green for a birdie […]

Handicap: 16th hardest hole Category: Easy Average Score: -0.81 / -1.00 Eagle+ Birdie 83% Par 15% Bogey 2% Double+ If you get the “ladies tee box” up front and left, you can sometimes drive the green — check out this ace! Otherwise, carry down to the second fairway if you can — here’s a hole-out […]

Handicap: 14th hardest hole Category: Easy Average Score: -1.56 / -2.00 Eagle+ 66% Birdie 36% Par 4% Bogey Double+ The best option, if it’s there, is to blast it down the left side. There’s sand in the fairway to the left, but you don’t necessarily have to be to the right of it — you […]

Handicap: 13th hardest hole Category: Easy Average Score: -0.78 / -1.00 Eagle+ Birdie 84% Par 10% Bogey 6% Double+ This hole has two greens, but neither is very challenging. One green has a bit of slope but is pretty big — here’s a hole-out there. The other green has a trickier shape but is flat […]

Handicap: 11th hardest hole Category: Moderate Average Score: -1.33 / -2.00  Eagle+ 40% Birdie 53% Par 7% Bogey Double+ What a cool hole this one is. You can go any of three ways off the tee, and you can reach the green in two from any of them if you place your drive well enough! […]

Handicap: 12th hardest hole Category: Moderate Average Score: -1.43 / -2.00  Eagle+ 60% Birdie 24% Par 15% Bogey 1% Double+ This hole is not as intimidating as it might look. Loft isn’t usually an issue — in fact, most of the time you should NOT use a high tee so that you can apply backspin […]

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You won’t find any tips in this article, but I thought it’d be fun to share the process that GTF goes through when preparing for a year of new courses and new features! First, I soak up all the teasers and previews that start coming out 2-3 months before the release date.  I like to […]