A Golfer’s Playground

The course makes an exciting start with a large downhill tee shot to a plateau fairway, guarded on the right by a single bunker. The fairway narrows past the plateau down into a lower swale, creating a more exacting tee shot for the long hitters. The green is benched into the counter slope, with bunkers cut in short, left, and right of the green. Shots played over the green will find a closely mowed area, creating interesting chipping options.

This short par 5 is, for the better players, quite enticing and very reachable. The tee shot plays slightly downhill to an elevated fairway pinched by large bunkers. The fairway drops just past the bunkers, allowing well placed tee shots some 20 - 30 extra yards of roll. The green is perched on a knob high above a dry creek that crosses the fairway just past the second landing area. Deep bunkers punish shots short and left of the green as well as two bunkers which catch bail out shots to the right. This coupled with the smallish green, makes going for the green in two treacherous.

This very demanding par 3 requires a well struck shot that carries a creek and buffer area to a large green, elevated 14’ above the creek bed. A small chipping area separates the rolling putting surface from bunkers cut into the long slope behind the green. The key is getting on the green, and once there, two putting for par.

The tee shot plays downhill to a sweeping fairway that turns left around a long bunker benched into the slope that falls to the creek below. A speed slot in the fairway near the bunker affords well placed tee shots additional roll and greatly shortens the second shot. The approach must carry the same winding creek that fronts Hole 3. The three-tiered green is notched into the hillside high above the creek, with a pair of bunkers front right perched above a natural rock outcropping. A very dramatic green setting and challenging hole.

Probably the most gentle par 4 on the course with regard to terrain, it plays slightly uphill off the tee to a fairway framed by large hardwoods. A bunker on the left, well past the landing area, dictates the preferred line of play. The green, which opens from the left, is fronted on the right by a large bunker, while framing bunkers protect the back left. A ridge running through the green divides the putting surface in two and creates some delicate lag putts.

A very demanding hole both in length and accuracy, the elevated fairway turns to the right around a pair of bunkers that should be avoided at all costs. The rolling fairway dips past the landing area then climbs gently to the green, where a small pond on the left and a deep swale on the right create a narrow approach. The putting surface, which is wider that it is deep, slopes continually from left to right. A lone back bunker and depressed swales surround the green.

From elevated tees, the tee shot plays across a natural creek bed to wide expanse of fairway twisting around dynamic contouring. Bunkers border the upper part of the fairway, which offers the best view of the green and seconding landing area. The lower section has more sloping contours and less visibility. Lay-up shots played close to the single bunker on the right are rewarded with the best angle into the green. The approach shot is across another natural creek to a narrow green angled to the left. Three bunkers along the right side and a drop off on the left make the green play even narrower. The putting surface drains in many directions creating some rolling contours and wonderful pin placements. Putting from front to back will be quite a challenge.

This is another demanding par 4, playing uphill into an amphitheater green setting. The fairway is straight away with a large drop off on the right, narrowing past the landing area from a large oak tree that pinches in from the left. Bunkers short of the green frame the approach but still allow the option of run-up shots. Closely mowed areas surround the large but uncomplicated putting surface.

A spectacular par three. From the elevated tees set into the ridgeline, the shot plays across a large body of water that encompasses the entire left side of the hole. The green opens from the right with bunkers placed front left and back right. A very dramatic and memorable finish to a strong front nine.