Welcome back for more hole-by-hole tips that can help to make your round a great one. Holes 10 through 18 are every bit as fun and dramatic as 1 through 9, so buckle up your seat belts and let's begin!
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Hole 10 is a great starting hole for the Back 9. Your first shot is from an elevated tee box near our Gazebo. You have to carry over the pond, down below, and up the hill on the other side of the water. Playing at about 570 yards, even long hitters won't reach this green in two. Follow your drive with a fairway wood or long iron down this wide open fairway. This will leave you with a short to mid-iron approach shot into a green guarded by a sand bunker on the left and trees behind.
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| 11 |
You should consider the 11th hole a reprieve at this point, as it will be one of the few chances for an "easy" par. "Easy" is, of course, a relative term in golf. This par 3 generally plays down-wind in the afternoons, so choose your club wisely. Short of the green is OK, but over the green, into the trees, is almost a guaranteed bogey–or worse! You'll also wish to avoid the bunker to the right of the green. This green is fairly simple, so if you hit it on your 1st shot you should walk away with a 3.
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| 12 |
Back to business... The 12th hole is nothing but trouble! The entire right side of the hole at the tree line is out-of-bounds. The best bet here is to aim at the stand of trees on the left corner of the dogleg. This should keep you in the center of the fairway. Be sure to aim for the middle of this green, as it has a slope to the right which leads straight to a sand bunker. The green is elevated above the fairway, so be sure to swing a bit faster than normal, or use a lower club.
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| 13 |
From the white tee, the water hazard that cuts across the entire hole is about 185 yards out, so you will need to fly the ball at least 200 yards off the tee. Oh, and you might want it to be pretty straight too, as the entire right side of this hole at the tree line is out-of-bounds. Being in the left rough isn't easy either! Try to land your second shot on the front of the green. If you land it past the middle it will most certainly roll off the back.
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| 14 |
Fourteen is the second par 5 on the back, and it is another challenging hole. Starting with a downhill drive to the elbow of a sharp dogleg right, your play continues with a lay-up shot. Aim toward the tall trees overhanging the left edge of the fairway because the green is hidden over the crest of a hill and across a shallow ravine. Your third shot will have you on the green, putting for a birdie!
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| 15 |
Fifteen is a short par 4, dogleg right, with a wooded hillside on the right and left at the dogleg. An accurate shot is a must. With a well placed tee shot, a short iron is needed for your approach, but be careful; an errant shot hit too far or to the right will find trouble.
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| 16 |
Sixteen is an intimidating par 3 hole due to a wooded hill on its right and a natural conservancy area to the left. A straight shot from tee to green is the only way to play this hole.
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| 17 |
At last, a shorter hole. But wait, there's a deep ravine from the edge of the tee to the green, and a sand bunker directly in front of the green to gobble up any mis-hits. This is the only hole on the course where it is actually better to be long than short! Choose your club wisely here and you should make a solid par.
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| 18 |
The eighteenth hole is a slightly downhill dogleg left. With a well placed tee shot, your approach to the green should not be too difficult. Just don't hit it too far right off the tee; out-of-bounds stakes lurk in the treeline between 18 and 1. Be careful-a shot hit over the green may leave you out-of-bounds or with a difficult chip shot. |
