Hole by hole
01
Hole 1
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
5 |
7 |
510 yds. |
495 yds. |
480 yds. |
#1 is a straightaway hole bunkered left and right, but easily carried by the long hitters. It is out of bounds on the left side of the fairway. A well-placed tee shot down the middle sets up a 200-yard approach to the medium sized green. Par is a good score on this opening hole.
02
Hole 2
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
4 |
1 |
417 yds. |
402 yds. |
350 yds. |
The second hole is a 417-yard par four with out-of-bounds all the way down the left side. A creek runs across the fairway some 310 yards from the tee. The prudent golfer will want to place his tee shot to the left centre of the fairway to avoid the four-inch rough and set up a middle-iron approach to an elevated two-tiered green. This devilish hole will yield very few birdies. Take your par and get onto the next hole.
03
Hole 3
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
4 |
3 |
414 yds. |
394 yds. |
326 yds. |
Awaiting the golfer on the third tee is a 414-yard par 4 straightaway hole. It’s up hill for the first 150 yards, allowing the golfer only a top view of the flagstick and the pin location. Avoid the pond on the right with a middle left tee shot. Hint: Add one more number in selecting your club for your approach shot to a green that is bunked on both sides. Par is a good score here.
04
Hole 4
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
3 |
15 |
150 yds. |
142 yds. |
130 yds. |
The fourth hole, a 150-yard par three guarded by a pond on the right will yield its share of birdies. If you miss the green, be short and left. Back long will put the golfer in treacherous three put territory.
05
Hole 5
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
5 |
5 |
475 yds. |
460 yds. |
420 yds. |
The decision on how to play the short 475-yard, par 5 fifth hole will be made on the tee. The driver brings thick woods on both sides of the fairway into play. However, a draw down the right side will set the golfer up for a long-iron approach to an elevated green. A lay-up off the tee with a five iron will leave the golfer with a choice of clubs depending on how close to or how far from the brook he prefers to make his approach shot to the green. Either way, don’t be long, as the resulting precarious chip may run off the green. Avoiding trouble off the tee will set up birdie and eagle opportunities.
06
Hole 6
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
3 |
17 |
145 yds. |
126 yds. |
110 yds. |
The sixth hole is the easiest hole on the course. Avoid the deep bunker on the left, shoot for the flag and make your birdie putt. Feeling better?
07
Hole 7
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
4 |
13 |
402 yds. |
350 yds. |
290 yds. |
From the championship tee number seven is a straightaway 402-yard par four, guarded left and right by traps. The ideal tee shot is left centre avoiding the lengthened rough and out-of-bounds up the entire left side. If you don’t get birdie you may feel that you have lost a shot to the field.
08
Hole 8
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
4 |
9 |
348 yds. |
340 yds. |
324 yds. |
Like the mercury in a thermometer, the eighth hole will see scores rise and fall dramatically. This hole will yield birdies and double bogies depending on the tee shot. The hole is short, at 348 yards, but the lake in front of the green will beckon the golfer to a possible watery grave if he attempts to cut the corner and shorten the distance. With driver in hand, a draw down the right side will take the lake out of play leaving a pitching wedge to the green. Missing the green long-right makes a score other than par a definite possibility. Weigh your options on the tee.
09
Hole 9
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
4 |
11 |
365 yds. |
350 yds. |
315 yds. |
The ninth hole measures 365 yards up hill to an elongated green. The ideal tee shot is middle left taking the fairway trap out of play and avoiding the rough. Add one more club to the approach, and avoid the pot bunker guarding the right side of the green. Missing long brings bogey into the equation.
10
Hole 10
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
5 |
16 |
507 yds. |
472 yds. |
455 yds. |
From the elevated tee, the par 5, 507-yard tenth hole is a slight dog length left to a treacherous green guarded on both sides by bunkers. The range is out-of-bounds to the left and fairway traps guard both sides of a generous fairway. The ideal tee shot is a draw down the right side with a metal wood thus avoiding running out of fairway and finding the grove of pine trees. Missing short right on the approach will leave the golfer with a makeable eagle chip or a tap-in birdie putt. Long on either side leaves a difficult up and down.
11
Hole 11
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
4 |
10 |
371 yds. |
364 yds. |
350 yds. |
A brook crosses the 11th fairway about 230 yards from the tee. Carrying the water hazard sets up a lofted shot (recommended) to this difficult green. For the less daring, an iron off the tee leaves the golfer 140 yards from the target. Par is a good score on this 371-yard par four.
12
Hole 12
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
4 |
6 |
397 yds. |
380 yds. |
349 yds. |
Woods line both sides of the 12th fairway. Driver off the tee is recommended for this generous fairway. Taking one more club for the approach is advisable, as the hole plays longer than the 397 yards indicated on the card. Stick it close and get your birdie.
13
Hole 13
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
3 |
8 |
176 yds. |
151 yds. |
122 yds. |
Trouble lurks on both sides of this pie shaped narrow green. Every good par three has a bail out area and this one is no exception. Short front will leave a relatively easy chip. Don’t be long especially when the pin is located on the front of the green.
14
Hole 14
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
4 |
12 |
412 yds. |
389 yds. |
299 yds. |
The fourteenth hole, a 414 par 4. A well-placed tee shot is a draw down the middle splitting the fairway and setting up a 150-yard approach shot to a medium sized green.
15
Hole 15
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
3 |
14 |
178 yds. |
169 yds. |
143 yds. |
Nothing to this 178-yard, par three 15th hole. Just avoid the left side of the green. You will need a get of jail card to excavate yourself from this woody environment.
16
Hole 16
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
4 |
18 |
280 yds. |
270 yds. |
260 yds. |
The signpost of the sixteenth hole, a short 280-yard par four says, take straight aim. What the sign sponsors had in mind was a tee shot straight down the middle, avoiding the woods on the left and the meteor like crevice on the right. This will leave a chip from just right of the green. Easy birdie, or perhaps a different species of a feathered vertebrate is in the equation.
17
Hole 17
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
4/5 |
2 |
429 yds. |
420 yds. |
375 yds. |
The final two finishing holes have often been described as the most difficult finishing holes in the province. A brook runs through the 429-yard, par 4 seventeenth fairway leaving the golfer with a choice of sides. Most will prefer the slightly longer but wider right side. Down the right side, some 275 yards from the tee will set a 150-yard shot to an elevated, bunkerless green. Par is good score here.
18
Hole 18
|
Par |
Handicap |
Blue |
White |
Red |
|
5 |
4 |
500 yds. |
493 yds. |
420 yds. |
The uphill 500-yard, par 5 18th hole does not require water or sand, especially when the wind blows in the golfer’s face. Check the weather channel before heading out on this journey.
