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This is one of the tougher holes on the course with trees left and right, a good drive is crucial! Playing 421 yards from the back tees, this hole can be a monster with an easterly wind so shake off the first tee jitters and hit a good drive. Depending on the drive, your approach shot can be anywhere from 100 to 200 yards to an elevated green with trouble everywhere but short. Take your par and run here!

Plays anywhere from 375 to 306 yards depending on the tee box and is a hole where a birdie should creep into your mind! The fairway is guarded with bunkers both left and right, both of which are roughly 100 yards out. With a good drive, you should be tasked with a shot of 60 to 160 yards, with a green guarded by a bunker short right. This hole can yield a lot of birdies but can also bring a double into play if you aren't careful!

You may be sensing a theme here, a tree lined tee shot! This hole can be stretched to 400 yards and a good drive is extremely important on this undulated hole. Taking a three-wood off the tee isn't a bad idea here, as there is a hazard to the right of the fairway, and tree line to the left! After you get past the tee shot, the approach is significantly uphill to a large green. Like hole 2, this hole can be a birdie hole but has been known to dish out a double as well.

The first par 5 on the course! It sounds like an awesome chance to make a birdie, but not so fast my friend! From the back tees, this hole plays all of 607, typically into a moderate to strong breeze! The tee shot is guarded with fairway bunkers to the left and right of the fairway. The long hitters can blow past the right bunker which is ideal but missing way left can cause a lost ball, not to mention out of bounds right! If you are gutsy, you can try to get home in two but the green is narrow and has bunkers guarding it like a hawk! The green slopes toward the middle and front making pin positions a premium for your chance at scoring on this beast of a par 5.

A par three! This hole is one that can be one of the easier ones on the course unless you try to get cute. It plays anywhere from 165 to 122, so the distance isn’t the issue, it’s the trouble that lurks short and long. Water guards the green short and bunkers long mean distance control is imperative. Your best bet is to play it safely towards the middle of the green, and make your par, unless you’re feeling gutsy!

A true risk reward hole! For the long knocks, driving the green is possible but can come with consequences. A pond runs down the entire right side of the hole and pine trees down the left, not to mention the Buffalo Wallow in the middle of the fairway short of the green. Depending on the wind, this is a legit birdie opportunity but can also make you kick yourself! Laying up on this to 100 to 150 yards on this hole would be your best bet.

Arguably the toughest hole on the entire course! It’s the number 5 handicap hole but don’t let that fool you. Plays a daunting 475 from the back tees, to 362 from the forward tees. To the right is a County Road which is out of bounds and to the left is Tall Fescue that has been known to munch on a few golf balls. After your tee shots lands, hopefully safely, the approach shot is guarded by bunkers to the left and short, with Fescue beyond the green. Making a par on this hole could win you a skin!

An uphill par three that is a brute! Quite possibly the hardest par three on the course that plays all of 225 from the back tees and as easy as 183 from the front tees. Danger is looming to the right of this hole as trees and gnarly rough can make for a tough up and down that goes without talking about the grass bunkers! Like hole 7, a par on this will feel like a birdie!

The last hole on the front nine is a par 5 and it may be the easiest as well. If you can put a nice drive into the fairway, it’s reachable in two. If that’s not your thing, laying up to 100 yards is a rather easy task! The green has got trouble all around it though with five bunkers making for a tough approach shot. Once you navigate around those, everything else is a walk in the park, except the green has got some subtle breaks that add an extra element. Chalk this up as one of the easiest on the course.