Golf Course

Caddies Notes: The first hole is a mid-length par 5 that offers a challenging start. The green can be reached in two with a pair of long straight shots. The drive favors the fade. Accuracy is the key to playing this hole well.

Caddies Notes: The second hole is an extremely tight par 4 that continues the first hole. The hole dog-legs to the right, with an out of bounds on the left in the driving area and by the green. Trouble can be found all down the right side of this hole especially by the green.

Caddies Notes: The third hole is a long par 5 that opens up a little. The hole is comprised of a sharp dog-leg to the left, with trees and a bunker guarding the left hand side, and water guards to the right side of the green. The Second and Third shots from the tee must be accurate to avoid the water hazards and bunkers.

Caddies Notes: The fourth hole is a fairly short par 4 with a large fairway that affords you your first chance to relax on the tee. The second shot from the tee requires correct club selection to bunker hazards surrounding the green as well as the sharp drop-off behind the green.

Caddies Notes: The fifth hole is a short par 3 with water hazards all along its left side. The right side of the hole is guarded by bunkers, as is the back of the green. The golfer must be careful with their approach shot to the green as the green is sloped in such a fashion that the front of the green can be extremely slick.

Caddies Notes: The sixth hole is a long par 4 that dog-legs sharply to the left and is rated to be the most difficult hole on the golf course. Water figures into play on the drive and second shot, from the left side of the hole. Mounds on the right side of the driving area create uneven lies for the second shot. The long hitter may cut some distance to the green by playing across the water hazard, but the penalty for a miss-hit is severe.

Caddies Notes: The seventh hole is a relatively long par 4 (430 yards) with the second shot from the tee being played into the prevailing wind. A green side bunker on the right catches all shots that are just the least bit short or to the right of the green.

Caddies Notes: The eighth hole is a very strong par 3 that requires a long iron of fair way wood to reach the medium sized green from the tee. Bunkers to the left and the right of the green create a small target for such a long shot and any stray approaches are sure to find trees.

Caddies Notes: A new teeing area has been created for the ninth hole allowing for a better view of the fairway. (The hole requires two well played shots to make par). The second shot requires contention with a water hazard and while the green is large, rear portions of the green are shaped such that there are some very interesting pin placements.

Caddies Notes: The back nine begins with a rather innocent looking par 5. The hole is long from the championship tee, over 600 yards, but not extremely tight. A fairway bunker hazard guards the left side of the fairway, from which the best approach shot to the green is made. The greenside bunkers along with its shape and contour, the green slopes away making approach shots difficult to stop, makes this green extremely challenging.

Caddies Notes: The eleventh hole is the shortest par 4 on the back nine. The hole dog-legs left and a few strategically placed trees blocks the player whose shot is placed too close to the dog-leg. The green is elevated and not very deep making club selection for the approach shot critical.

Caddies Notes: The twelfth hole is the first of a pair of excellent par 3 holes on the back nine. The hole is not extremely long, but the green is shallow and well bunkered. If the pin is on the left side of the green, be careful. The next three holes of the back nine can best be described as long!

Caddies Notes: The thirteenth hole plays long for a 4 and includes a water hazard that will not require the attention of most players. The green is well guarded by a bunker short and right, and also to the left of the green.

Caddies Notes: The fourteenth hole is a long and difficult par 5. Its true that the drive and second shot are played into wide open spaces, but the third shot is much more challenging. The front bunker on this hole is very large, creating the illusion that your ball is playing closer to the pin than it actually is. Most players will end up short of the green on their third shot.

Caddies Notes: Hurricane Alicia has made this par 4 hole much easier than it was prior to her visit. The left side of the fairway is now guarded by two large pine trees where there were once four, making a wayward drive to the left not quite the disaster it would have been prior to the hurricane. The hole plays longer than the distance indicated on the scorecard because of the prevailing wind.

Caddies Notes: The beginning of a strong finish starts here on this par 3 sixteenth hole. From the middle tee it’s only 161 yards to the pin, but the hole stretches to 213 yards to the pin from the back tees. Water runs down the entire length of the left side of the fairway and in front of the left side green. Any miss-hit left will finish in the water.

Caddies Notes: Several options are available for play of this par 4 seventeenth hole, including long drive over water that if played well will almost reach the green. However, anything less than perfect and a drop ball penalty will most probably be incurred. A much safer way to play the hole would be to lay up and play a middle to short iron second shot on to the green.

Caddies Notes: The par 4 eighteenth is a strong finishing hole with the prevailing wind coming from the left into the players face. A fairway bunker hazard guards the right side of the hole along with a pecan tree. The left side of the hole is guarded by a water hazard that runs down the entire length of the left fairway and extends to the front of the green creating an extremely challenging approach. The green slopes from back to front with the slope being especially severe in the back and front of the green. Keeping your ball below the pin is very important on this hole.