Hole-by-hole tips

• 1

  Par 4 · 375 yds

  A wide opening fairway; a foreground bunker on the right creates an illusion of narrowness, so check the hole location to pick the best side off the tee.

• 2

  Par 5 · 565 yds

  An uphill par 5 where the drive must climb a crest; a diagonal cross-hazard forces a thoughtful lay-up before a short approach.

• 3

  Par 3 · 200 yds

  One of the most dramatic holes, played from an elevated tee to a contoured green with a false front; a draw favors middle-left pins and a fade the back-right.

• 4

  Par 4 · 435 yds

  Played over a hog's-back fairway with a bunker series right; flirting with the right bunkers opens the best angle into the uphill green, while shots short get pulled into a bowl.

• 5

  Par 5 · 580 yds

  A dogleg-left par 5 with a 25-foot drop around the 240-yard mark; a tee-shot draw gets a big downslope kick that can bring the green in reach in two.

• 6

  Par 4 · 445 yds

  A forced carry over water leads to an uphill power-fade hole; the lowered green front lets a long approach climb onto the surface for a rewarding finish.

• 7

  Par 3 · 205 yds

  Plays into a dramatic bowl to the course's largest green (about 70 paces deep) with a false front; avoid the right greenside bunker and its awkward downhill lies.

• 8

  Par 4 · 390 yds

  A slight dogleg right along a hilltop spine; drives right kick toward a lake and pulls feed into pines, while a left bunker-bowl funnels balls to left pins.

• 9

  Par 3 · 195 yds

  An unusual third front-nine par 3, ringed by short grass that only looks like bunkering; an extensive false front makes front pins especially tough.

• 10

  Par 4 · 365 yds

  Reworked back and left with a reverse-camber fairway sloping opposite the hole's flow, so a draw is ideal; a deep (6-foot) greenside bunker awaits.

• 11

  Par 4 · 325 yds

  A short, now wide-open par 4 with the lake in view; the tee shot tempts over-aggression, leaving a short, breaking wedge to a green higher on the left.

• 12

  Par 4 · 425 yds

  A cross-hazard sits directly in the line of play; the left fairway pocket gives the best angle but is hard to see from the lowered tee, and a right greenside bunker rewards driving left.

• 13

  Par 4 · 420 yds

  A central mound (rather than a bunker) fronts the green and creates uncertainty as the terrain tumbles toward the surface, unsettling aggressive players.

• 14

  Par 3 · 190 yds

  The shortest par 3, a quasi-reverse redan with a high left side that kicks the ball down and chases it toward back-right hole locations.

• 15

  Par 5 · 495 yds

  A dogleg-right that climbs to an elevated green; Ross's original tee (just behind the 14th green) sets up a long uphill approach of around 190 yards.

• 16

  Par 4 · 315 yds

  A short, drivable-type par 4 over rolling Sandhills terrain where position off the tee dictates the angle into the green.

• 17

  Par 4 · 415 yds

  A straight hole with a right-to-left fairway cant and bunkers both sides off the tee; the dream is a tee-shot fade for angle, then a draw into the green.

• 18

  Par 4 · 365 yds

  A short two-shot finisher with an inside dogleg defended by an outside fairway bunker; a central knoll about 250 yards out can leave an awkward approach stance.