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This par 4 slight dog leg right to lefts main feature is a slanting right to
left fairway. Your tee shot should be aimed down the right center of the fairway allowing
for a bounce that is right to left. If you are teeing off from one of the lower two tees,
make sure you use a wood with enough loft to clear the embankment in front of the elevated
fairway. Long hitters should guard against going left as a pond begins 215 yards from the
tee and extends down the edge of the fairway no more than 100 yards from the green. For
your approach shot, you will be hitting down to the green so you will need 1/2 to 1 club
less than the yardage suggests. The green will hold but due to the lie with the ball above
your feet, most players will have a tendency to pull or draw the ball left into the large
sand trap guarding the left side of the green. Don't go long, as there is out of bounds
directly behind the green. Many players find they can skip or bump and run their approach
shots into this smooth soft green.
This is a long par 3 from an
elevated tee. The green is the largest on the course and has a wide opening in the front that will
accommodate low hard running tee shots. There are two large traps,
one each on the right and left front of the green. Do your best to
stay out of either of these as a longer bunker shot will be required
to reach the pin. Pin placement should be observed here as it may
mean the difference of 2 - 3 clubs off the tee. This is another hole
where the mountain behind the green is a spectacular sight with its
fall foliage.
This is the first of two long par 4's you will be playing on the
front 9. This
longish hole is dead straightaway slightly uphill, and more often than not, directly into
the prevailing wind. Fortunately, you do tee off from an elevated tee and your tee shot
should be played down the left center. If you can hit a low hard draw, you will receive a
favorable bounce. Aim your approach at the left center of this longish green and you will
again receive a good forward bounce into the putting surface. This is a long narrow green
so pin placement and wind can make a 2 club difference here. A par here will definitely be
one of the highlights of your round.
This straightaway par 4 is a slight breather before one of the longest par
4's you will ever play. Don't let down too much, as a penalty ditch runs down the entire
left side of the fairway and players whose tendency it is to hook the ball often, find
themselves making a fast double bogey. Tee your ball slightly higher than normal as this
tee shot is almost always downwind. Aim away from the ditch on the left; tee it high and
watch it fly. Your approach shot here is somewhat deceptive as the slight dip in front of
the green makes your shot look shorter than it really is. The green holds well and is
often slightly wet. Trust your distances and not your eyes for that approach shot.
"Brutal", "A Monster", "One of the Longest Par 4's
I've Ever Played" are often descriptions of the #1 handicap hole here at Glen Brook.
The truth is, every golf course should have a similar style hole somewhere among it's 18
holes. A 50 yard tee is bounded on the left by a penalty ditch that runs 255 yards from
the back of the tee. Woods are on your right side the entire length of the hole. Besides
the holes' shear length, the tee shot plays slightly uphill and usually into the wind. Aim
left center and the longer the better. For your approach shots, aim at the right forth of
the green and the ball will bounce left. If reaching the green in regulation seems out of
the question, it would be well advised to think of this hole as a par 5. Two average
shots, a good pitch and a putt, just might give you a par 4. If you reached the green in
regulation, congratulations! You've got an excellent chance for a birdie on #6.
This shortish par 5 is a dogleg left with a penalty ditch running down the
entire left side of the hole. With woods on the right and out of bounds on the right of
the tee, a good tee shot is the key to success on this hole. The safest tee shot is at the
big cedar tree in the right center, but the best tee shot is down the left third of the
fairway. This will give you an excellent angle into the green for your approach shot. Long
hitters can routinely reach this green in two, but need to avoid the large tulip tree 75
yards in front of the green on the right side and the green side sand trap on the left
side of the green. This hole and #17 are the best eagle holes on the course.
This short par 4 can be a birdie hole, but can easily turn into a double
bogey. Your tee shot is semi-blind to a fairway that slopes right to left. The small
elevated green is guarded by a deep trap on the front left and a small trap to the right
middle at the green. Your tee shot should be aimed just inside the cedar tree you see on
the right side of the fairway. Long hitters will need to use a long iron or fairway wood
to drive the ball to the bottom of the swale some 225 yards from the tree. Your approach
shot should be played to the right 1/3 of the green and landed on the front of the green.
The green is often firm and the ball will release back to the pin. The trap short left is
a very difficult up and down and over the small elevated green is probably an even tougher
up and down for par. This hole proves to be a shot makers delight and will yield lots of
birdies but 5's and 6's are just as common.
This par 3 from hill to hill has trees on the right, left and back, as well
as traps on each of the three sides. Aim for the middle of the green and hit 1/2 club less
because of the elevated tees. Solid, square contact is all that is needed. The green holds
well because of the elevated tee shot and the fact that the green slopes down from back to
front. Do your best to avoid the trap on the left. This is the deepest trap on the course
and almost impossible to get up and down from. This is a good birdie hole for good short
iron players, but large numbers on your score card here for a member of your foursome are
not uncommon.
This double dogleg, left then right, slopes left to right for over 300 yards,
then levels out to a narrow green with a trap on the right. Aim your tee shot for the left
third of the fairway, because all shots bounce right off the hill. For you second shot,
use a club with enough loft such as a 5 wood and aim down the middle of the fairway up on
the hill. Long hitters can try to cut the dogleg short by shooting just inside the big
tree on the right on the corner on the top of the hill. A long fade works well here
because the drive usually stops on the downhill lie. Big hitters can get home in two.
Short approach shots usually bounce left to right around the green.