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This will be the first of six trips across this creek. Sand traps are waiting left of the landing area to catch any errant tee shot. Another trap guards the left side of the fairway just short of the green, along with a deep green side bunker.
The green is guarded by a tree on the front right and is further protected by Horse Creek approximately 40 yards short of the green.
Players tee off over Horse Creek, and can find trouble if they pull it left in the large fairway bunker that runs down the left side of the fairway. If the players find the fairway, they will be left with a short iron into this well-bunkered green. If you go long you can find trouble in the pond that is hidden behind the green. This is one of the easiest holes on the golf course if the player is willing to play safe off the tee.
Be careful of the large grass hollow behind the right side of the green.
This hole favors a player who can draw the ball into this well-guarded green. There are three deep bunkers on the front left of the green and one bunker behind the green to the right. The approach shot into the green would be best played by hitting a right-to-left shot, allowing the ball to run up to the flagstick.
This par four is long and demands two great shots. This hole has a huge fairway, which allows player to hit whatever shot they want off the tee. Players will find little trouble off the tee, but a series of grass bunkers short right of the green will aim the golfer to the left. Players will be hitting anything from a mid iron to fairway wood into this difficult par four.
From the tee, players have to drive over a large pond. If the player gets over the pond with their tee shot, they have to worry about the large fairway bunker that sits on the left side of the fairway. Once in the fairway, players have to decide whether to hit their second shot over Horse Creek or to lay up short. Players choosing to hit over the creek will contend with fairway bunkers on the left-hand side, which also protect the green.
This one-shot hole has several bunkers that guard the right side of the green. This large green can be reached with a short to mid iron.
From the teeing ground, players have to hit their tee shot over Horse Creek, which runs from the teeing ground down the left hand side of the green. If players try to drive the green, their ball can get caught up in the large fairway bunker that is 60 yards short of the green. A fairway wood is needed off the tee to allow a mid to short iron into this large, well-bunkered green. Shots going long can be left with a difficult chip back onto this large green.
Players who can play a draw will be able to hit a mid-iron into this well-guarded green. Right of the green is a bunker that will catch any iron shots from jumping into a creek that runs along the whole side of the green.
Tee shots will need to stay left of two fairway bunkers that are located on the right side of the fairway. The second shot will be to a landing area that is over 100 feet above the tee box. Players who play left will have a short to mid iron shot into a green that is well bunkered in front and back. Lay up shots that stray right will get in one of the four grass bunkers. Once on this small green, players will be greeted with one of the best views in northeast Tennessee.
Perched atop the highest point on the course, golfers will appreciate the breathtaking views — but be not fooled by the beauty and distance. Two bunkers in front of this small green protect it. Tee shots that travel too far will be in danger of carrying over the edge of the hill into the woods.
A tee shot that goes right can find one of several bunkers down the right side of the fairway. Players who decide to hit a long iron or fairway wood off the tee will have a much more generous landing area. Two sand bunkers and one deep grass bunker surround the green on this short par four. From the tee, most players are thinking "easy birdie," but this hole can ruin a great round if it is played too aggressively.
From this elevated tee box, players will see a pond that runs down the left-hand side of the fairway, from tee to green. Once in this bottle-like fairway, the player will be faced with an elevated green that has two large green-side bunkers and Horse Creek deep behind the green. Players can make birdie here if they play smart, but par is the common score.
From the green, players cannot see the two large bunkers that will collect any shots that come up short of the green. Also, there is one sand bunker behind and to the left of the green that is hidden from players.
On the tee box, the player will see Horse Creek down the right-hand side of the fairway, and marsh all along the right-hand side. This big fairway allows the players to hit anything from a long iron to drive. Once in the fairway, the players have to decide whether or not they want to try the high-risk shot to the green. If players go for the green, they will have to hit a high shot over a 3 1/2-acre pond, as well as contend with three bunkers that surround this big green. Players deciding to lay up will have no more than a short iron into this green. Eagles and birdies can be made here at this hole, but if a player is not careful, double or triple bogey can be made.
From the tee box, players will need to hit a long iron or fairway wood over Horse Creek once again to a green that has a large sand trap to the right. The place to miss this green is to the left. Par here is like a birdie on any other hole.
With marsh in front of the tee box and all down the right-hand side of the fairway, accuracy is at a premium on this slight dogleg-right par four. Once players reach this left-to-right sloping fairway, they will have a long to mid iron into this green. Sand bunkers sit in front and right of this green, with Horse Creek flowing down the left side.