While nine looked tight off the tee, ten really is. The bunkers on the left in the distance might be reachable with a huge drive. The best location is slightly to the right of them, anyway. All of the choices are driven by The Devil’s Spine at the green, this is where Son of Spine got its name. Smart players will check the pin location when they get to the first green, which is a double green with ten. Notice that the fairway narrows as it comes closer to the green. The closer you play to the green, the better chance you have of dropping the approach over the Spine if you have to. If you wimp out on the second with a four or five iron, you will have to hit eight when you could have hit sand wedge.
 

This is another one of those dig-deep holes. The carry over the bunkers off the tee is 245, and without question the angle to the green is much better from the left. This fairway is wide, and there is plenty of room to play to the right, though the shot at the green is not as good because there are grassy hollows on the left side of the green, known as Gaston’s Gulch, and a lake on the right front. From the left side you will be shooting directly into the slope of the green. The pins are all visible and the putting surface has a flashed back collar that will feed balls back toward the front. However, if you are over the green and the pin is back, good luck.
 

This is the long-iron par three, and though it doesn’t have any bunkers, the surrounds are very busy, much like the sixth hole. Some of it is short grass and some of it is fescue rough. The back of the green drains to the back and to the side, so tee shots carrying the putting surface should be short rather than long. This green has one very curious attribute. If your tee shot is inside the collar and reasonably straight, the ball will bounce toward the center of the green. If it is outside the collar, even a foot, it will go the other way. Recoveries are not too tough, but you will have to hit a good flop to save par- or make a long putt.
 

Drive the ball into the center of the opening you see from the tee and turn it left. The rough is cut along the left side such that if you are in the short grass, you will have a short iron into the green. If you hug the left too far, you will be need to shape a draw around the trees to this tucked green. If you favor the right side of the fairway, your second will be a club or two longer but will open up the green for an easier approach. The green itself is raised on a slope and has a pair of very deep short-grass hollows on the left. This green has some serious fall from back to front. The ball will stop, but if you are above the hole, just touch it.
 

It is similar to nine, from a raised elevation and a nice view. The difference is that nine looks narrow, this is narrow. There is mounding on the right that will protect you from going into the woods on the right. Even with this protection, the best tee shot hugs the left side of the fairway to shorten this long hole. Careful, if you get too far left, there is a sharp rise. Recovery from there is tough, from most of it you can’t see the green and the stance is not conducive to hitting hooks. In the fairway, the shot is well-defined. A bunker guards right of the green and the putting surface is busy but with no decks or ledges. An open area of rough to the left of the green which gets a lot of action for some reason, but right is death.
 

One fourth of the bunkers on the entire course are on this tee shot, none at the green. The flag is visible over the horizon of the fairway. The width of the short cut of fairway is huge. The best place to be is right up the middle. The length of the green is more than 40 yards and the hole faces the prevailing wind. The green looks small because it is long and narrow. The back of the green slopes the other way and to the left. The shot to that pin is a high fade. There is a roll across the green which tells you for sure the location of the pin. The sides of the green are supported by larger stage-prop. The idea of this green is to make you hit the approach right at the flag, but to shape it correctly to get the ball close.
 

There is a lake beyond the landing area and a large tree on the far slope that is a great target- maybe slightly left of it. The second shot will be uphill, across the pond. There are bunkers on the right front of the green. You won’t even be able to see the flag unless it is right along the front edge. The fairway swings far out to the left, and if you have any doubts about getting home, go left. If you lay back on the second, the approach will be uphill. The green is sloping similarly to eight and 13, so being on the correct side of the pin is a big deal. Watch out for the slope of the green, it is a false front. A spinner can end up about halfway back to where you are. This is a small green, but the putts are tough- even the short ones.
 

The last par three, rounding out what might be my best collection of par threes on one golf course, is another middle iron, and the green sits at an angle to the shot. The back left is small but concave, and if you can get it in there, you will be close. Actually, the back pin may be the easiest. The ones in the center and on the front will cause you to deal with the bunkers, two left front which are very deep and one behind to the right which causes you to play toward the front pin downslope. It’s a touchy shot. If you catch it clean, you might be back down in the fairway. The putting surface has some slope to it as well, but not as much as 16.
 

Turn it left and play along the base of the big slope to the left. This will give you the best angle. The fairway is wide, but when you see the pin placements, almost every one of them would be easier from the left position in the fairway. The bunker has a cape, and when the pin is tight against it, the shot from the bunker is more than tough. There are pins on the back right that are easy ones, and several along the edge of the pond. The putting surface has a break in it running parallel to the shot. It will also create some interesting putts from the high side down to the low pines. You will be able to get it stopped, but probably not real close to the hole. Hitting it to the wrong part of the green can mean bogey.