PLATEAU - What you see is what you get here. Tee and green are on about the same level, but a valley intervenes, which effectively makes the green sharply elevated. Deep bunkers guard the front, sides and rear. Once on the putting surface, a par is not ensured. The slope is not as severe as some, but there are subtle breaks that make reading putts demanding.

BARN - One of several famous holes on the course, the "Barn" hole doglegs 90 degrees to the left in the driving zone. The length can be reduced by driving over the barn that guards the corner, but avoid out-of-bounds left and native grass long and right. A straightaway drive will bring cross-bunkers 170 yards from the green into play on the second shot. If those are successfully carried, the approach is with a short iron or pitched shot to the smallest green on the course, which is well bunkered left, right and behind the green. A potential birdie, but every shot must be struck well.

SIDESADDLE - By far the shortest par-4 on the course, the hole provides a birdie opportunity, but danger lurks.  The fairway, only 27 yards wide in the driving zone, doglegs to the right.  A tee shot that slips too far right or left will catch a bunker, making the second shot challenging.  A shot that misses the green to the right will either find a deep bunker or roll down the hillside setting up a delecate recovery pitch.  The putting surface is considered level.

POND - The most eye catching hole on the course brings much danger.  A fairway that slopes sharply from right to left demands that the tee shot be played down the right side.  Willow trees and a creek guard the left, while native tall fescue sets right.  A well-placed drive will leave a middle-iron shot to one of the smaller greens, which is protected by water across the front and to the left.  A greenside bunker on the right side adds to the complexity.

CREEK - The hole doglegs right, a creek and woodlands border the right side with a pond nestled in the corner of the dogleg.  The ideal tee shot is as close to the pond as possible, but there disaster lurks.  The more the player shies away from the pond, the longer the second shot becomes.  Deep bunkers left and right protect the green, a steeply sloping surface that can hold its own even after the player is aboard.  Stay below the hole here or risk three putting or more.

HELL'S HALF ACRE - "Hell's Half Acre" was the sobriquet applied by the laborers while constructing this hole in the 1920s, who knew nothing about golf. It is the longest hole on the course which requires a tee shot to be placed between two fairway bunkers that catch drives sliced or hooked. A second shot must carry a series of interwoven cross bunkers traversing the entire fairway. It is from these formidable looking bunkers, principally, that the hole takes its name. The fairway falls deep into a valley, then up to an elevated green that slopes severely from back to front and left right, and is guarded by deep bunkers on the left and right fronts. From either, a miraculous recovery is required to get the ball close. Any putt is dangerous.

KNOLL - A straight drive down the right center of the fairway offers a rare flat lie for the player's second shot, while a safer tee ball down the left side will result in a difficult side-hill lie.  The second shot again will be played with a medium iron.  The entrance to the green is open with bunkers protecting the left and right sides.  A subtle ridge running through the green makes putting tricky.

APPLE TREES - A slight dogleg right, the hole requires an uphill drive that avoids bunkers on both the left and right side of the fairway.  This will set up the second shot from a reasonably level lie.  A mid to short iron must carry over a swale to a green that is open in front but well-protected by bunkers on both sides and behind.  The green slopes sharply from left to right, especially in the back, and is deceiving and quick.

POPLARS - This is where the Championship could be decided.  The hardest par four on the course.  A good drive is needed on this finishing hole due to out-of-bounds along the left side from tee to green.  A tee shot too far right causes the second shot to be blocked by a few well placed trees.  The second shot will demand a medium to long iron to an elevated green that must be carried.  Bunkers guard both the left and right sides of the green.  Reaching the green in regulation will not necessarily guarantee par for the player.