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Hole Flyovers for :
Erin Hills Golf Club in HARTFORD, Wisconsin in 53027
53027 (Click on a Hole to View Flyover of the Hole or View Hole Maps or View Scorecard or View Nearby Courses or View Gradebook or Wireframe Hubspoke)
1The opening hole skirts the wetland, with the fairway tilted from right to left towards it.This hole features the one green that is best approached along the ground. The cluster of bunkers dug into the right hillside some 50 yards from the green function, in effect, as g2The 2nd is a classic strategic hole where the player who is confident enough to venture towards the unseen(the left side of the fairway) is rewarded with a view of the green for his or her pitch. However,the smallest green on the course ensures that the challenge is far from over after a good tee shot.3The first long par 4 on the course, the 3rd completes a varied opening trio of holes. The wetland on the left and bunkers challenge the tee shot, and the central bunker can deceive4The 4th could be the most demanding hole on the course.The fairway is flanked by a hillside of healthy rough on the left and a menacing bunker that juts into the fairway from the right.The large central bunkers will force many players who miss the fairway to leave themselves a long third shot. With the shallow green, the front bunker and the wetlands just beyond 5With its fairway flowing over the natural contours and the surrounding openness,the 5th hole appears to be a more manageable scoring opportunity. This may be true, as long as a player can cover the precarious front-left greenside bunker with a well-placed appr6With its large green and apparent lack of defenses surrounding it, the 6th at first seems to be a breather. While it is true that a score of worse than 4 is unlikely, a 3 is well eWith the westerly prevailing wind from behind and a false front followed by a green sloping away from the player, getting close to a hole location on the front half of the green is7This rolling three-shotter plays past the bell that was used to give the all clear for the former Dell Hole (RIP).Three bunkers in front and on the left visually dominate the approach, but the false front on the right is perhaps the bigger challenge. As with several greens at Erin Hills (e.g.,8With its right-to-left dogleg and left-to-right slope of the fairway,the 8th is the tee shot where the player who has the ability to shape his shots at will (in this case from right-to-left) holds the biggest advantage at Erin Hills. With the front 9After a series of big holes, the short and precise 9th comes as a jolt to the player. With the elevated tee and exposure to the wind, club selection is a challenge.The green is a bit of a mirror image Redan, with its angle and slope from left-to-right. The treacherous back-left bunker is key as it is not visible from the tee and many players 10Despite the blind tee shot,the expansive fairway encourages the player to open their shoulders off the tee. Should you opt to drive it at the “speed-slope” located on the righthand side, you may be rewarThe closely mown area right and behind the green can be used to work the ball with a longer club towards the hole, though.11After a number of demanding holes, the 11th provides a bit of abreather as the fairway can gather tee shots and the approach is usually just a pitch.However, care still needs to be taken with the small green that slopes from left to right. The back nine presents a variety of challenges and not just the stereotypical long par 4s12With its wild topography and partially hidden green, the 12th hole showcases the minimalist approach the architects took, and best captures the character of Erin Hills.The tee shot must reach the plateau to afford the player a reasonable approach to the green set in a hollow. With a rare wind from the east or for the long players, the tee shot th13The 13th is a rendition of the classic hill-to-hill par 3. In this case, the player’s eyes are drawn to the expansive bunker left of the green, to which a swale in the left side However, the fall-away short, right and behind the green cannot be ignored or looked at as safe places to miss the green. In the final round of the 2017 U.S. Open, Brooks Koepka’14The 14th is a gambling par 5 where fortune does in fact favor the bold. Here the player who lays up faces an awkward third, where the pitch is nearly blind to a green that runs awaThe player who goes for the green with his second shot certainly faces his share of trouble, though, such as the thick rough short of the green, the severe false front of the green15The 15th presents the player several options – to lay up short of all the bunkers, to place the tee shot in the middle of the bunkers or to have a go at the green itself.The sharp drop-off right of the green encourages the player to favor the center or left of the green with his pitch, but the spine that extends from the hillside into the green pro16This narrow, slightly angled green is nestled against the hillside on its left.At first glance one might think that left is a good place to miss the green in that the hill should kick balls down towards the green. However, there are bunkers at the base of tha17With the green tucked behind a hill on the left, a tee shot down the right provides the golfer with a clear view ofthe green while one down the left leaves a partially blind approach. Like the 1st, the 17th hole does not need greenside bunkering as the natural terrain provides plenty of challen18Erin Hills closes with a long par 5 that lines up with Holy Hill in the distance.Look for a “shamrock” plaque near the righthand fairway bunkers, which commemorates Justin Thomas’ famous 3-wood in the third round of 2017 U.S. Open.The player must fight his natural tendency to play directly towards the green and must force himself to play his second shot well to the right. The cluster of bunkers short of the
Holes Distances in
Yards Meters
Hole: 1 Par: 5/5 Hcp: 3/3 Yards 553 538
512
512
485
Meters 506 492
468
468
443
Hole: 2 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 13/11 Yards 358 338
316
316
316
Meters 327 309
289
289
289
Hole: 3 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 7/7 Yards 476 433
404
404
366
Meters 435 396
369
369
335
Hole: 4 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 11/9 Yards 439 439
403
385
385
Meters 401 401
369
352
352
Hole: 5 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 9/5 Yards 505 439
406
406
359
Meters 462 401
371
371
328
Hole: 6 Par: 3/3 Hcp: 15/17 Yards 237 208
188
188
176
Meters 217 190
172
172
161
Hole: 7 Par: 5/5 Hcp: 1/1 Yards 607 576
551
487
487
Meters 555 527
504
445
445
Hole: 8 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 5/13 Yards 492 443
415
361
361
Meters 450 405
379
330
330
Hole: 9 Par: 3/3 Hcp: 17/15 Yards 165 150
143
143
138
Meters 151 137
131
131
126
Hole: 10 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 4/4 Yards 504 476
455
421
421
Meters 461 435
416
385
385
Hole: 11 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 14/12 Yards 403 353
315
315
315
Meters 369 323
288
288
288
Hole: 12 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 10/8 Yards 464 434
388
388
388
Meters 424 397
355
355
355
Hole: 13 Par: 3/3 Hcp: 18/18 Yards 215 193
170
170
170
Meters 197 176
155
155
155
Hole: 14 Par: 5/5 Hcp: 2/2 Yards 613 507
507
507
473
Meters 561 464
464
464
433
Hole: 15 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 12/10 Yards 366 356
346
346
299
Meters 335 326
316
316
273
Hole: 16 Par: 3/3 Hcp: 16/16 Yards 190 180
167
140
140
Meters 174 165
153
128
128
Hole: 17 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 8/14 Yards 481 447
434
434
385
Meters 440 409
397
397
352
Hole: 18 Par: 5/5 Hcp: 6/6 Yards 663 637
622
542
542
Meters 606 582
569
496
496
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