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Hole 1

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From The Tee The longest par five on the course, players can play conservatively here and ease their way into the round. The tee shot landing area is generous for average to shorter length players, while the longer players do have to be aware of the bunker on the left and a subtle depression on the right.

From The Fairway Finding the fairway is more important than favoring left or right. The second shot provides options depending on where the pin is located and how aggressive the player wants to be. Staying back to 125 yards from the green leaves a good look at the green and takes more trouble out of play, while trying to get within 100 yards sees the fairway narrow and the right layup bunker come into play

On The Green If the pin is cut on the left, staying back at 125 yards is a wise choice, while if the pin is cut right, it is better to get aggressive and play to the left side of the layup area within 100 yards if you are wanting a good look at birdie. This green is shaped with a lot of subtle hole locations, so distance control is vital for a makeable putt

Hole 2

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From The Tee The challenge of the course takes a step up with #2, but again you can be conservative and continue that easing into the round. A drive that challenges the three right bunkers will leave a better angle to most hole locations, but longer players may not be able to hit driver on this line.

From The Fairway A pronounced ridge in the middle of the fairway can help feed a tee shot to this right side. Playing more conservatively to the left off the tee for the average to shorter length players will leave an approach that can use right to left slopes short of the green to feed a running shot into the heart of the green. A longer tee shot down the left will tend to feed left, so what you gain in a shorter

On The Green The green falls off to the front, middle right, and back left, making it important to have good distance and directional control for a good look at birdie. There is plenty of room to miss this green right and have a reasonable up and down opportunity to all but the back left hole locations

Hole 3

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From The Tee This is a new hole that takes the place of the previous par five, creating a short but interesting par three that improves the variety and flow of the start of the round

From The Fairway Finding the putting surface is key, as the green surrounds will challenge the ability to get the ball up and down. The designed “sucker pins” are long left and on the right just over the bunker – going directly at either is discouraged, by design. Long left is a no-no. Don’t discount favoring short of the pin where you can

On The Green The green has a lot of subtle slopes moving in different directions, so you have to be spot on to get a good look at birdie, while a more conservative shot to the middle of the green will leave a reasonable two putt opportunity.

Hole 4

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From The Tee I designed this tee shot to provide a strategic choice, while baiting longer players to be aggressive to a not so strategic location.

From The Fairway The best angle to the green is down the right side of this wide fairway. Missing this fairway to the left will leave a very difficult approach, as the green is well protected front left and the green slopes away from the left edge of the green. Longer players may not be able to hit driver down the right off the tee, with the fairway tightening up a good bit on the left at driver length.

On The Green As is the theme with our greens on Riverside, distance control is very important to get a good look at birdie. On this green, playing to the middle may leave a tough two-putt, so it is best to favor the front half to front hole locations, and favor the back half to back hole locations. There is room to play conservatively right of this green

Hole 5

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From The Tee This new par five is arguably one of the more beautiful, and more strategic, holes on the course. There is a lot of room off the tee for the average to shorter players, while the longest players will have to fit the tee shot between the bunker on the right and trees on the left

From The Fairway A miss right of the fairway is okay, but it should dictate the player to be conservative with their second to play to about 120 yards from the green, short of the first layup bunker. A more aggressive layup, from the rough or the fairway, takes on this first layup bunker to get within 100 yards from the green. In most cases, getting as far left in the fairway with a layup leaves a better approach

On The Green The fairway tightens a good bit if you try to get within 70 yards of the middle of the green, which is me baiting a player to be too aggressive – better to lay back to the left at 90 to 100 yards out. The green is wider than deep, with a lot of subtle roll. Learn the green and try to leave an uphill putt. With a longer approach, don’t discount favoring hitting it just over the green to a fairway a

Hole 6

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From The Tee This green appears from the tee to be relatively shallow, but it does have more depth than you can see and feel.

From The Fairway When the pin is cut along the left, favor a little right and a little long. It is hard to get close to these hole locations and get a makeable birdie putt, but better here to get par and move on.

On The Green If the pin is cut more along the right, you can take it on and focus on being pin high. There is room to miss front right and short right, to leave a reasonable up and down, but avoid short left and long left.

Hole 7

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From The Tee Classic strategy was employed here in the design in that a more conservative tee shot down the right leaves a decidedly more challenging angle to the green

From The Fairway while being more aggressive down the left side of the fairway opens up the approach as much as possible. Longer players may want to play less than driver to take the two far bunkers on the left and right out of play. This green was designed to enhance this strategy, as it is relatively narrow, with a definitive raised left side and lower right side. It is very difficult to get to the lower right h

On The Green If you hit a tee shot down the right, the best approach is to favor left and try not to get past pin high, even if that means playing to the fairway left of the green. Even with an approach from the left side of the fairway you don’t want to get beyond pin high. Do note there is fairway to the back right of the green, which can encourage a player to be more aggressive to the far back right pin

Hole 8

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From The Tee One of the longer of the five par threes on the course, I designed very subtle strategy into how to play this tee shot. There is a front section that you can bounce and run a shot to, which is a good approach that can keep you from getting too deep into the green. Putts from the middle, and back to front pins, will be some of the fastest putts on the course

From The Fairway The rest of the right side of the green is subtly lower than the left side of the green, so you don’t have to carry the bunkers, or get close to them, to have a ball feed left to right towards right side pins. Trying to fly a tee shot at a right side pin is risky – a design trick to bait the more aggressive player

On The Green The slightly raised or higher left side of the green creates the interesting choice of bringing the left bunker into play to get a tee shot close, because if you don’t you will often see your ball feed to the right half of the green. Putting from the middle to right side of the green to the left side hole locations will challenge your ability to match up line and speed to make the putt, but it is

Hole 9

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From The Tee Length off this tee is important, as the challenge in this hole is mostly found in its length. While the shape of the green and the right greenside bunker suggest the better angle is from the left side of the fairway off the tee, the designed reality is that angle of approach here is not that important

From The Fairway The bunkers to the left off the tee do more to challenge a longer player to stay right than they do to guard the best angle of approach. This green was designed to accept, and it encourages, a running approach to most hole locations. The subtlest green on the course, finding the narrow putting surface, relatively close to pin high, is the O-Bjective. There is a lot of fairway left of the green to

On The Green When the pin is along the left, note there is a slight fall to the right in the middle of most of the green, making a recovery from the left of the green to left hole locations more interesting. This slight left to right slope in the middle of most of the green can be used to feed a ball to right hole locations, especially when the pin is back right. If you do get in trouble off the tee, note that

Hole 10

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From The Tee The approach to this green is easier from the right side of the fairway, as the green is set on a right to left angle, with bunkers along the left of the green,The approach to this green is easier from the right side of the fairway, as the green is set on a right to left angle, with bunkers along the left of the green, to create a variety of hole locations that are hard to get to from the left sid

From The Fairway A tee shot just left of the middle of the fairway will tend to feed left and run out more, leaving a shorter approach, but only the right side hole locations are reasonably accessible from here. The green has a variety of small distinct hole locations, with subtle slopes that will challenge the player to make putts over 20 feet.

On The Green The green will feed approach shots right to left to back left hole locations, but an approach shot played too firm can run through to a fairway area over the green, where an up and down to rear hole locations will be tough. Putt from the middle to back left pins will be among the faster putts on the course. Fairway right of the green does offer a safe miss, but this area is a little more challengi

Hole 11

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From The Tee One of the shorter par threes on the course, the green is very well protected, so good distance and directional control are important. There are four distinct sections in this green and playing the hole well is found in getting your ball to the section the hole is cut, and preferably not getting past pin high

From The Fairway To the front right of the green, favor staying below the hole, as missing just short is better than being 30-40 feet behind a hole cut in this part of the green. With a back right pin, staying below pin high is the conservative play to keep from having a tougher two putt, or a recovery from over the green.

On The Green Slopes in the middle of the green will feed tee shots to the left if you land it right in the middle, while leaving a tee shot in the back right of the green to a back left hole location will leave a tough two putt. The front left pins will arguably be the toughest on the green to get close to, and getting too far beyond these pins will leave a tough putt, so better to favor a pin high shot a litt

Hole 12

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From The Tee This new par five offers a lot of options off the tee, with the layup, and how you play into the green. Off the tee, you are faced with the decision to stay short of the center line bunker, stay right of it while not running through the fairway, or being aggressive with a tee shot to the left which can run out and get you closer to the green. A tee shot down the middle to right side of the fairway

From The Fairway or to more aggressively layup further down the fairway on the left, where the further you play a shot down the left, the more the green, and a variety of hole locations, becomes easier to play to. A layup short of the creek down the right is more conservative, but it leaves a shot requiring good distance control as the green is not as deep from this angle

On The Green Missing the green long and left leaves a reasonable recovery to most hole locations. If playing a longer approach to this green, whether going at the green in two, or having some trouble that leads to a longer approach, pay close attention to the pin location. Make sure you get beyond the creek, and try to generally stay left of any hole location – the exception being a far left side hole location

Hole 13

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From The Tee The positioning of your tee shot on this new par four will dictate how you can play at this narrow green. An aggressive tee shot down the left, near the lone fairway bunker, will leave the shortest approach with the best angle, noting this makes the large pine on the left more of a factor. This allows the player to be far more aggressive to any hole location on the green

From The Fairway The bunker presents a challenge to this approach, while missing the fairway can leave the player without a chance to reach the green. The player can also be more aggressive off the tee length wise and play down the right for just a slightly longer approach, but the angle is not nearly as good, leaving an approach where distance control is more important. Twenty yards short of the fairway bunker th

On The Green It is an easier tee shot to play this length off the tee down the right, but again the angle is not as good and from this longer approach, distance control become vital to avoid the three bunkers surrounding the green, or the strong false front. The green is relatively subtle, but there is still the constant change in direction of slope that will challenge the player to match up line and speed. Le

Hole 14

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From The Tee Completing the change in the flow of the back nine, and to add more opportunities to be rewarded for aggressive play, this hole has been redesigned to be reachable from the tee for the brave player. The Chattahoochee River is very much in play all along the right side of the hole, but most in play for the aggressive player from the tee. That aggressive play can reward the player by leaving a very

From The Fairway That aggressive tee shot not only has to avoid the “Hooch,”, it also has to avoid the two bunkers on the left well short of the green, which would leave the dreaded 30 to 50 yard bunker shot. For those playing more conservatively, who rely on a precise approach shot, there are a myriad of options. The closer in the fairway you get to the river, or the further down the fairway you play, the better

On The Green To left side hole locations, favor the middle of the green, but to front right hole locations, favor staying below the pin, even if just short of the green. If you are not up to trying to get a ball to pins cut on either of the back left or back right plateaus, the best approach is to the middle of the green, get your two putts and move on.

Hole 15

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From The Tee The pines and lay of the land here make this a gorgeous hole, somewhat masking the start to a stretch of three tough holes along the final four. A tee shot down the middle to left side of the fairway is relatively conservative, but it is likely not a driver for the longer players from each set of tees

From The Fairway This leaves a longer approach from a less than desirable angle, but it can take the fairway bunkers out of play – not a bad play to right-side hole locations where the angle is not as important. You can play the same club off the tee down the right, to take the first left fairway bunker out of play, but you do bring the right fairway bunker into play. This approach leaves a longer approach, but fr

On The Green There is a lot of complexity in this green, so you will have to learn where you prefer to leave an approach to each hole location, but the middle of the green leaves a reasonable two putt to all but the very back left hole location. This very far back left hole location is small, slopes away on three sides, and leaves a nearly impossible up and down from over the green. Unless you need to make a b

Hole 16

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From The Tee A good many changes to this hole have not only fit it into the land better, it now has more options off the tee, and there is more room to play safe into the green. Off the tee there are three basic options. The most conservative is something less than driver down the right side, but with the three front right greenside bunkers, this leaves a tougher angle into the green, especially to front right

From The Fairway You can hit driver down the right, to stay left of the far right fairway bunker, to have the shortest approach. Do note that either drive down the right leaves less of a view of the green and the flag, so getting a feel for distance is more of a challenge. The third option is to play driver up the left side of the fairway, which is relatively narrow and it is hard to keep a drive left with a stron

On The Green This is the largest green on the course with more small slopes defining the hole locations, so good distance control is needed to leave a makeable putt. It is best to favor staying below the pin here, which is easier from the upper left part of the fairway. Putting from above the pin here will leave some of the faster putts on the course.

Hole 17

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From The Tee The longest and likely toughest par three on the course, this concludes a tough three-hole stretch where the player really wants to escape without losing much ground to par. Using a traditional design tactic, I created a strong right to left slope short of the green and in the collar right of the green. This allows the player to land this long shot short of the flag and let it feed to the left, wh

From The Fairway The right to left slopes along the middle of the green divide the green into upper right hole locations and lower left hole locations. To get close to the upper right hole locations you do have to keep your tee shot a little further to the right, keeping in mind this will bring the big low areas right of the green into play. Note that the green slopes to the rear in the back left a third of the gr

On The Green Favoring coming up just short of this area can leave a tricky putt to judge speed – going just long of the green here is not all bad. With a lot of interesting slopes in the green, playing to the middle of the green won’t necessarily leave a makeable putt, but it will leave reasonable two putt opportunities to all but the back left hole locations

Hole 18

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From The Tee The removal of the lake at the green will encourage more aggressive play, to make the home hole more interesting for all players. The tee shot here is most critical in setting up how you will play the rest of the hole. The best angle to go at the green in two is down the right

From The Fairway The best angle to go at the green in two is down the right. But for those players who can reach, or get close to, the green in two, you will be long enough to reach the two fairway bunkers on the right. Playing down the left off the tee sets up the best angle to lay up short of the small left layup bunker. A layup in the lower left part of the fairway leaves a good angle to right side hole locatio

On The Green The removal of the lake makes trying to get closer to the green a reasonably aggressive option, where playing short right of the green will leave a better angle to play a short wedge or pitch, greatly improving the opportunity to pick up a shot. However, if you miss an aggressive play at the green too far right, or short left of the green, rough with slopes and rolls will leave a challenge, and th