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Emerald Hills Golf Club Golf Course Review in Arnolds Park, IA in 51331
ARNOLDS PARK WEATHER
Hole MAP
Hole 1
Hole Name
From The Tee Emerald Hills begins with a friendly Par 5. A slight dogleg right, #1 allows any caliber player a way to warm-up your round with a Driver off the tee
From The Fairway Perhaps the biggest challenge hole #1 provides are the sand bunkers loosely guarding the green on both sides. The trees lining both sides of the fairway prepare you for 18 holes of timber.
On The Green #1 is a teaser for the rest of the round as it is fairly flat, tilting only slightly from back to front and left to right.
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Hole 2
Hole Name
From The Tee A fairly harmless looking Par 4 from the tee, seldom do you get a level lie from your 2nd shot
From The Fairway
On The Green The green, which again lies pretty flat, is a narrow target on the approach.
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Hole 3
Hole Name
From The Tee Length is not a huge factor on this Par 3. Your tee shot travels parallel to the left water hazard and on to the front of the green.
From The Fairway
On The Green Once on the green, you are challenged by a severe “uphill” putting surface. Being long of the pin facing a downhill put is your worst scenario
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Hole 4
Hole Name
From The Tee Emerald’s first true dogleg, a hard long ball can go through the fairway into the left trees, but the average player needs to get to the corner so they can let it all out on the 2nd shot.
From The Fairway The depression in front of the green can give the impression that the green is closer than it really is.
On The Green Don’t get careless right as a small pond lurks at about 100 yards from the green in the trees.
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Hole 5
Hole Name
From The Tee Easy so far? #5 is a LONG, hard dogleg left to an uphill, elevated two-tiered green. #1 Handicap hole for good reason. Oh yes, it is out of bounds left all the way. Get after it!
From The Fairway
On The Green Easy so far? #5 is a LONG, hard dogleg left to an uphill, elevated two-tiered green. #1 Handicap hole for good reason. Oh yes, it is out of bounds left all the way. Get after it!
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Hole 6
Hole Name
From The Tee A “cure” Par 3 over the pond, the island, and the sand.
From The Fairway What you see is what you get. Don’t be above the pin when the pin is front left,
On The Green yet you need to carry the bunkers. Always a challenge to get your 3
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Hole 7
Hole Name
From The Tee A tough dogleg right. When the new development went in a few years ago, a new street created an out of bounds left and log.
From The Fairway The big hitters can’t hit the big dog or it goes through the dogleg and can easily go out of bounds
On The Green lay it safe down the middle, then an uphill middle iron to an elevated green. A good hole, a par feels like a birdie some days.
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Hole 8
Hole Name
From The Tee A difficult slight dogleg left Par 4. The corner of the dogleg can be cut for the long hitters, but be careful because an out of bounds guards the far left.
From The Fairway The average golfer just needs to hit the middle leaving a long shot, generally a long iron, hybrid or fairway wood.
On The Green green is one of the flatter greens on the course allowing you an easier chip and putt opportunity than on some of the earlier greens for a chance to save a par if you missed the green in regulation.
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Hole 9
Hole Name
From The Tee A finishing hole on the front nine if you have a good nine hole match going.
From The Fairway Water at the 270 yard mark from the back tees, so with a long ball with a prevailing south wind, one has to be careful.
On The Green The green is guarded on the right by the “donut hole” sand bunker and another large bunker on the left.
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Hole 10
Hole Name
From The Tee The back nine starts with a short, but precise, Par 4. A dogleg left requires a well positioned target drive aimed at the 100 yard marker at the far side of the dogleg.
From The Fairway Trying to cut the corner left gets your 2nd shot blocked by the over-sized maples at the corner of the leg.
On The Green A modestly sloped green is protected by traps left and right.
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Hole 12
Hole Name
From The Tee A modest length Par 3 with a heart shaped flat green. Make sure you hit the right length shot as the green is guarded on all four corners by giant grass bunkers
From The Fairway
On The Green A modest length Par 3 with a heart shaped flat green. Make sure you hit the right length shot as the green is guarded on all four corners by giant grass bunkers
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Hole 13
Hole Name
From The Tee A fun, very slight dogleg right Par 5. Most of the trouble lies right with out of bounds protecting homes the entire length of the hole. Your approach is mostly uphill with a blind false front.
From The Fairway The green is guarded both left and right by sand with the green sloped modestly from back to front.
On The Green Long ball hitters – try to make your birdie or eagle here!
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Hole 14
Hole Name
From The Tee Though it looks impossible from the tee, this short Par 3 nets more hole-in-one’s than any other Par 3 on the course.
From The Fairway Trees protect this hole both left and right. A trap also guards the front left of the green
On The Green Just take aim at the gap, hit the green and let the ball roll from left to right.
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Hole 15
Hole Name
From The Tee Good Par 4, “Through the shoot” off the tee down into the valley in front of the green.
From The Fairway
On The Green Your second shot is to an elevated green. Once on the green, there is a severe slope from left to right and from back to front.
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Hole 16
Hole Name
From The Tee The smart play is up the middle off the tee.
From The Fairway If the long ball hitter gets greedy in thinking about staying left to get home in two, the out of bounds can get you.
On The Green Hit the second shot to the corner and then wedge in your third shot to an uphill green.
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Hole 17
Hole Name
From The Tee A cute, short dogleg right Par 4.
From The Fairway Looks short and easy, but beware of a very tight out of bounds protecting the house on the right side.
On The Green Don’t get sloppy left either because of the pond and water hazard long.
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Hole 18
Hole Name
From The Tee Big trees, grass bunkers, and a long sand bunker protect the right side from cutting off yards.
From The Fairway Once to the green, there are few easy pin placements.
On The Green Good luck and thanks for playing one of the best layouts in the area, but we’re biased
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