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The Loop at Forest Dunes - Black Golf Course Map /The Loop at Forest Dunes - Black Golf Holes Map
The Loop at Forest Dunes - Black Golf Course Review in Roscommon, MI in 48653
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Hole MAP
Hole 1
Hole Name
From The Tee The long finishing hole for the Red course makes a difficult start for the Black it's better to think of it as a short par-5, where two solid shots will give you a chance for an up-and-down.
From The Fairway
On The Green It looks like there is all the room in the world for the second shot, but there is a hidden hollow on the left which is by far the toughest recovery around this green.
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Hole 2
Hole Name
From The Tee It's never easy to play an exacting iron shot so early in the round.
From The Fairway
On The Green The small bunker that crowds the left front of the green will cause many to miss right, down the slope. Staying left is the better option.
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Hole 3
Hole Name
From The Tee One of the strongest par-4's on The Loop.
From The Fairway Play over the hump in the fairway off the tee, to give yourself a bit more fairway in front of
On The Green the green as it sticks out onto the end of a ridge. Short and long approaches are both rejected; only the short left ball leaves an easy chip, and even that one is running away from you.
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Hole 4
Hole Name
From The Tee My favorite hole of all 36, this short par-4 is wide open off the tee, but only
From The Fairway a good drive up the left half will give you an open look at the green, hidden in a dell just over the crest of the fairway.
On The Green If you've driven right, beware the pot bunker at the right front of the green, but also keep in mind that the green runs away from you.
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Hole 5
Hole Name
From The Tee One of the toughest par-3's on either course, this one-shotter plays slightly uphill to a
From The Fairway
On The Green two-tiered green, angling away to the left. Anything to the left will collect down into a deep bowl; the only good place to miss it is just in front, below the hole.
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Hole 6
Hole Name
From The Tee The tee here is straight behind #5
From The Fairway
On The Green green, and this is a long hole down the left... the red flag to the right is #11 coming home. The 6th green is very shallow as played from this angle, and with a big false front on its left side, even the best players should be wary. Keeping to the right [but avoiding the bunker just short] is the safer play.
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Hole 7
Hole Name
From The Tee As with #12 Red, this par-4 is so short that many players will be tempted to pull driver and go for it, but the approach is difficult if you're not coming into the green from straight on.
From The Fairway Above all, note the small, nasty bunker in the middle of the fairway. and be sure to either carry it or lay up short.
On The Green
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Hole 8
Hole Name
From The Tee The tee for the shortest par-3 on the Black course is back to the left of #7
From The Fairway
On The Green green, and the hole plays to a green half hidden by a flared-up bunker at the right front. Hole locations by the bunker are intimidating, until you remember that there's nothing but short grass beyond the flag. Club selection for left-hand pins is much more exacting.
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Hole 9
Hole Name
From The Tee This green at the far end of the links is the only one where your approach on either course comes from the same direction but here, it is at the end of a long par- 4.
From The Fairway
On The Green Though the bunkers along the right of the green are an O-Bvious place to avoid, the fallaway along the back left flank is no better place to miss, especially as the green tilts from left to right.
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Hole 10
Hole Name
From The Tee This long par-5 is pretty straight- forward until you come to the approach,
From The Fairway
On The Green where a Scottish-style ridge has the potential to steer a low approach into the left side of the green, but at the next moment might send a high, short shot bounding away from the target. If the flag is to the right, the best miss is over the ridge, but not past pin-high.
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Hole 11
Hole Name
From The Tee A solid tee shot with a hint of fade is ideal, as you want to have a short club in your hands for this approach shot, which has to be played over a deep hollow. A large pine tree that serves as a background for #7 Red comes much more into play on this hole,
From The Fairway
On The Green combining with a small pot bunker to form a narrow entrance to the right side of the green.
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Hole 12
Hole Name
From The Tee The best short par-4 on the property tempts you to thread a long tee shot between two bunkers, but you'll have to play high up the left side so your ball doesn't funnel down the slope into the deep right-hand bunker. Short of the bunker is safe,
From The Fairway
On The Green but if you leak the tee shot too far to the right, a small tree may interfere with your view of the green.
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Hole 13
Hole Name
From The Tee The longest par-3 on property plays from hilltop to hilltop, with the tees for #6
From The Fairway Red forming the start of the fairway here. A safe play out to the right front of
On The Green the green leaves a tricky chip to get close, but a safe four here is unlikely to lose much ground against one's opponent.
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Hole 14
Hole Name
From The Tee The toughest par-4 on either course, this one temps long hitters to hit a draw off the tee in order to scoot down a hidden slope on the left;
From The Fairway but a straight ball to the high side of the fariway isn't a bad play.
On The Green The tilt of the green is so pronounced that you are better off laying up short of the approach bunker, than playing too far left of it and leaving the green sliding away for your third shot.
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Hole 15
Hole Name
From The Tee The tees here are shared with #4 Red,
From The Fairway
On The Green playing to different greens on either end of the hole. You'll have to carry the mounded bunker at the front right, and the green is set well behind those mounds, so take plenty of club and aim over the far right end of the bunker, instead of pulling left where deep greenside bunkers await.
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Hole 16
Hole Name
From The Tee A difficult four from the back and middle tees, here the drive must take on the right-hand bunkers.
From The Fairway
On The Green The green sets up as a classic Biarritz, with the small front and back plateaus divided by a deep swale, A safe approach to the front of the green is preferable than trying to make four from the hollow to the right.
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Hole 17
Hole Name
From The Tee This par-5 is very reachable from all but the far back tee,
From The Fairway
On The Green but your second shot will have to clear a big dip on the approach, and then stop very quickly on the green. Putts from behind the hole are quite fast.
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Hole 18
Hole Name
From The Tee One of the toughest tee shots on the course, you'll have to carry about 200 yards from the back to get up to the top of the hill.
From The Fairway The further to the right you can get, the better the angle of approach, but you have to avoid the bunkers and native grasses to the right of this fairway.
On The Green
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