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Hole 1

Hole Name

From The Tee A simple opening hole, the Moguls derives its

From The Fairway name from the hazards surrounding the green. In place of the typical flanking sand hazards, we have created grass depressions with very dramatic humps in the bottom.

On The Green While these yield the chance of a very difficult chip shot should one miss the green, we feel the average golfer is better served by these than playing out of sand on the first hole.

Hole 2

Hole Name

From The Tee On the approach, the green sets low and is receptive to a runup approach.

From The Fairway

On The Green The golfer's main prO-Blem is directional. A large bunker waits left and a steep face grass hollow that creates dramatic shadows awaits to the right. A chip off the vertical bank could be very difficult.

Hole 3

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From The Tee This is a long and difficult par four.

From The Fairway Perhaps it only seems narrow because of its extensive length!

On The Green The best tee shot favors the right side because it offers better visibility to the green. The approach shot does not get any easier. The double tiered green requires precise accuracy.

Hole 4

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From The Tee This hole crosses two separate wetlands on the journey from tee to green.

From The Fairway Aim the tee shot at the target bunker on the left with a slight fade to set the best angle up to the green. To have any chance of reaching the green in two, the ball must be far enough to reach the narrow neck along side the fairway bunker.

On The Green The approach shot, from whatever distance, is easier when the pin is on the right. The left side of the green is an upper tier, guarded by the frontal bunker. Reaching this pin position requires the utmost in concentration.

Hole 5

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From The Tee This hole is a straight-forward par three with lateral water on the

From The Fairway

On The Green left hand side of the green. Four pot bunkers and a hidden grass bunker may catch the golfer who plays too conservatively. The ideal shot won't get too far right of the pin because of this.

Hole 6

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From The Tee Another long par four that golfers will remember because of its difficulty.

From The Fairway

On The Green It stretches to the maximum length allowed by the rules of golf. It actually exceeds the maximum length if the very back pin position is used. The green is triple decked so gauging exact distance to the pin is important.

Hole 7

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From The Tee This hole is named for the large bunker on

From The Fairway the front left of the green which, we are told, resembles a pork chop when seen from the air.

On The Green After two long wood shots, the golfer faces the approach. The green is an elevated tabletop style green with a large bunker on the left. However, a little collector swale could catch the shot played too conservatively to the right.

Hole 8

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From The Tee Several tee and pin positions will make this short par 3 play to a slightly different length every day.

From The Fairway

On The Green Despite the surrounding challenge, the main focus of the golfer should be getting the short approach shot to the correct deck. This a two level green with a multitude of tricky pin positions.

Hole 9

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From The Tee Considered by some as the course's signature hole,

From The Fairway this hole contains many design features. The double fairway is bisected by a line of grassy and sand pot bunkers. Depending on pin position, you may wish to place your ball on either fairway, both of which are a shade under 30 yards wide.

On The Green The green features no bunkers and may appear deceptively easy. However, the front left features a re-creation of the famed "Valley of Sin" at St Andrews. Golfers who choose to hit a longer tee shot to the left fairway must come directly over this, and the penalty for coming up short or spinning back off the deck is a rather unusual putt that is prO-Bably seldom faced.

Hole 10

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From The Tee A rather unusual hole for Myrtle Beach because of the man-made elevation changes.

From The Fairway The astute golfer will note that the fairway has a severe cross slope that will bring a tee shot hit to the left side of the fairway back down to the middle.

On The Green From the preferred landing area near the edge of the bunkers, the green opens up, particularly the back left pin position. There are bunkers short of the green, but don't allow these to fool your depth perception. The green drops off steeply to the back, so be careful not to be long.

Hole 11

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From The Tee The back nine's first par 5 is a definite candidate to reach in two,

From The Fairway just at the point of the round where it is important to make your move. The only hazard is to miss it right as this hole runs on the edge of the woodlands.

On The Green With a sufficiently long tee shot, the golfer can go for the green in two. The front is open, but a pond lurks to the left and a large backing bunker lurks to the right The green is highly contoured and sloping to the water, so birdies are not assured.

Hole 12

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From The Tee This hole is a modernized and reversed version of one of

From The Fairway the most famous holes in Scotland. It has extreme length for a par 3, calling for a wood off the tee. However,

On The Green the golfer has the option of using the grassy bank above the green to ricochet the ball onto the putting surface. This is more prudent than challenging the deep sand bunker on the right directly.

Hole 13

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From The Tee The golfer should aim at the complex of large green side bunkers on his tee shot,

From The Fairway taking care to place the ball as close to the fairway bunker on the right as possible. From here, the green opens up.

On The Green Several things combine to alter your depth perception, including the large mound complex behind the green and the false front that may make the green appear to be closer than it really is. Also, the golfers should be aware that the green is slightly elevated on the approach. Taken all together, this requires the most careful club selection on the back nine.

Hole 14

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From The Tee This hole offers two tee shot options.

From The Fairway The safe shot should yield an easy par with an iron off the tee and a short iron approach. For the daring, a long drive over the water and pot bunkers could reach the green.

On The Green With a variety of wind conditions, it is impossible to predict in advance what the better line of play for the hole is. The green is bisected by a large ridge running parallel to the line of play. Generally, if the pin is left, it is better to be left on the tee shot and if the pin is right, it is better to be to the right.

Hole 15

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From The Tee The back nine's second par 5 really begins after the tee shot is

From The Fairway placed between the three flanking bunkers in the first landing area. From here, the golfer has a choice of two fairways, and even trying to reach the green in two.

On The Green A safe shot to the short left fairway opens up the length of the green for the third shot. By playing across the shelf to the right hand fairway, the golfer risks the water on the left, but provides a much shorter third shot. Its primary feature is a collector cusp on the left edge which will suck any ball left of center on the approach off the green.

Hole 16

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From The Tee This hole begins the strong finish. Birdies from here on in will be more difficult to attain.

From The Fairway Aim at the target bunkers and large mound to define the right side of the fairway. Be careful of trying to hit too hard, and over hitting a pull hook into the forest on the left.

On The Green The good size green is open in front and receptive to the long runup shot. Golfers who miss left will find the mesa grass bunker, which is a depression with a sharp mound in the center. The right is guarded by a more traditional sand bunker which offers some hope of recovery.

Hole 17

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From The Tee This medium long par 3 plays into the prevailing breeze.

From The Fairway The wetlands front the green, so coming up short is disaster. The three lO-Bed green has a deck at the back right. The safe play is to take one extra club and aim for this deck. While putting down the deck is not desirable, it is more comfortable than dropping from the wetlands!

On The Green The wetlands front the green, so coming up short is disaster. The three lO-Bed green has a deck at the back right. The safe play is to take one extra club and aim for this deck. While putting down the deck is not desirable, it is more comfortable than dropping from the wetlands!

Hole 18

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From The Tee Modeled after the famed C.B. McDonald hole at Midocean,

From The Fairway this hole dares the golfer to bite off as much as he can chew on his tee shot to shorten the length of this long par 4. The four fairway bunkers are intended as targets only - it's unlikely that you can reach them.

On The Green The second shot may be the most difficult approach shot on the course. The large green is two-tiered and angled to the golfer. It is at least two clubs front to back, so a combination of distance and direction is essential to get close to the pin. Water and a horrendous bunker (the bulldozer operator misread the plan, but we liked it!) are O-Bviously not the place to miss.