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Hole # 1  Par 4    Black 446     Blue 442    White 394    Red 360    Handicap 4 

The opening hole is a slight dogleg left requiring a tee shot to a generous landing area flanked by trees.  A mid-iron approach shot to the large green must avoid a pond to the right and a single bunker protecting the left side.

Hole # 2  Par 3    Black 162    Blue 143    White 117    Red 108    Handicap 18

The first par 3 on the course requires a mid-iron tee shot over water to an undulating green protected by three strategically positioned bunkers.  Wind from the north-west will make club selection challenging.

Hole # 3  Par 4    Black 408    Blue 386    White 361    Red 317    Handicap 10

The third hole is a medium length par 4 that doglegs slightly to the left.  The tee shot should avoid a pond and trees to the right of the fairway.  The long approach shot to the green, which slopes right to left, must play right of a large greenside bunker.

Hole # 4  Par 5    Black 518    Blue 483    White 424    Red 424    Handicap 8

The fourth hole is a double dogleg par 5 with trouble at every turn.  The difficult tee shot must avoid a single fairway bunker that pinches the landing area.  The second shot must be positioned between ponds on both side of the fairway, while playing short of a second fairway bunker.  The long, narrow green is protected by water in front.  The slope of the green, from back to front, will challenge those that hit their shot past the pin.

Hole # 5  Par 4    Black 353    Blue 328    White 303    Red 282    Handicap 16

The fifth hole is a short par that doglegs slightly to the right.  A pond on the left side of the fairway must be avoided from the tee, while bunkers strategically placed in the landing area will challenge big hitters.  The small, sloped green is protected by two deep pot bunkers.

Hole # 6  Par 3    Black 175    Blue 154    White 145    Red 135    Handicap 12

The sixth hole is a tough par 3 that requires an accurate tee shot over a finger of Frog Creek to an angled green protected by a large bunker to the left and a severely slope grassy swale to the right.

Hole # 7  Par 4    Black 429    Blue 406    White 374    Red 344    Handicap 2

This long par 4 may be the most difficult hole on the front nine.  The tee shot must be carefully positioned in the narrow fairway, that is flanked on both sides by large trees, while avoiding a grassy swale to the right side.  The fairway, intersected by a small creek past the landing area, swings to the right requiring a long-iron approach shot to a terraced green protected by a bunker and numerous grassy hollows.

Hole # 8  Par 4    Black 385    Blue 360    White 312    Red 264    Handicap 14

The eighth hole, a short par 4 that doglegs left, is a true risk and reward hole.  From the tee, players must play over a creek and have an option of playing to the right or left of a split fairway.  To the right the fairway is more generous, yet the approach shot must carry 3 bunkers.  Playing to the left side, the fairway is more difficult. as players must avoid two fairway bunkers; however, a successful drive will set up an easier approach shot to the green.  Regardless of the route, players must avoid Frog Creek, Which is located along the entire left side.

Hole # 9  Par 5    Black 519    Blue 494    White 464    Red 433    Handicap 6

The finishing hole for the front nine is a medium length par 5 that doglegs left, following the picturesque Frog Creek.  The fairway is interrupted by a small creek located past the landing area.  Second shots must avoid Specimen oak trees positioned along the fairway, as well as a large fairway bunker on the left side.  Short iron approach shots must clear a single bunker in front of the green, while grassy hollows await player that hit their shot past the green.

Hole # 10 Par 4   Black 442    Blue 420    White 360    Red 344    Handicap 1

The tenth hole is a long par four, dogleg right that plays along the bank of Frog Creek from start to finish.  Tee shots must be played over the creek while avoiding a single fairway bunker in the landing area that forces players to hug the trees on the left.  From the landing area, players must thread a long-iron approach through trees to a narrow green that is perched close to the creek and protected by a single bunker.

Hole # 11 Par 3   Black 185    Blue 170    White 153    Red 138    Handicap 17

The eleventh hole may be the most scenic hole on the course as it overlooks Rainy Lake.  Long-iron tee shots must be played to a large green with deep bunkers on three sides.  The green crowned in the middle make the back right tee position difficult to find.

Hole # 12 Par 5   Black 540    Blue 525    White 465    Red 457    Handicap 9

The twelfth hole is typical of the Northern Ontario landscape as rock outcroppings dominate the view from the elevated tee.  Players must aim at two large fairway bunkers on the right side and play a draw (for the right handed) towards the the center of the generous, tree-lined fairway.  From the landing area, Second shots must be played slightly up hill to a landing area partially obscured by rock.  The green is angled to the right and guarded by deep grassy hollows in front.

Hole # 13 Par 4   Black 437    Blue 414    White 388    Red 346    Handicap 13

The thirteenth hole is a long dogleg right par 4 with tree lined fairways.  Two fairway bunkers on the right side force players left off the tee.  A mid-iron approach shot is required to a large green flanked by a large bunker on the left.

Hole # 14 Par 4   Black 434    Blue 411    White 390    Red 353    Handicap 5

A straight away, medium length par 4 cut through trees directs players at the fourteenth.  A fairway bunker on the right side forces players left, while the green is protected with two bunkers, a large trap in the front and a small pot bunker on the back left.

Hole # 15 Par 4   Black 408    Blue 379    White 353    Red 318    Handicap 15

The fifteenth hole is a par 4 that doglegs right.  Carved through the trees, the fairway is protected by a pond on the left and two large bunkers at the turning point.  From the landing area, players must hit mid-iron approach shots slightly uphill to a green flanked by bunkers left and grassy hollows to the right.

Hole # 16 Par 3    Black 214    Blue186    White 145    Red 138    Handicap 7

The sixteenth hole is the longest par 3 on the course and requires a long-iron that carries the bend in Frog Creek to a long narrow green that lies perpendicular to the shot.  Two deep bunkers in front of the green demand pin-point accuracy from the tee which will play into the wind on most days.

Hole # 17 Par 4   Black 437    Blue 404    White 369    Red 339    Handicap 11

The seventeenth hole is a challenging par 4 with Frog Creek positioned along the entire right side of the hole.  The fairway is framed by large trees and subtle mounding on the left.  Approach shots must be played across a narrow creek to a green protected by a large bunker on the left and large oak trees to the right.

Hole # 18 Par 5   Black 582    Blue 559    White 509    Red 457    Handicap 3  

The final hole is not only memorable, but will be considered one of the signature holes for the golf course.  This demanding par 5 requires a tee shot that avoids the creek along the entire right side, as well as two fairway bunkers on the left that pinch the landing area.  Long hitters may take a fairway wood and hit across the creek to the green site perched along the far bank of the creek.  Shorter hitters must play left along the creek to a landing area flanked by a single fairway bunker.  From this elevated position, a short-iron approach must carry sixty yards across the creek to the large, subtly contoured green.

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