A detailed look at each hole
Calderone’s hilly course provides challenges and opportunities to improve upon your skills. Enjoy playing the front nine, which are modeled after British links style, then head to the back nine where you will find your traditional style course.
Uphill shots, long drives, and sloping greens are a staple of this exciting course. Once you uncover the trick to each hole, set your tee time by booking online today!
Hole
1
Par 5
The opening hole calls for a tee shot favoring the right side to provide you with the best possible angle for a successful layup, or for longer hitters, an attempt to reach this narrow green on your second shot.
Hole
2
PAR 3
The second hole is considered by many to be the toughest par 3 in Jackson County. Playing as long as 231 yards, your tee shot is uphill, often times against the wind, and into a shallow green tucked behind a deep front bunker. Record a par here and feel confident that you gained at least one stroke on the field.
Hole
3
PAR 4
A challenging tee shot faces golfers on this left-to-right sloped fairway. If you can manage to keep your drive up the left, you will avoid the bunkers on the right side and provide yourself the best angle into a green that opens up to an approach coming in from the left.
Hole
4
PAR 4
A long par 4, this is the number one handicap hole at Calderone. To shorten the hole, you will need to hug the furthest left pot bunker on the right side of the fairway. However, if your ball ends up in one of them, you are almost guaranteed a bogey.
Hole
5
PAR 4
One of the shortest par 4s on the course. By hugging the right side off the tee, you can take advantage of this downward sloping fairway and leave yourself with a short wedge into a small, two-tiered green that is guarded by a bunker on the front left.
Hole
6
PAR 5
The shortest par 5 on the course, this is probably your best chance for a birdie, or even eagle. An accurate drive sets you up for a great opportunity to reach this large green in two.
Hole
7
PAR 4
If you hit the fairway on this uphill tee shot, you will be faced with a beautiful, downhill approach, overlooking several of the holes on the front nine. The green slopes dramatically from back to front, placing an emphasis on keeping your ball below the hole.
Hole
8
PAR 3
Sitting at the highest point of this hilly course, you should plan on factoring in the wind, which places an increased emphasis on shot and club selection.
Hole
9
PAR 4
Off the tee, you need to avoid the pond lining the left side of the fairway. Your approach shot is significantly uphill into a large green that slopes from back to front. Occasionally, the pin can be found on the tricky, back tier.
Hole
10
PAR 5
A true three-shot hole, this is the longest hole on the course. The longer clubs in your bag will be tested, even if it is simply to layup in an attempt to provide yourself the shortest approach possible into a difficult, right-to-left sloping green.
Hole
11
PAR 4
Flirting with the waste bunker on the left side will help you cut the dogleg and shorten your approach into what many consider to be the most difficult green on the course. However, as difficult as it may be, the large slope can also be used as a backstop for front pin locations.
Hole
12
PAR 4
A short, but tight par 4. An accurate tee shot is required to avoid a lengthy bunker lining the right side of this left-to-right sloping hole. If you successfully find this fairway, this can be a great opportunity for birdie.
Hole
13
PAR 5
The final par 5 at Calderone, this hole is fairly straight away. It will require two long shots in order to give yourself an eagle putt, but your best option may be laying up to give yourself a wedge into this postage-stamp green that is protected by bunkers in the front and right.
Hole
14
PAR 4
A hard dogleg right, this hole calls for a left-to-right ball flight to provide a short iron into a small green.
Hole
15
PAR 3
A medium-length par 3 that plays downhill with bunkers, grass depressions, and a large knoll to the right of the green that provide fun challenges to consider based on the pin position.
Hole
16
PAR 4
If played correctly, this par 4 can be your best chance at a birdie on the back nine. Choose your club selection off the tee wisely to the avoid the large tree on the right side of the fairway. Long hitters have been known to take aim at this green off the tee, but to do so, you must be cautious of the water on the right and heather on the left.
Hole
17
PAR 3
From the tee, you cannot see the putting surface on this uphill par 3. An additional club may be required to account for the change in elevation, but it is imperative that you stay below this hole on this dramatically back-to-front sloping green.
Hole
18
PAR 4
With a left-to-right sloping fairway, it is critical that you keep your tee shot down the left side to avoid the pond on the right. The best putt on this green is one played from short and right of the pin position.
