Loch Palm Golf Club
Hole-by-hole Course Review
PAR: 72
From the back tees: 6434 yards
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The first hole starts with typical Loch Palm style: a lagoon
carves into the fairway from the right while stocky palm
trees run riot along the left. The elevated tee provides
a view that can quickly lose its appeal with a splash. Bunkers
catch wayward tee shots to the left on this opening par
four.
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The first par five curls right around the big lagoon. Deep
sand marks the first bend. Long-hitters may try a second
to the green but for most players, a lay-up is required
before firing across the water and bunkers to the elevated
green. Sinking putts can be difficult on a tricky green.
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Loch Palm's love affair with water continues. The tee shot
on this par four has to find the safety of the fairway across
water. Then the second shot also has to traverse an arm
of the lagoon to an elevated, sloping two-tier green.
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More water. This par three is at least away from the big
lagoon. Several large bunkers hunker down around the green
on the other side of a large expanse of wetness.
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Hardest hole on the course, but one relatively open and
surprisingly free from water, unless a player strays off
the fairway in the wrong spot or overshoots the green. Mounds
and bunkers define the path home.
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A creek crosses the fairway but the real danger on this
par four lies in the lagoon that intrudes on the right.
A tall tree and bunkers mark the bend and, closer to the
green, a clump of trees blocks the view where a second creek
crosses the fairway. A waterfall tinkles prettily. The green
is not easy to read.
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The green can clearly be seen off the elevated tee on this,
the second-easiest hole on the course. But so can water
on the right, with plenty of stocky palm trees on the left.
Closer to the green, bunkers intrude.
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A spectacular par three where the fairway has been given
over the bunkers and sand scrapes, and several clusters
of large rocks. A curling coconut palm that used to be the
hole's most distinctive feature now shares the fairway with
other trees and obstacles. Out of bounds lies right.
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No water to be seen, or heard. This par four opens up neatly
once the out of bounds on the right has been negotiated.
A long second shot is usually required to a stretched green
guarded by the obligatory bunkers.
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A rifle-shot is required from an elevated tee between encroaching
jungle on both sides. Bunkers in the distance seem almost
a relief. The par four then turns right as the fairway opens
up, exposing a difficult second shot, with a tall clump
of trees on a mound to the right-front of the green. Bunkers
guard the left and foreground.
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A par five from tiered tees down into a valley, with bunkers
to the left and water to the right. There's a creek at the
lowpoint, then a steep rise to the green. The green is a
testing two-level surface, with hollows guarding the rear.
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"Head for the hills" might be the cry off the
elevated tee on this par four. The bend right opens up the
fairway but anyone who tries to cut the corner too finely
is likely to end up in swamp country. A bunker and a mound
block the front-right of the green.
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A par four with a creek running parallel to the fairway
on the left. Mounds and fairway bunkers march along the
right of this, the second-hardest hole, with out of bounds
further afield. The large green barely compensates for the
distance it takes to get there.
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An extremely high tee shot down to a long green that is
surrounded by a horseshoe of water. A clump of small trees
mark one end of the heavily-contoured green and a huge bunker
marks the other. Wind will always be a factor here.
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What looks like an open shot down a broad fairway rapidly
narrows options on this par four with the intrusion of a
broad creek. The creek cuts the fairway diagonally, leaving
players with the agony of deciding whether to shoot for
the pin or try something less risky.
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Shy clear of the lagoon on the right of this long par three
and your ball may end up in the ornamental pond on the right.
The sliding green is cut into a slope, with a large bunker
on the right saving some shots from slipping into the water.
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Running uphill, this par four is relatively open and rated
the easiest hole on the course. Straight-shooters will have
no problems with the scattered trees or the bunker in front
of the green.
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This par five curves rather than doglegs, a fact that has
led many players to cut the corner too fine. The result:
a date with the deep jungle that cascades off a hillside
along the left. Cautious players will take the rolling,
dipping fairway home, carefully avoiding the bunkers and
mounds along the right and the lagoon beyond them.
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