Widgi Creek Golf Club Detail
This writeup is from the blue tees, which are 6451 yards. There is more trouble to be had, with the black tees at 6903, but I am the Bogey Golfer, after all...
The first hole is by way of a warm-up, playing only 319 yards. My main goal here was to hit my tee shot straight, just to avoid first tee embarassment. A three wood and a short iron
should suffice. While there are some traps to catch wayward shots, this is a short hole, and there's no need to let them come into play.
The second hole is a medium-length par 3, playing about 162 yards.
If you're concerned about the traps, bail out short and chip on.
#3 starts to stretch things out a bit. It's a par five playing 628 yards. If you can manage two pretty long,
pretty straight shots, the green is mostly unprotected (as if sheer distance isn't protection enough!).
It has a slight bend to the left, but just ignore it and concentrate on staying in the fairway.
#4 is basically straightaway, playing about 366 yards.
#5 is an interesting little par 3. "Little" because it's only 128 yards, "interesting" because there is junk everywhere. Since
it's only 128 yards, there's no reason for any of the junk to come into play, but if you let it get inside
your head and top your tee shot, you'll probably lose it completely. Stay calm, swing through the ball.
#6 is a short par 4 (321 yards), that wants a bit of strategic thinking. You probably don't want to blast a driver here because there's lots
of trouble left and right, not to mention water in front of the green. Hit a straight layup shot, followed
by a well executed approach shot (not fat, not thin, but well-executed) and you can make a good score
on this hole. But you do have to play well.
#7 is a short but challenging par 5. It's only 494 yards, but... There's water on the right off the tee. Then
the trees kind of constrict the fairway. Then there's more water fronting the green. There are lots of chances to
run up a big number here, so my advice is to hit nothing but straight shots, starting with a hybrid or a fairway
wood off the tee. Then for all the same reasons, stick to a midiron on your second shot. Hopefully
that leaves you with a short iron or wedge into the green. Like I said, there's trouble everywhere,
and it's better to avoid it.
#8 is a long, narrow par 4, playing 382 yards. If you need to lay up on every shot, and turn it into a 3 shot hole,
do it. Bogey is not a bad score here.
The ninth hole is another long par 4, playing 389 yards. This one has a fairway that's a bit wider and not so claustrophic. There is a fairway
bunker on the left, but otherwise, you can be a bit more aggressive.
The tenth hole is an even longer par 4 (406 yards). You definitely want to hit your driver here, although
you'll get a little bit of help on your second shot, which is downhill. You'll need the help because there are
lots of sand traps protecting this hole, so you won't be able to bounce it on. Great fun!
#11 is a tricky par 3. "Tricky" because it's 186 yards, fronted by water. If ever you've been saving up a
really good tee shot, here is where you want to use it!
#12 is a 537 yard par 5. It looks (and is) a little narrow off the tee. If you need to give up 30 yards on your
tee shot to keep from hitting it into the trees, that's what you should do. That's it for this hole, long and boring.
#13 has a bit more visual appeal. Actually it's terrifying. You have to hit your tee shot out on top
of this big hill, and then the hole doglegs sharply left, over a huge chasm. The hole is 366 yards, and you could lay up
if you really needed to, but that makes that second shot fairly intimidating. Tricky, tricky, tricky...
(This is the hardest hole on the back nine.)
#14 is a 343 yard par four. It's pretty much straightaway into a green that's well defended by traps.
#15 is a 143 yard par 3. It has a forced carry over some junk, but not too bad.
#16 is a serene par 4, with a flat beautiful vista stretching out before you. It looks like it's really
long, and that's because it is (414 yards). Let the serenity sink into you and hit a straight, serene, long drive.
#17 is one of those holes I wish I had to play over again. It's a pretty sharp dogleg to the left (which is difficult
to tell from the tee box). It also looks like you don't have enough room to hit a driver, but that's deceptive.
You do have room, and you really need to hit a driver, because it totals 558 yards. There is also some challenge
up around the green in the form of a pond on the right hand side.
The home hole is another hole I wish I had to play over again. It's only 258 yards long, but from the tee, it's not obvious that there's
any place safe to hit the ball. I tried to steer a three wood right of the bunker, but landed in it instead. (Bad idea.) One
of my partners blasted a driver straight over the bunker and wound up just in front of the green. (Great idea if you can hit
it straight enough.) Probably the safe play would be a hybrid out right of the bunker. I certainly made this hole
harder than it needed to be.
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