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Number 1
- Par 4
A medium
length
starting
hole
which
should
get the
players
off to a
comfortable
par.
This
hole
dog-legs
left,
which is
guarded
by a
large
bunker,
but a
good
drive
may put
you down
to the
base of
the
hill,
where
you
would
only
have a
wedge
shot
into the
green.
Number 2
- Par 4
The fun
begins
immediately,
as this
very
long par
4 will
test the
length
and
accuracy
of the
golfer.
There
are no
fairway
bunkers
to
intimdate
the
drive,
but the
long
approach
into the
well-bunkered
green
will be
the true
test.
Number 3
- Par 5
A
definate
3 shot
approach
for most
golfers.
The
green
will be
tough to
reach in
two
shots
unless
the
drive
can
carry
the
crest of
the
hill,
which
will
allow it
to pick
up
additional
yardage.
Once
again,
there
are no
fairway
bunkers,
but a
large
grassy
depression
at the
second
landing
area
will
require
the
golfer
to play
left to
set up
his
approach.
The
smallish-tiered
green
will
require
the
right
club
selection
on the
proper
plateau.
Number 4
- Par 3
The
longest
of the
par 3s,
with no
sand
bunkers
at all,
but a
large
pond on
the left
side to
keep the
golfer
honest.
Number 5
- Par 4
A
monster
par 4,
with a
split
fairway
cut into
the
hillside.
The
higher
elevation
permits
the
golfer a
better
view and
also a
downhill
approach
shot.
Number 6
- Par 4
One of
the two
short
par 4s
on the
course.
This
green
may be
reachable
by the
longest
of
hitters.
If not,
an iron
tee shot
and a
short
iron
appraoch
over a
large
sand
bunker
guarding
the
green
will be
a
necessity.
Number 7
- Par 3
A long
par 3,
with a
demand
carry
over
water to
a
well-guarded
green
that
requires
not only
length,
but also
accuracy.
Number 8
- Par 5
A long
par 5
that can
be
managed
in two
shots by
the
better
player.
The
drive
and
approach
shot
will
require
flirting
with two
large
grass
depressions,
and the
final
approach
into the
green
will be
guarded
by a
"deception"
bunker,
well
short of
the
green.
Number 9
- Par 4
The tee
shot is
everything,
as the
landing
area is
well-guarded
by 3
sand
bunkers
and 1
large
grass
depression.
The
green is
guarded
by a
large
bunker
on the
right
side, so
the tee
shot
should
favor
the left
side
where
all the
trouble
is.
Number
10 - Par
4
A
dog-leg
left,
and
somewhat
similar
to
number
1. The
landing
area is
guarded
by grass
depressions
and a
large
"target"
sand
bunker
on the
right.
The
closer
the tee
shot to
this
bunker,
the more
open
approach
shot
you'll
have
into the
green,
which
has a
huge
sand
bunker
on the
front
left.
Number
11 - Par
5
One of
the more
scenic
holes,
and the
longest
on the
course.
The tee
shot
must be
placed
close to
the sand
bunkers
on the
right,
while
avoiding
the
bunker
in the
middle
of the
fairway.
This
will set
up the
third
shot,
which
can vary
up to
three
clubs
depending
on the
pin
location
on this
long,
narrow
green.
Number
12 - Par
3
The
shortest
of the
par 3s,
but one
of the
most
demanding,
with a
large
sand
bunker
guarding
the
entire
left
side.
There
are
sharp
grass
depressions
on the
right,
and a
large
mound on
the back
left,
which
can kick
your
ball in
any
direction.
Club
selection
is
paramount;
as the
pin goes
back,
the hole
becomes
more
difficult.
Number
13 - Par
4
A long
par 4,
but
downhill
on the
tee shot
with
only a
large
grass
depression
in the
corner
of this
dog-leg
left
hole. A
long
drive
can
carry
the
corner,
setting
up a
shorter
approach
to the
slightly
uphill,
undulating
green
complex.
Number
14 - Par
4
This
hole
plays
longest
of the
par 4s,
since it
is
uphill.
The hole
will be
difficult
to
birdie,
or even
par,
though
the
large
lake on
the
right
should
only
come
into
play
from the
championship
tee, the
hill on
the
right
and the
target
bunker
on the
left
will
make the
tee shot
challenging
to say
the
least.
The
remaining
distance
must be
covered
"via
air," as
the
green is
elevated,
but open
in the
front.
Number
15 - Par
4
This
hole
begins
the
"final
four" of
your
journey
through
Diamante.
The
large
bunker
on the
right
can be
flown,
thus
offering
a much
shorter
appraoch
to the
green,
but
should
you fade
or pull
the
ball,
trouble
awaits
on
either
side of
the
landing
area, as
well as
all
around
the
green.
The
second
shot is
truly a
risk-rewards
situation,
where,
if you
challenge
the pin
to the
back
part of
the
green, a
birdie
may
await
you, but
if you
err in
club
selection
or
direction,
a double
bogey
awaits
you.
Number
16 - Par
3
A par 3,
where a
narrow
band of
green
welcomes
the
correctly
struck
shot.
Menacing
bunkers
to the
front
right
will
catch
the
misfortunate,
and an
up-and-down
is
difficult
at best.
Two
long,
back
bunkers
await
you for
a tricky
downhill
explosion
shot.
Number
17 - Par
4
A true
garden
spot.
The view
of this
hole,
with the
large
lake on
the
right,
and the
commanding
view of
the 18th
as it
winds
its way
to the
clubhouse,
are
unparalleled
anywhere
in
Arkansas.
This is
the
other
short
par 4 on
the golf
course,
and the
bold may
try to
challenge
the
green
off the
tee,
depending
on wind
direction.
But once
again,
trouble
abounds
for the
errant
shot,
whether
you
choose
to lay
up with
an iron
or fire
at will.
Number
18 - Par
5
An
excellent
finishing
hole.
Though
uphill,
it is
reachable
in two.
A
well-placed
shot
will
challenge
the
large
bunker
on the
right,
which
opens up
a
straight
approach
to the
green
over the
many
frontal
bunkers.
For
those
who
choose
an
easier
route,
bunkers
and
grass
depressions
await.
The
green
has
three
distinct
tiers,
which
make
club
selection
critical
on the
approach
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