HOLE DESCRIPTIONS

#1 - The first hole at North River Club will give you an indication of the a great experience you are about to encounter.  This hole moves slightly left so a tee shot that favors that side of the fairway will set up for a good approach to a green that is guarded by bunkers on the right side.  Beware of back right pin placement.

#2 - This 400 plus yard hole will test you driver for accuracy.  You need to avoid fairway bunkers on the right to have a chance to hit the green on your second shot.  The right side of the green opens up for a chance to run the ball up onto the green.  Green is humped in the middle making a front pin placement easier.

#3 - The first of four great par 3’s.  Avoid right side bunkers!  The left side has plenty of room and makes for a good bail out.  The green angles away and makes the right side pin placement very tricky.  Hole plays a little longer than yardage says.

#4 -This par 5 can be reached in two with a tee shot that favors left side of fairway, where a small hill will help pitch the ball and run out for players.  The second shot will test your ability with water and waste bunkers down the right side, and a bunker guarding the left side of green.  The approach shot is all carry to a two tiered green. Making a birdie might be tricky.

#5 - This dogleg right par four has a great look.  You can cut off some yardage by hitting your tee shot over right bunkers with a drive that can carry 225.  A tee shot on this line will roll down hill and leave a middle iron into a green that is quite large.  Avoid the left green side bunkers.

#6 - First of four holes at North River Club that are guarded by a bulk head, this can be a risk/reward hole.  You could drive this green with a well placed tee shot.  A placement tee shot of 225 yards over a fairway bunker leaves you 100 yards or less to a narrow green that is guarded by water left and bunkers right.  Front pin placement is hard to get close.

#7 - This par five is a great driving hole.  A tee shot to left side of fairway gives you the best angle for lay to avoid fairway bunker at around 160 yards on the right side.  Mounds on right side of fairway could block your view for lay up.  A well bunkered green demands an accurate third shot for birdie attempt.

#8 - The tee shot on this par 3 must carry water and avoid bunker on the left side.  A left pin location will make the hole play longer.  A large green makes accuracy important for a birdie attempt or a two putt par.

#9 - This hole may be one of the prettiest but also makes for a demanding second shot.  A well placed tee shot down the fairway in the 240 range leaves you 125 or less into a green that has a bulk head guarding the front with a bunker on left side.  It plays a little longer than the yardage says and long is a good place to miss. Small green will reward accuracy with second shot.

#10 - A drive of 240 or more will catch a down hill slope leaving a short wedge into a green that angles from right to left away from the player.  You must avoid the waste bunker on left side of fairway from tee.  Good driving hole.

#11 - The longest hole at North River Club will give you a good test.  From the tee you see the waste bunkers on the right, and plenty of room on the left.  The second shot will test your long fairway play, and water on the right forces a shot to the left leaving a deceiving third shot.  A mound and bunker short of the green give you the impression the green is closer. Don’t be tricked, play the correct yardage.  Green is slightly up hill and will play a little longer.

#12 - Water off tee is not in play and large mound about 200 yards off the tee will make for a blind shot into a green that is guarded by a mound left and bunkers right.  Green slopes from back to front and a little to the left kicking shots left.  Keep below the hole to avoid slippery putts.

#13 - This pretty par 3 is a forced carry over water and a waste bunker.  Green angles right to left away from play making club selection important.  Collection area short and right of green will make for tricky chips to front pin placement.  Be aware of the wind when making club selection.

#14 - One of the more demanding par 4 holes you might ever play.  Off the tee you have to split the deep fairway bunkers. A shot into the bunkers will force you to lay up.  From fairway you will see green which has a large slope in middle.  An accurate second is a must to make par or better.  A shot not on same level as the pin will test you putting skills.

#15 - Another beautiful par 3 is guarded with a bulk head down the right side and bunkers left.  Take enough club to clear water, long shots will stay dry but will challenge your short game.  Green is divided by a slope in the middle, which will help receive tee shots.

#16 - You might be tempted to hit driver from tee.  A well place iron of 180, sets up a short iron second shot.  Avoiding waste area left and bunks right.  From fairway you will see the green that is guard by two mounds left and right and collection areas next to green.  The green is narrow and slopes away from you.

#17 - This long par 4 will play longer than usual into a prevailing wind.  Waste bunkers right and large fairway bunker left demand a well placed tee shot.  The second shot forces you to carry water that guards the front and right of green.  Bail out to left makes for a friendly chip into green that will slope away from you from the left side.  Making a 5 here will feel like a par.

#18 - A drive of 225 to 250 will carry fairway bunker on the left but could go through fairway to bunkers that guard right side of fairway.  Making the angle of your tee shot important to help set up your second shot.  A lay up or go for it shot is all carry to green guarded by a bulk head. A lay up will leave you short iron to a small green guarded by water, bunkers left and collection area long and right.  The final hole is a beautiful par 5 enticing you to come back for more of North River Club.