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The Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate
Course Par Value:   72
Course Yardage:   7251

 
Hole Par Yards  
1 4 427 The first hole is an excellent starting hole, playing straight away, with the prevailing wind at your back. From the tee, a well-placed 3-wood to the left side of the fairway, will land safely short of a fairway bunker, and yet allow a clear entry approach into the green. Adversely, a drive, long and right, will position the player in a deep fairway low and set up a difficult second shot over a greenside bunker.
2 3 211 The sscond hole, a strong 211-yard par 3, will quickly test a player's skill. Playing directly into the prevailing wind, the tee shot must carry a water hazard into a thre-level green. A defined collective swale, at the center of the green, feeds down to a lower fairway next to the water. A small pot bunker guards the right front edge from easy access.
3 4 467 The third hole is a 467-yard par 4, dogleg left, with the wind at your back. A driver from the tee will need to carry over water to the right side of the fairway, which is defended by a bunker at the turn. This position allows open access to a green that feeds in from a high landform on the right. An errant tee shot to the left will flirt with fairway bunkers and afford a difficult second shot to the pin, over a deep fairway low. The green is also protected on the left by a large greenside bunker.
4 5 562 No. 4 is a long, tough, 562-yard par 5. Two large fairway bunkers on the left, tucked into a broad landform, guard a short drive over the water to the first landing area. The second shot must carry a massive fairway bunker on the left to a friendly fairway, which narrowly necks open to the green. The green itself slopes away from a strong land form at the right-front to a soft fairway hollow at the back-left.
5 4 447 No. 5 is a par 4 that plays downhill with a strong dogleg to the left. Two fairway bunkers, nestled into a deep continuous swale of prairie grass on the left will test the confidence of most players. The second shot will feed from left to right into the green. A greenside bunker protects the green on the right-front. There will be little or no containment to the right of the green for any ball finding this location. 
6 5 570 The sixth hole is a definite three-shot hole. It is a dogleg to the right, playing long, uphill and into the prevailing wind. A drive from the tee should stay somewhat left and avoid a large bunker on the right, short of the first landing area. The second shot will also want to stay left and avoid bunkers to the right, which are tucked into opposite sides of a deep fairway hollow. Playing to the upper fairway leaves the golfer with the best angle into the green and a full view of the green.
7 4 364 The shortest of the par 4s, this hole rewards both distance and accuracy. With a slight dogleg to the right, the challenge will be to stay long and right, yet avoid bunkers hugging the fairway edge. From this position, access to the green is open, avoiding greenside bunkers at the front left and back right.
8 3 188 This hole features a slightly uphill tee shot to a long, narrow green which breaks down and away from left to right. Fading the ball to the front and letting it feed off the support at the back should provide a stroke opportunity. The putting surface will be somewhat visible from the tee, but placement will be at a premium. Sand will defend the pin at the front edge.
9 4 448 Playing long and directly into the prevailing wind, this hole will provide a challenging finish to this outstanding golf course. The strategy from the tee will be to challenge a series of bunkers along the left side of the fairway, and bite off as much of the hole as confidence and ability will allow. A bunker will defend the green at the front right.
10 5 501 To gain an advantage on this dogleg-right par 5, the player must challenge the right side of the fairway. However, below the fairway, along the length of the hole to the right, is a lake. Several bunkers are also strategically placed within this area, adjacent to the landing area. The second shot requires a decision to lay up short in the fairway or attempt a difficult shot to the green. Bunkers heavily defend the finish of this hole at the second turn behind the green and at the front edge.
11 4 447 With an outstanding view towards downtown and the prevailing wind at your back, No. 11 offers a spectacular tee shot. Staying right sets up the desired approach to the green, feeding in from right to left. Two large fairway bunkers, prior to the turning point on the left, will capture errant tee shots and create a difficult situation for reaching the green in two. The putting surface pitches hard from right to left, breaking both out the front, as well as to the back. Large greenside bunkers are located at the left-front and back-right.
12 5 592 No. 12 is a terrific downhill par 5, dogleg to the left. Playing with the prevailing wind, hitting it long and left will shorten the distance to the green. Going for the green in two requires a forced carry over water on the left. This option is rewarded by a player who is able to proficiently draw the ball into an accessible green. The second landing area feeds in from a land form along the right side of the fairway and helps turn the hole toward the green. From here, a wedge to an open green that drains toward the lake should have you to the putting surface safely.
13 4 386 No. 13 is a reward hole. A well-struck drive from the tee will carry a water hazard and three short-carry fairway bunkers tucked into a broad land form on the right. Any tee shot short or left leaves a player with a distinct disadvantage into the green. The green is perched on top of a natural ridge with a deep fairway hollow to the front and left.
14 3 158 This hole plays slightly downhill and over water, with prevailing wind from the right to left. Any shot left or short of the green will find a water hazard. A rather small green has bunkers at the right and to the back. A rock and water feature will be located behind the green.
15 4 363 The 15th hole at LionsGate is a short par 4 playing directly into the prevailing wind. Positioning the ball to the left side of the fairway provides the best angle to a long, narrow green. A small pond and bunker in the front and a grass hollow to the back protects this three-level green.
16 4 447 The 16th is a dogleg left, into the wind, which plays over a small lake from the tee. A large waste bunker positioned along the entire left side of the fairway to the landing area will capture errant drives and create a difficult second shot to the green. A well-placed tee shot to the right side of the fairway will provide a somewhat long and slightly uphill approach to an unprotected green.
17 3 231 No. 17 is the longest of the par 3s. However, the hole plays downhill with the wind normally at your back. A well-placed tee shot will draw the ball over a small, bunker-defended landf orm and let it feed down into the front of the green.
18 4 442 Playing directly into the wind, an aggressive drive will challenge the strategic placement of three fairway bunkers at the landing area. Carrying or avoiding the bunkers will set up a short iron into an open green. A safer tee shot to the left fairway will force a strong second shot to carry two greenside bunkers at the front-left of the putting surface.