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May 2013

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Golf CONTINUED FROM PAGE 46 Dretzka, 490 yards, par 5 (414-354-7300) www.county.milwaukee.gov/Parks.com Correct club selection off the tee is critical on this slight dogleg right. A creek angles across the fairway about 185 yards out on the left and 220 yards out on the right. Forget about trying to clear the creek with your drive, unless you can keep it in the air for about 300 yards. Your second shot is across the creek and then severely uphill. A huge tree stands guard along the fairway's right side and trees line the left side. down the right center to give you at least a chance…albeit a small one…at getting to the green in regulation. The entire left side from tee to green is a sunken waste area, which was filled with water for the 1998 and 2012 US Women's Opens. The double green (shared with the 9th hole) will accept a less than perfect approach shot because it's level with the fairway. small compared to the lake and bunkers on the green's right side. Brighton Dale (Blue Spruce), 355 yards (262-878-1440) www.golfbrightondale.com A sharp dogleg (actually 90 degrees) left about 240 yards out and water all along the left side prevents going at the green from the tee. Go right off the tee and you could have some tree problems; Ironwood (#9 Meath), 411 yards go too far and through the fairway and you might not have a shot at all. A (262-538-9900) rather large undulating green is protectwww.ironwoodgolfcourse.com Avoid the traps on both sides of the fair- ed on the front, right, and left by Washington County, 405 yards way with your drive which needs to be bunkers. (262-670-6616) www.golfwcgc.com long to have a medium iron (or long iron Scenic View, 477 yards, par 5 An uphill dogleg left hole that always if the wind is against you) to a large seems to be into the wind. Two large, green that slopes from back to front and (262-644-5661) www.scenicviewcc.com deep traps are located on the fairway's is guarded on the right by traps. Your tee shot is uphill through trees on left side just where it doglegs. Get in both sides. The fairway's left side Grand Geneva (The Brute), 464 yards those traps and you have little or no sports a large trap in the tee shot's chance of reaching a long narrow green (800-558-3417) www.grandgeneva.com landing area. A blind second shot – guarded by traps. This hole gives the course its name. A probably a mid-iron – should favor the lake guards the entire right side. In right side of the fairway to leave you Blackwolf Run (River), 510 yards, par 4 addition, three huge bunkers are located with a wedge to a small green that sits near the tee shot's landing area. If you on an awkward pedestal guarded by a (855-444-2838) go right with your drive, it's either the couple of traps. www.americanclubresort.com/golf This history-making hole from the 1998 bunkers or water for you. The green is US Women's Open requires a long drive huge at 12,000 sq. ft., but still looks

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