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Whispering Valley — Golden Tee 2006

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This post contains tips, tricks, and information related to the 2006 Golden Tee course Whispering Valley, in Napa Valley, California.


Whispering Valley — Hole #1: Par 4

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This hole is drivable from the front of the box with a good wind — here’s a long ace from a driver with roll!  Here’s another big C3 through the rain coming in hot!

Here’s an example hole-out after a short drive.


Whispering Valley — Hole #2: Par 4

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It’s rare, but this hole can sometimes be drivable — here’s a long ace!

Here’s a dunk hole-out from the fairway.


Whispering Valley — Hole #3: Par 3

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Here’s a standard hole-out, followed by a 9-wood dunk!


Whispering Valley — Hole #4: Par 5

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Your drive has to be long and positioned nicely to have a clean approach shot.  You can either fly right over the sand, or try an A1-type shot as well.  Here’s a nice hole-out.  And here’s a fun angled dunk.


Whispering Valley — Hole #5: Par 4

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Here’s a great ace with the driver.  This 5-wood also found the cup.


Whispering Valley — Hole #6: Par 3

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Here’s a nice hole-out in the rain.  Here’s another nice one to a tough right pin.  This one from the back box was short but had plenty of roll!


Whispering Valley — Hole #7: Par 4

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Here’s an excellent 5-wood floater that found the hole.  Here’s a 3-wood one-hopper.  And this driver was perfectly-played.


Whispering Valley — Hole #8: Par 5

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Here’s a hole-out after a long drive past the sand.


Whispering Valley — Hole #9: Par 4

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Here’s a driver from the back box that finds a front pin.  And here’s a 3-wood that rolled into a back pin.


Whispering Valley — Hole #10: Par 4

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Here’s an example hole-out after laying up back in the first fairway.


Whispering Valley — Hole #11: Par 4

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This is a tricky little cut shot with not much room for error.  It’s easy to find the water if you’re too aggressive, but it’s also easy to find the tree leaves if you don’t start out far enough right off the tee.

Here is an excellent ace from the front of the box.  This one found the cup with the 9-wood.  Here’s a longer one from the middle of the box.  From the back box, this 5-wood found the hole.

Here’s a hole-out from the sand after laying up straight ahead.


Whispering Valley — Hole #12: Par 5

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Here’s a nice hole-out after a long drive.  Sometimes you may need a driver approach into this elevated green.  While the water in front is cause for concern, it also creates a situation where a firmly-hit driver can skip the water and bounce up onto the green — check out this amazing hole-out!


Whispering Valley — Hole #13: Par 3

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Here’s a short ace from the front box, followed by a great ace from the middle box.


Whispering Valley — Hole #14: Par 4

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Here’s a great 3-wood hole-out to a front pin.  Here’s a great bounce short of the green that also found the hole!


Whispering Valley — Hole #15: Par 4

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This is a really tough hole to stick the green — you may not be able to do it with certain setups.  Aces are rare here — but here’s a great one with the 3-wood.


Whispering Valley — Hole #16: Par 5

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Get your drive as long and left as possible to give you room on the approach.  Here’s a straight-in look after a long drive.


Whispering Valley — Hole #17: Par 3

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Here’s an ace from the front box.  Here is a dunk from the middle box, and this one used the back hill nicely.


Whispering Valley — Hole #18: Par 4

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From the front box, this 7-wood falls just short of the leaves to bounce up and into a front cup.  And here’s an awesome 9-wood right over the top that finds the hole!