This post contains tips, tricks, and information related to the 2007 Golden Tee course Glacier Ranch, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Here’s an example hole-out.

It takes a big drive to have a straight-in approach.

Here’s a great approach shot curved around the trees into the cup.  This one is also fantastic.

Here’s a solid ace with the 9-iron, followed by a nice 3-wood ace to a front pin.

Most players have the best success driving this green by hitting a smooth driver straight through the gap in the trees at the green, where it should bounce up and settle.

I have also had a lot of success lining up with the center of the green, using my 3W, pulling back slightly left, and ramming it out left just around the leftmost tree. This takes the gap out of play.  With backspin on the Streaks, it hits the front of the hill and hops up on the green for the DE putt. The only time I struggle is when it’s 300 yards into the wind…then sometimes I can’t get that shot to hop all the way up. So here is when you’d default back to the driver shot.

Here’s a super albatross ace through the trees!

Straight through is certainly the traditional route at this green, but check out the curve on this 4-wood — amazing!  A shorter cut shot around the trees is more traditional, such as this great 3-wood.

This 3-wood somehow stayed under the trees and carried the green, trickling back and in!

Here’s a perfect driver to a back pin.  This one didn’t need to bounce at all.

Here’s a 5-wood hole-out from the first fairway.

Here’s an example hole-out.

This guy was struggling but got some help here!

There’s a lay-up spot towards the green on the right side of the hill, but it’s tough to stick, and usually not worth it!  Be careful of the wood too, which can deflect your ball too much.

It’s almost always a better option to blast far out in the main fairway.  Here’s a great hole-out from the fairway after going the long way around.

Here’s sweet 5-wood dunk.  This one looks way long but was actually perfect — check it out!

Here’s a nice one-hop hole-out to this tough elevated approach.  This one rammed right in!

Here’s an example hole-out.  I also like this cut shot into a tough pin.

Here’s an example hole-out.

Put your tee shot up on the grassy hill to the right, and bring you approach over the top to the green.

This hole-out to a back pin was otherwise water-bound for sure!

Check out the bank-in on this short par 3.

There are some spots to work your tee shot through the trees into the green, depending on your setup.  I have had success a couple different ways here. From the front box, you can ram a 9-iron through the gap where it will hit the leaves and settle. More easily, though, you may also be able to curve a wedge around the trees into the green.

From the middle box with the setup shown, I’d ram an 8-iron straight through the gap ahead (or just around to the right) and expect it to get knocked down onto the green.

From the back boxes, use a 6-iron or 7-iron to fight through more of the leaves.

You can also attempt a half-pullback, smooth forward shot with a lower-lofted club, but that’s much more difficult to control.  However, from the back-left box, here’s an amazing ace through the trees!  Here’s another amazing 6-iron through the tree gaps.  Otherwise, if the risk isn’t worth it, just lay out right and be safe.

Usually you’re curving right-to-left into the second fairway, trying to stretch as far left as possible to give you a straighter look at the green.  Here’s a great hole-out after a long drive on this tough hole!

Sometimes there’s an angle straight through the trees to the left, allowing you to shoot straight out into the second fairway with a good clear angle into the green.

This 5-wood stayed left the whole way, caught the green, and spun back in!

This tee box was tucked back in the trees, but this 3-wood went through them and angled back for a dunk — awesome.

And here’s a beautiful ace with the 0-hybrid.

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You can actually drive this green with most looks!  With high tees, some woods can go over the top — check out this high-teed 10.5 driver over the top that finds the hole!  This driver was long but got a nice bounce back off the tree!

A 3-wood at the right angle can reach the sand around the left side, and a driver played just right can curve in pretty close from the right.  This low-teed driver played the absolute perfect angle to find the cup!

To avoid any trouble on the first hole, however, you can just lay up at the end of the fairway — here’s a good approach shot from there.

Here’s an example hole-out to a front pin.  Here’s a nice 3-wood ace.  This driver found the cup from the back box.  And here’s a nicely-curved 7-wood ace with a bit more challenging tee box.

This was NOT a very good shot, but a friendly rock hop and some wind made for a crazy ace!

Here’s an example ace.  This one landed short but the roll carried it up just far enough to the hole.  And this one was way too far, but the wet green slowed the deflection just enough to help it find the cup.

Here’s another short ace from a different box.

This green is actually drivable with a precise tee shot and a helping wind — check out this shot over the road and through the trees!

The trees along the right side look daunting, but you can usually drive it straight ahead far enough to give yourself a straight-in approach shot.  This one was able to clear them on its way to the cup.

Here’s a nice 9-wood ace to this very short par 4.

This one can be difficult to drive and requires a tight angle into the green, and likely the front box.  However, with the introduction of high tees to classic courses, you can now cut a path over the top in some cases to reach the green — here’s an example ace!

From the back box, it may usually be impossible to drive, so just lay up for a clear approach.  Here’s a fairway hole-out.

Here’s a dunk to a front pin followed by a longer hole-out to a back pin.

Here’s a 3-wood hole-out to a right pin followed by another one to a left pin.

You can usually get very close to this green, if not on, by hooking your drive around the right side through the trees.  As of 7/30/12, no one has posted a YouTube ace here — I hope to see one eventually!  Just be careful not to clip some leaves — this one likely did, but the approach saved it!

Here’s a hole-out from the fairway.

Here’s a well-played ace to a front pin.  Here’s a dunk to a back pin.