Here’s a nice 3-wood ace from the left-center box followed by one floated in from the right-center box. The hole gets long from the back boxes.  You can work a driver through the gap in the middle like this nice shot from the back right box. Or, you can high tee something like a 3-wood and go […]

From the back left box, this one can be really tough.  The trees reach out and it almost looks undrivable, but it can be done — you’ll just need the right angle of pullback, and take it all the way out to 3 or past.  Here’s an excellent 3-wood ace from the back-left box.  You […]

Here’s a nice 7-wood from the front-left box followed by a 5-wood ace from the back-right box. VIDEO DEMO

Some guys have gotten close to driving the green here, at least getting close enough for a short chip shot.  Check out this insane long drive.  Don’t expect these results, but check out how this high-teed driver skipped the water with a tailwind! It’s never a bad option to lay up behind the sand straight […]

Here’s a tough par 5 that can be really difficult to reach in two.  It often takes two great shots.  Here are your options off the tee: 1) If you have the distance, blast it straight ahead through the fairway into the rough by any means possible.  This gets you a pretty straight look into […]

From the front boxes, this hole can be drivable!  Check out this medium-teed driver ace with roll from the front-right box. This one found the green from the front-center box with a high tee.  And Mouth did find the cup with this huge effort! VIDEO DEMO

From the front-left box, a wood can easily clear the trees right at the green.  This high-teed 4-wood found the cup.  You don’t even need a tee if the distance works out for you and you need to retain backspin — this medium-teed driver went at it just fine.  If you are so inclined, here’s […]

With a good tee box and wind this hole can be drivable!  You may have a shot straight at it with a huge tail wind, but the safer play is to curve a big high-teed driver around the trees.  This long drive found the green. Otherwise, lay up out in the fairway.  Here’s an example […]

You usually need to carry across if you want to reach the green in two — the first island fairway should be too far away.  However, if you find the very end of the fairway and are a big hitter, you may be able to still get there — check out this awesome hole-out. Sometimes […]

Lots of tee boxes here, from the side to the back, will give you many challenging looks.  Here’s a 9-iron from the side that caught a nice bounce into the hole.  This one was well-played to a left-center pin. This one was well-played from behind the hole, and so was this one.  And this shot found […]

The following grid breaks down the best and worst you should be able to shoot on Bear Lodge relative to the possible setups you could get on each hole: Hole Par GT Par Total Min Max Min Max 1  4  2  3  -2  -1 2  4  2  3  -4  -2 3  3  2  2  -5 […]

Here is a description of this new course for Golden Tee 2013: “Nestled between some of Alaska’s tallest mountains, Hatcher Pass is the location of Bear Lodge, and one of the most breathtaking 18-hole adventures that nature has to offer. With the snow-covered mountain tops serving as a backdrop, a variety of traditional golf elements […]

Here’s a nice 5-wood ace around the left side from the back-right box.  Here’s another one over the top of the right side.  And check out the unbelievable deflection this one gets off the rock face! This 5-wood dunked in the hole from the next box to the left. Here’s a 3-wood one-hopper from the […]

Most of the time it’s just fine hitting straight out to the fairway — you may need just a small cut into the green.  Here’s a great 3-wood curved around and in. The only time it may be rough is if the wind is blowing away from the green towards the water.  In this case, […]

Here’s an ace from the front box followed by one from the middle-right box. This 3-wood found the cup from the back box. There’s also another box across the way possibly only available in casual play — here’s an ace from there. VIDEO DEMO

You can reach the green either from the narrow strip to the left or by blasting a long drive down the fairway.  If you can confidently hit towards the second half of the narrow strip given a good tee box, you’ll be rewarded with an easier approach shot — here’s a great 5-wood hole-out from […]

As long as you get towards the farther half of the middle fairway, you should have an open approach.  Here’s a 5-wood dunk from there! It is certainly possible at times to drive the far fairway, and you can go for it if you’re comfortable — here’s a hole-out from there. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s an example hole-out after a long drive around the corner. It works perfectly well to lay up straight ahead between the sand too — here’s a straight-in hole-out from there.  At worst you may have a small cut into a left pin. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s a 9-wood ace from the middle-left box followed by a shorter ace from the middle-right box. VIDEO DEMO

Here’s a great hole-out playing a small curve around the trees. If you lay back farther left, you’ll have a better angle to the green — here’s a 5-wood dunk. VIDEO DEMO