Shooting Star GCSome information taken from:
http://www.shootingstarjh.com/jackson-hole-golf.htmlThe RoutingScorecard InfoHole 1: Par 4, 392 YardsA very good opening hole that calls for a draw off the tee and a fade into the green. At elevation, 392 yards is a short hole, and should be nothing more than fairway wood - wedge.
The pin is in view from the tee, over the bunkers on the left, tempting the players to challenge the left side. Although there is lots and lots of room to the right, my caddie said the left rough/bunkers see a lot of action.
The approach is fairly straightforward, uphill and open in front. Pictured is a back-right pin, located on a small and very difficult to access piece of the green. There is plenty of room to miss long in a chipping area.
Green from left.
Hole 2: Par 3, 199 YardsDifficult and picturesque par-3. Wouldn't be too much of a stretch to call it a reverse-redan, but the tees are a bit too far to the right to take full advantage of the slopes.
Picture from right of the green shows the bank/slope of the back portion of the green. If one can sling a cut and get it riding that ridge, you can land it left of the green and get it all the way down to a back-right pin.
Hole 3: Par 5, 594 YardsThis is a great par-5! The bunker on the left is really an aiming bunker as it is some 330 yards off the tee. Challenging the bunker/water on the right leaves a much preferred angle/view for the second shot.
The second shot is phenomenal -- certainly not the typical, dull lay-up as there are MANY options.
First-off, the tee shot dictates the play on the second. The farther left the tee shot, the worse the view, as that bunker on the left blocks the view of the fairway.
Three main choices:
1) Go for it in two - again, remember, we're at elevation so it is reachable by lots of players. The green is very shallow, but it slopes significantly from back-to-front so shots landing on the green will stop, and there is tons of room to miss long.
2) Lay-up over the water - There is about 80 yards of fairway over the water on the right. The approach from here is much easier as you are playing up the throat of the green. Getting to this area is much, much easier after a tee shot down the right. I can't see going for this if you hit your tee shot down the left.
3) Lay-up short of the water - even here there are choices. If you lay back to 130 yards, you don't have to flirt with any water on the lay-up. If you want less than 130 yards in, you have to play it up the left portion of the fairway, which means you must challenge the water that cuts through the middle of the fairway.
From about 150 yards out. Notice how the water cuts into the middle of the fairway forcing the player to make a decision on the lay-up.
From 100 yards out in the left portion of the fairway.