The Lakes Course is the toughest 18 of all, stretching 7134 yards from the tips -- a tight, difficult test with carries over ten lakes, and plenty of big-faced bunkers, too -- it has a slope rating of 139 from the gold tees. Says head golf professional Matt Macmellon, "The first hole is a 440-yard par-4 -- with a creek that crosses the narrow fairway at about 230, the tee shot doesn't leave much room for error. You've got to choose -- either got to hit it long and straight to carry over the creek, or lay up short of it, and if you do play short of the creek, you're looking at 240 yards to the green. If you succeed in carrying the creek, you've still got 185 yards in to a small, well-undulated green. "Number 18 is an excellent finishing hole, 558-yard par 5 with a blind tee shot. There's a pond down the left hand side of the fairway, so you really have to place your tee shot well, keep it on the right side -- but watch out for the three bunkers on the right side of the fairway. Most players will lay up with their second shot to leave about a 115 yards in. Then you're faced with a short iron into a very narrow, deep green that's cut back into a stand of trees with a creek on the right-hand side.
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