The 2007 Boeing Championship

Hole 2 | Par 4 | Handicap 5
Position the tee shot over the right lobe of bunker or the center oak on the knoll right center of the fairway. This “position A” yields for a shorter shot to a long green guarded by a saving bunker on the right. There is a bail out zone to the left side of the green for the timid.

Hole 3 | Par 5 | Handicap 7
Off the tee, aim between the fairway ridges towards the center of the fairway. Favor the left side of the fairway as an errant shot to the right will allow for a blind second shot. The second shot should be on a line just to the right of the bunker on the left side of the fairway. The approach shot into the green will allow for more options in this favored portion of the fairway. The twisting and rolling green surface and water on the right awaits your approach shot.

Hole 5 | Par 4 | Handicap 11
This straight forward par four requires an accurate tee shot at the Crepe Myrtle Tree left of center fairway. An errant shot to the right will find the lake which runs the entire length of the hole. Favor the left side of the fairway for an open approach to the narrow green that spills into a tightly mowed chipping area in the back left.

Hole 6 | Par 3 | Handicap 9
The “Island Hole” is one of only two holes that require a force carry over water. The very long green will create club selection dilemmas but it’s gentle slope from back to front will be receptive for a long iron or wood. For those that find the “watery grave”, the drop area is on the back left side of the island.

Hole 7 | Par 5 | Handicap 3
The drive should be at the set of bunkers on the right side of the fairway or bite off what you can chew with an aggressive play over water. The second shot must be played to the right edge of the gracious bunkers that define the left side of the fairway. Be sure to get past the stand of pine trees on the right, as they will impair a shot to the green. The green is large, but protected by bunkers, some of which are slightly detached from the putting surface.

Hole 8 | Par 3 | Handicap 17
Engulfed by spectacular native surrounds on the right and behind, the safest shot will be one to the middle of the green regardless of the hole location. The green appears to flow behind the left bunker, when in reality, this area collects slightly errant shots into a fairway hollow. The green surface has more contour that it appears, so bring your best putting stroke.

Hole 9 | Par 4 | Handicap 1
The tee shot should be played to the right center of the fairway, but beware of the magnolia trees on the right, as trouble lurks behind. The approach shot flirts with an indented lake edge near the green that has a subtle ridge in middle. If you are unable to reach the green, an adequate bail out zone is provided to the right.

Hole 10 | Par 4 | Handicap 12
A wide open tee shot awaits on this relatively gentle par 4. The drive placed in the left center will yield an angle where more options to a green that is very narrow is apparent. If the hole location is in the back of the green, stay below the hole as a long shot may roll off the green. The picturesque green side bunkering should be avoided at all costs.

Hole 11 | Par 5 | Handicap 2
The tallest tree right center of the fairway is the aiming point. Water creeps behind the cavernous bunker on the left. The placement and length of the second shot is critical as the fairway narrows toward the green. Water runs the entire left side of the hole. The green folds and turns and is framed with bunkers and water.

Hole 12 | Par 3 | Handicap 18
Don’t be fooled by the distance on this par 3. The front slope of the green is shaved to collar height. Correct club selection is critical. Pay special attention to the wind direction as the wind tends to swirl at this point on the property. The green is not deep from front to back and putts will require the best of touch.

Hole 13 | Par 4 | Handicap 6
This long dogleg right requires a tee shot on the left side of the fairway to allow for the best angle to a large green that slopes from front to back and left to right. A bunker on the right of the green coupled with grassy hollows serves to protect shots heading toward the wetlands. Beware of the gentle look of this hole, it has teeth.

Hole 14 | Par 4 | Handicap 10
This dogleg left requires a drive at the lone tree left of the bunkers or bite off as much of the water as you feel comfortable with, but pay special attention to the wind direction. The uniquely contoured green may suggest that you ignore the hole location on your approach shot and aim for the middle of the green.

Hole 15 | Par 4 | Handicap 14
There are four different avenues of attack. 1) Lay-up short of the bunkers with a short iron. 2) With a 3 wood or 5 wood you could play to the left side of the bunkers 3) With a 3 wood or 5 wood you could play to the right side of the bunkers 4) If you are confident with your driver, aim for the right edge of the bunker complex and let it rip. The smallish green is elevated and bunkers embrace the putting surface right and left with water lurking short and left.

Hole 16 | Par 3 | Handicap 16
This unique "Double-Hole" is well rooted in golf history. The initial par 3 is very long and the enormous green moves from right to left. If you haven't discovered yet as with most of the par threes at the Raven, ignore the hole location and go for the middle of the green. The runway tees allow this hole to vary some 100 yards in length.

Hole 17 | Par 5 | Handicap 8
The premier tee shot will be left of the long saving bunkers near the waters edge on the right. The second shot should be placed towards the right side of the fairway for a clear shot to this green protected by bunkers on the right, left and another lake that comes into play on the second and third shots. The right side bail out zone near the green generously slopes toward the putting surface.