A hole-by-hole guide to Albany
Providing an exclusive setting and host course for an intimate tournament unlike any other, The Albany Golf Course is paradise on Earth with skillful tests only the world’s top 20 golfers can take on. Read more on the course where an elite field competes for the chance to have their name etched into tournament history.
Albany Golf Course
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,414
HOLE 1: par 4, 438 yards
The opening hole at Albany is a challenging straightaway, Par 4. Two fairway bunkers protect the left-hand side of the fairway and with a waste area to the right. A well-placed drive leaves a mid-to-short iron into an open and elevated green. A precise approach is critical to avoid the runoffs to both the right and left sides of the green.
HOLE 2: par 3, 193 yards
One of the shorter Par 3’s on the course, this well-guarded green appeals to all to attack the flag, but beware, if short-sided this hole will be challenging up and down.
HOLE 3: par 5, 573 yards
This inviting Par 5 has a generous landing area for a conservative layup. Anything less than perfection leads to a difficult 3rd shot, with its firm and severely elevated green that slope away.
HOLE 4: par 4, 498 yards
The #2 handicap hole at Albany, this 489-yard Par 4 plays relatively long but with a very wide fairway. It’s easy to come up short of the green or leave a very long two-putt.
HOLE 5: par 4, 434 yards
A great-looking Par 3 with water and a waste area on the entire right side of the hole. Expect to see lots of shots missing left, with a large bail-out area.
HOLE 6: par 5, 602 yards
A long Par 5 with trouble down both sides. Not many are able to hit this green in two, leading most to be faced with a tricky layup decision. The narrow double green calls for a challenging approach shot.
HOLE 7: par 4, 366 yards
This short drivable Par 4 is a risk-reward hole. Laying up into a wide fairway leaves a wedge or less into a green with a severe drop-off to the right and bunkers on the left. It requires a well-executed approach to an elevated green.
HOLE 8: par 3, 217 yards
A long Par 3 usually played with the wind into off the left. Missing the green to the left will leave a difficult chip to an elevated green.
HOLE 9: par 5, 632 yards
A beautiful and long challenging Par 5. A demanding tee shot, with a well-positioned fairway bunker on the left and water all down the right side. If avoided, one is faced with a long second shot, again with bunkers down the left and water on the right. It’s also a difficult approach, with a narrow green entrance. The bunker on the left is easy to find, leaving a very hard up and down.
HOLE 10: par 4, 440 yards
This Par 4 has a large fairway bunker that guards the left-hand side of the fairway; going too far right of the fairway leaves a blind second shot to the green. The green is guarded by three deep bunkers making for a challenging approach.
HOLE 11: par 5, 592 yards
A very long Par 5 with well-placed bunkers throughout. Unable to carry the pot bunkers from the tee, playing up the left side gives a good angle for a second shot. The second shot is not reachable for most. Still, it has to be a well-executed shot to set up a favorable approach into the slightly elevated green with two challenging bunkers on the right side.
HOLE 12: par 3, 204 yards
A signature hole at Albany tucked away at the furthest end of the golf course, this long Par 3 with a slight peninsula green makes this a great hole and very difficult.
HOLE 13: par 4, 513 yards
One of the longest Par 4’s on the course, this straight and narrow hole gives a straight view of the green. A long waste area runs down the entire left side, with waste area mounds plotted down the right side of the hole. A shared green with the 6th hole makes it a fun green.
HOLE 14: par 4, 307 yards
All about risk and reward, the Par 4 can have one go for the green or layup to have a short approach to the green. However, if not accurate, the large waste area awaits on the left of the hole as well as a significant waste mound on the right. The green is a very small target with a false front to capture short shots.
HOLE 15: par 5, 552 yards
This reachable Par 5 demands a straight, accurate tee shot, with a large waste area to the right of the landing area and fairway bunkers down the left-hand side. It is a challenging task to hit this fairway. Navigate the approach shot around or over a high waste mound 40 yards short left of the green; once past that, the green is in sight with bunkers both left and right and a swale to the back right of the green.
HOLE 16: par 4, 483 yards
This hole is the hardest of them all, measuring 485 yards and usually playing into the prevailing wind, which makes it difficult to hit in two, even for the most skillful golfers. The drive is a little tricky with one deep fairway bunker on the right and waste areas line both sides of the hole. The approach shot is to an elevated green with bunkers both short right and left of the hole, making any shot with a long iron or fairway wood very daunting.
HOLE 17: par 3, 189 yards
The signature hole, with the finish line in sight, this picturesque hole has a massive body of water to its left with a front bunker to guard it and a small green.
HOLE 18: par 4, 470 yards
A very strong finishing hole, this 470-yard hole has water down the left-hand side to the green. To the right is a lone fairway bunker that collects any shot straying right off the fairway. The approach shot is to a narrow green with a grass swale to the right, making an up and down very difficult.