Course Tour Scorecard

This medium length slight dogleg right can play anywhere from 255 yards to 361 yards, a great opportunity to start the back nine with a birdie.  A large Fairway bunker down the right, and trees lining the left, require an accurate tee shot.  Boasting one of the longest greens at Uplands, it can be a difference of three clubs from front to back.  A large, deep bunker runs the length of the right side of this green and is paired with contoured mounding along the left.

 

The tee blocks on this straight away par 3 vary by up to 50 yards.  Front left, and back right greenside bunkers await a miss hit shot into this subtly sloped green.  Although the 18^th ranked stroke hole, take your par happily and be on your way.
 

Standing on the 12^h tee you stare out at a heavily tree lined hole, a massive left side fairway bunker, a contoured fairway and the clubhouse in the distance.  As is the norm throughout your round, a long straight drive is required.  Once the tee shot has been navigated, hitting into this severely sloped back to front green demands the correct club selection.  A greenside bunker on the left will collect errant approach shots; and beware of being above this hole.  4 shots and a par deserve a treat at the snackbar!
 

What’s a golf course without a risk reward par 4?  Decision time, take a driver off the tee and risk the water looming front right of the green, or a positional iron shot in the fairway.  The lay-up is no gimme though as there are two massive fairway bunkers down the left side to take on.  Once your ball reaches the green, you’re met with a ridge that runs the length of the putting surface, giving this hole some spectacular pin positions.  This hole yields eagles, birdies, pars and temper tantrums. 
 

This dogleg left is one of the most challenging holes on the course.  A large sequoia tree protects the corner of the dogleg, and a sloping fairway leads directly towards a pond up the right side.  A good drive can still leave a challenging second shot into a green that is sloped back to front, and protected by bunkers and many contours.  A par on this hole is definitely brag-worthy.

 

This short but treacherous par 5 is the definition of a dog leg right.  A large fairway bunker stares you in the face straight off the tee and severely tightens up your tee shot landing area.  Your ability to curve the ball left to right off the tee, will define your yardage left into this green for your second shot.  Be sure to aim your second shot to the left, as the inviting lay up area slopes to the right where a large pond awaits an errant shot.  This small green with a false front, and a right side that slopes off, demands an accurate approach.
 

Short and tree lined, anything off the fairway risks a sideways pitch-out.  Guarding this hole are dense overhanging oak tree limbs, and a green that slopes severely front to back, a down hill putt here is the definition of a knee knocker.  Advice?  Lay-up off the tee with a long iron, hit an approach to the middle of the green, try for two putts, and run to the next tee.
 

An elevated tee box provides spectacular views of the snow-capped Olympic Mountains, the Strait of Juan de Fuca and a panorama of Victoria’s downtown core.  This par 3 can play anywhere from 105 to 185 yards.  Situated underneath the shelter of large garry oak limbs, this left to right sloping green is well protected and yields few birdies, but an accurately struck tee shot left below the hole gives you your best chance at a birdie two.

 

This finishing par 4 can play anywhere from 280 yards to 406 yards, it has out of bounds and massive trees looming on both sides of the fairway, and a great view of the clubhouse in the backdrop.  A nice drive up the slightly inclined fairway will leave a second shot into a raised green protected by a back bunker, mounding on the left, and a ridge running the width of the green.  An approach left below the hole will lead to a great chance at birdie.  Take a par, then take a seat in the 19^th!