1st (Cut The Corner), 448yds, par 4: slight dogleg to the left with two new bunkers, one short right of the green and the other back left. Both serve to narrow the target.
2nd (The Ridge), 505yds, par 4: another slight dogleg left has the Floyds Fork stream bordering the left side. The slopes in the green have been eased, but bunkers to the left have been deepened and a new one added.
3rd (Floyds Fork), 206yds, par 3: the water winds between the tee and the green then sweeps around to the right. The green has been stretched back left to allow for more hole locations.
4th (Short 'n Sweet), 375yds, par 4: a new tee adds 20 yards. There are bunkers left and right and the carry is now 260 yards. Floyds Fork is just over the green.
5th (Fade Away), 463yds, par 4: three traps line the left, while Jack Nicklaus put in a new one on the right that requires a 290-yard carry. The green, guarded by more sand, is one of the most difficult on the course.
6th (The Bear), 500yds, par 4: 80 yards longer than it was, with the green rather than the tee moved. The second shot is over the stream and a deep bunker protects the left side, while anything right will run off.
7th (Players' Pick), 601yds, par 5: a risk-reward hole with the fairway split in two. Going left shortens the hole by 50 yards, but rough and a water hazard extended to the edge of the green make it a tougher route.
8th (Thor's Hammer), 180yds, par 3: the tee is shared with the fifth and that adds 25 yards here. A deep bunker fronts the green and there is a slippery collection area behind. Floyds Fork is to the left.
9th (The Rise), 416yds, par 4: five bunkers, three right and two left, makes for a demanding drive and club selection is all-important for the uphill second to a green guarded by a treacherous bunker.
10th (Turns), 594yds, par 5: a double dogleg, 35 yards longer than it was. A bunker right and rough left challenges the drive, while the green is undulating and two-tiered.
11th (On The Edge), 208yds, par 3: the new green is 30 yards back from the original and further left. Two bunkers border the front and left and two more are at the back.
12th (Odin's Revenge), 464yds, par 4: the demanding drive leaves a 160-180-yard approach to an elevated, re-contoured green guarded by rough on the left a deep bunker to the right.
13th (The Island), 352yds, par 4: the shortest of the par fours features a green built up nearly 20 feet on large boulders and almost completely surrounded by water.
14th (Two Tears), 215yds, par 3: the longest of the par threes has a two-tiered green with a large bunker guarding the front and two new ones behind the tiers.
15th (On The Rocks), 434yds, par 4: one of the most scenic holes with Brush Run Creek down the entire right side. The big challenge is the approach to a green which has been altered to allow more hole locations near the water.
16th (Down The Stretch), 511yds, par 4: a slight dogleg right with the creek again guarding the right and a tree-covered slope with deep rough on the left. Formerly without bunkers, there are now two.
17th (No Mercy), 477yds, par 4: from a new tee 50 yards back the existing left fairway bunker has been complemented by the addition of one on the right, making the landing area an even more difficult target.
18th (Gahm Over), 547yds, par 5: there is a large fairway bunker to the left and a spectacular water feature on the right. The green has an additional bunker to the left and has also been re-contoured since Tiger Woods won the 2000 US PGA.
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