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You'll want to stay left off the tee to avoid the ponds and to give yourself a better angle in to this green. The prevailing winds are almost always pushing left to right, and they love carrying poorly hit tee shots into the water. Sand traps guard the front and back of this green, which slopes toward the ponds.

The first of many challenging par threes you'll play, this hole usually plays into the prevailing wind. The only trouble is behind the hole in the form of sand, but find yourself on the mound left of the green and good luck hitting a chip shot that will hold as the green runs away from you.

The No. 1 handicap hole because of a blind tee shot and an approach shot that has to carry water. A great drive will leave you a short iron in, but you'll be punished with anything but great off the tee as you'll likely have 170-200 yards in over water on a downhill lie.

While Hole 5 plays as the number one handicap hole, many members will tell you that Hole 6 is a tougher hole to par on most days. It plays straight up the hill, and usually into a prevailing wind. While there's not much trouble around the green, just a bunker on the left and right, it's a tough green to find in two shots. Pin position #3, in the back right, is the most challenging.

A short but challenging hole as a fairway that runs out at about 235 yards forces many players to hit less than driver. The approach into the green features a significant elevation drop, and the green itself is surrounded left, right, and behind by an environmentally protected area with red stakes.

The eighth hole is a tough par 3, and the unpredictable Honeybrook wind sometimes complicates the issue. You're dead short or right, but there is plenty of bail out to the left. If you fail to keep it in play off the tee you can drop it on the other side of the bridge.

Elevated tees for the blues and whites help, but its still a long uphill run to the ninth hole.



The right side of the fairway is usually preferred as there's a deep bunker guarding the left side of the green. Be careful not to go long with your approach shot as there is a red-staked area behind the green.

This long par 4 has a slight dogleg to the left and usually plays downwind. Cut the corner by going over the penalty area on the left, and if you can carry the three bunkers you'll have less than 150 in. Aim out at the fairway bunker straight ahead, and if you can avoid it, you'll have 150-175 in.

It's an easy par 3 if you don't get freaked out by the Brandywine Creek running along the left side. Careful - prevailing wind can knock one or two club lenghths off your tee shot. 

The start of Amish Corner features this short par 4, where leads can sometimes vanish in a flash. From the blue tees it is one of the most daunting shots on the course, but up ahead 40 yards from the white tees it is less visually intimidating. There's a moderate forced carry over an environmental area, and the Brandywine Creek runs up the entire right side of the hole. You don't need to hit driver here, but if you can keep one in play, you're rewarded with a 50-75 yard pitch shot in.

The 15th hole is the last par 5 and a beautiful place to be. Other than the tee shot from #14 Blues, this is probably the most demanding tee shot on the course. A butter cut through a cathedral of tall oaks will put you in position to give it all you have on your second shot, and you still probably won't reach the green in two. Standing on the green, you're on the farthest point of the course with grazing white Amish work horses on one side and a grand view of the clubhouse on the other. The second hole of Amish Corner is a true 3-shot par five for just about everyone.

The final hole of Amish Corner is a short birdie hole if you're good with your wedge or deadly accurate with your driver. There are red-staked woods that run along the right side, and plenty of bail out left. If the pin is up front in position #1 or #3, some members lay back with an iron off the tee to have a longer shot in. The green is relatively small and hard, and protected by a menacing front bunker.

The shortest and easiest hole at Honeybrook, this is your reward for making it through Amish Corner. A couple of bunkers surround the green which slopes to the right. Its built on a former archeological site that shows evidence of human activity going back 2,000 years, when the Brandywine valley was a prolific hunting and fishing ground.

Elevated tees for the blues and whites help, but its still a long uphill run to the ninth hole.



The right side of the fairway is usually preferred as there's a deep bunker guarding the left side of the green. Be careful not to go long with your approach shot as there is a red-staked area behind the green.