Devil's Island
— Rising from the crystal waters of the Bermuda Triangle, this
tortuously beautiful fantasy course is the most challenging and rewarding
in the Links portfolio.
I was amazed at how many birdie opportunities you can get. The trick is to get on the greens on regulation. This may seem not easy but if you know where to place the ball, it is possible to make birdies on most of the holes. I'm not saying you can birdie the holes with this but at least you can attempt putts for birdies instead or pars. You still have to putt you know. I can emphasize the importance of the putter well enough on this course. Putting makes the birdies and eagles so keep that metal hot! Devil's Island has some shots towards the pin with the line obstructed by trees. In your practice rounds, try hitting through the trees just like in hole no. 2 (see tip below). More often than not, your shot surprisingly goes through.
if you think your round deserves to be here, pls. email it to me. Downloads: I apologize if I wasnt able to toggle the record field on my game. It was supposed to be a fun round for me but my putter became hot and snap was on. You can check on the scorecards below to get a picture of how my rounds with the recorded rounds of Jeff and Larry has been.
I decided to share my notes so everyone can enjoy Devil's Island. Terms I used are pretty simple. Default means go to shot set-up, click on default button (meaning no change in loft), 1 up or 1down means 1 click up or down on the loft on shot setup. I played the course on No wind, normal ,medium. I just dunno how I would score with wind hehe. If you hit it on the wild grass (like it did on some holes and yes, it is nasty from the wild grass) just keep in mind that from the wild grass, add approximately 60 yds to the distance for those above 130 yards and add about yds if under 130yds. On wild grass close to the hole, i.e., chip shots, I hit it about 30 ft more so for a 30ft chip, it hit it on the 62' marker. The last thing you want on this course is a red hot putter. You've got to make those birdie/eagle putts that you can have to lower your score! So enough of this babble, and lets go on with it. Please note as well that pin placements may vary so adjust the clubbing accordingly. At least you know where you want it to go. Slope may vary as well.
You can try to use other clubs with the tips above. Just play with the loft.
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This tricky par 4 requires that you hit the tee
high enough to clear the trees and strong enough to reach that shadowy part
on the fairway. From there, a 6W would get you to the green for a birdie
attempt.
, patience
is what you need. It is near impossible to score birdie as it looks like
a par 5 made into a par4. So tee with a 6W as the second patch of the fairway
has a great slope to the right and any Driver or 3W shot might roll to the
wild grass. Since the next shot would be just across the wild grass, play
it safe. 2nd shot will be about 170yds, so take 6I perfect for a 9I or PW
to the green. 
One of the easy
holes, just select which club normally a 5I at default, is best and
go for the pin.
Hole 5 One of the longest Par-5's
of the Links courses. Patience is again required. remember, we dont play
for eagles here. Just add 1 or 2 clicks up to your 3W on the 2nd shot.
Tee with a 3W, and 7I from there.
Hole
7 Tee with driver and 3W for 2nd shot.
Tee with 3W 1 click up on loft,hit it about one dot over
12 o'clock.
Hole 9 Tricky one this hole, aim
bettween the tracer and the orange boulder on the right, click 1 up loft
on a 2W and hit it over 12 o'clock. Perfect for a 5I shot. 
his could be the easiest hole, a simple
and short par-5 reachable in 2. Hit with a Driver off the Tee, then a 3W
or 2W towards green.
Hole 11 Much like hole 10, only this
is a par 4.
Another tricky
tee shot. Aim at fairway left of the bunker (right of the tracer), 2W default
or 1 click up , set up for a 30-40yd wedge shot. 
Hole 13 Driver 1 up on loft, then
3w hit over 12 o'clock to the green.
lay safe on
this one, hit right fairway for a 25-30yd pitch to the green. If you want
to try it, a 6W default, hit at least a little over 12 o'clock would give
you a very good birdie chance but less than that would bounce you back to
the sea.
Hole 15 Aim where the tracer passed
hit with 2W, 1 click up setting you for a 1I (2click up) shot. 
his par 3
is quite tricky as you need to take more club because it will land on the
fringe then roll to the green. 6W 1 click up will do here.
Hole 17 The fairway left of the dotted
white line slopes downward sharply away from the hole. It would be very very
difficult to get to the green from there. So hit the tee shot Driver default,
fade aim on the intersection of that white line and the wild grass (see the
marker?) but dont hit too strong, it might fade too much to the wild grass.
7w from there to the green.
I used the
backdoor on this one, 3I or 1I teeshot then a 8I or 7I to the next fairway
then a 5I from there to the green. Dont worry, the 5I has enough loft to
clear the coconut trees.
