Thanks to the blood, sweat and tears from Trophy Local, Trevor Kruse, Trophy Lakes hosts some new features for the new year, including South Carolina’s only par 5.

• Hole #14, measuring a staggering 1,020 ft. from the Blue Tees and a challenging 825 ft. from the Reds.  With a long straight fairway, this hole may not seem too daunting at first glance, but keeping your disc in the fairway is not as easy as you might think.  With a host of tree bordering either side with an oasis roughly half way down in the center of the fairway, this hole usually requires 3 well placed drives to give you the option for a run at a birdie.  Once you make it to the green, you’ll find the basket nestled back into a small clearing at the edge of the woods.

• The most recent change however, is to hole #1.  A mainstay since the course has been established, hole #1 was and continues to be the best way to kick off a round at Trophy.  The basket has been moved roughly 100 ft. short and to the right in anticipation for the new Trophy Lakes Wakeboard Cable Park coming this Fall.  Not only has the basket moved, but to keep the hole both challenging and true to it’s original feel, both tee boxes have been moved accordingly.  The Red tee now stands where the old Blue tee box used to reside (243 from the basket), and the Blues have been moved back closer to the lake just off the corner of the Judges Tower building (345 ft. from the basket).  Both locations have multiple desirable lines to the basket, which one you choose is up to you.

• Hole #6’s wooded fairway has been trimmed, weed-whacked and pruned to make this already crowded fairway just a little cleaner.

• Hole #8’s basket has been moved back further down the shoreline forcing you to experiment with new discs on this once Ace-able hole.  It’s still very possible, but you’ll have to up your game if you want a shot at an ace run from it’s now 328 ft. from the Blues and 284 ft. from the Reds.

• Hole #18’s basket has also been moved back making your last hole even more demanding than ever at a distant 680 ft. from the Blues and 456 ft. from the Reds.