The front nine begins (as all good courses should) with a par-5, so you can make one gross stroke without ruining your day.

Here are some photos taken on the front nine.

*The first hole*

A straightaway par-5.  Water comes into play on the right near the green.

*The Fourth Hole*

If you have the balls (I usually lose at least a sleeve if I try) you can play from the blue tees.

A more conservative approach to #4 is from the white tees, although an errant short left-hander's fade can still find water.

*The Fifth Hole*

This is a dogleg left.  Short hitters such as I play it straight across the water.  The more macho guys cut the corner (the green is to the very left of this picture) and thus enter the water much farther to the left of my drive.

The sixth hole is a dogleg left.  The drive is over water (or, in my case, sometimes in water) and there is a small water hazard to the left on the approach shot (shown on the right in the photo above).

The eighth hole is a 90-degree dogleg right.  Long hitters may go directly for the green (seen through the trees in the upper photo) from the tee.  Medium-length hitters can cross the water from their drive position.  Short hitters can play to the corner (on the left in the lower photo) and take the water out of play.

The ninth hole is a gentle dogleg right, with a slightly elevated green which slopes slightly back-to-front (more severely near the back). 

This is a view of the front nine from the clubhouse.  The #1 tee is at the center with the fairway moving to the right.  The ninth fairway stretches from the upper left of the photo to the green (slightly out of the picture, center left).