FuzzyDuck
Assistant Pro
I played today at Ferndown Forest shortness of the par 5 14th stuck me as odd. I'm not the longest hitter in the world and usually would need to hit a driver and two very well hit 3 woods to get anywhere near the green.
So I teed (yellows) off and managed to put the ball just past a big oak tree in the centre of the fairway, about 160 yards from the tee. Walked to my ball and couldn't see the flag due to the dogleg but noted a ditch running across the hole so elected to hit a 7 iron (around 120 yards) to come up short. When I got to my ball I found I only had around 95 yards to the flag and so hit a 9 iron level with the pin and 10 feet wide. One putted for a birdie. To cap this off I noted the SI was 7 and because my handicap is 25 I received 2 shots and so it was a rare 5 pointer. However looking at my shots the flag was only around 370 yards from the yellow tee.
I thought the minimum distance for a par 5 was 470 yards, so how can this hole be classed as such?
The distance on the card for the yellow tee was officially 429 yards.
So I teed (yellows) off and managed to put the ball just past a big oak tree in the centre of the fairway, about 160 yards from the tee. Walked to my ball and couldn't see the flag due to the dogleg but noted a ditch running across the hole so elected to hit a 7 iron (around 120 yards) to come up short. When I got to my ball I found I only had around 95 yards to the flag and so hit a 9 iron level with the pin and 10 feet wide. One putted for a birdie. To cap this off I noted the SI was 7 and because my handicap is 25 I received 2 shots and so it was a rare 5 pointer. However looking at my shots the flag was only around 370 yards from the yellow tee.
I thought the minimum distance for a par 5 was 470 yards, so how can this hole be classed as such?
The distance on the card for the yellow tee was officially 429 yards.
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