How would you play my 17th?

[Deleted member 18121]

How would you play this hole?

455 yard par 4. 255 yards to clear the ditch....so go long and leave a 4/5 iron in. Come up short and leave a 200 yard hybrid/wood in. Come up short and play two 100 yard wedge shots?

There is a pond short of the green, bunkers both sides and a massive heathery bank behind.

 

[Deleted member 17920]

255 yards to carry the ditch, This thread will be interesting :rofl:

 

[Martin70]

2 wedges for me I think

 

[patricks148]

Driver and a wedge

 

[drdel]

With my handicap I'd lay-up short and play 3 to green since I'd probably not stop a long second shot.

 

[garyinderry]

my driver should come up short of the ditch. long approach. seems safe enough left and right. will have enough that the water shouldn't be in play.

chances are I am smashing my 22 hybrid for the 2nd shot. nice and high over the water. ill probably turn it over and miss left.

 

[rich1981]

Couple of wedges for me also. I am inaccurate with a wedge but positively erratic with a hybrid.

 

[Birchy]

Lay up 7 iron just short of the ditch. 9 iron over the pond to about 2ft. Kick in birdie.

Back on planet earth. Driver short of ditch lay up before pond. Pitch on and no worse than 2 putts hopefully.

 

[MadAdey]

Tough one I think. The ditch is clearable to me so the obviuos thing would be hit the driver and probably leave 6/7i. But in a medal round I think it would definatly be a lay up leaving myself with a 4i/hybrid to be honest.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Option 1 isn't even an option for most of us, so option 2 it is.

 

[ColchesterFC]

How would I play it or how should it be played? Two very different questions. I would smash my driver into the ditch, drop out, duff my third into the pond, drop again, pull my wedge left of the green, chip on and 3 putt for a 9. I probably should hit 3 wood off the tee then two short irons and hope to 2 putt for a 5 but where's the fun in that?

 

[fundy]

With my current game plan A would be to lay it up close enough to the ditch with a view to hitting a 3 or 4 iron in from there, plan B would see a bad tee shot and trying to lay it up short of the lake in 2 lol

 

[Piece]

Favourable wind => option 1.

All other conditions, option 2.

If I fudge it up, option 4.

 

[jak kez 187]

Hit a driver short of the ditch and probably hit and hope a hybrid as far as I can, which will definitely leave me in the pond..

 

[srixon 1]

3 wood off the tee then a 3 iron or 20 degree rescue depending on where the pin is.

 

[One Planer]

My Sunday best drive of 230, leaving my 25 yards short of the ditch, leaving 225 yards to the green.

Depending on conditions, I'd probably play my 19° hybrid and try and miss towards the back of the green. If I miss left (usual miss), I've taken enough club to take the water out of play.

 

[Beezerk]

With my handicap I'd lay-up short and play 3 to green since I'd probably not stop a long second shot.

This.
Play it as a par five and take the hit.

 

[Alex1975]

Ideally 3 wood, hybrid. If there is a mound at the back of the green then you are safe long so just hit whatever your sure is enough club to get up there.

 

[jimbob.someroo]

Depends on the day and the round.

Nothing to lose in Stableford / knock then probably take a driver over the top and hope to clear it with a good one, or come up short with a poorly hit one.

In a medal or a match, probably a 3 iron to leave around 210 and then a high floaty hybrid thing which should have more than enough legs to carry the pond.

Wind into, a driver and then a hybrid/3wood. Would back myself to carry the pond and would prefer to try and make 4 from just off the green in a bunker/rough than from 100 yards back.

 

[Jack_bfc]

This.
Play it as a par five and take the hit.

Exactly.

3 wood, pw/9iron, pw/9iron