How would you play this hole?

[Region3]

This is another bogey-hole for me on our course. A par is rare for me, and it's easy to turn a bogey into a double or triple.

So my question is, how would you play it if you were me?

Standing on the tee, the oob right is about 10' away from you, and your bad shot is a push-fade. At driver landing distance the oob right is about 25' to the right of the fairway, which is maybe 25yds wide.
Anything missed left will be blocked out from the green by big trees, which are just a bit further than your Sunday best drive. If you go right and stay inbounds you've a fair chance of being blocked out by small trees.
A good shot with driver will leave about a 4 iron to the green.

At about 3 wood landing distance is a ditch in the fairway. You can play out of it but no chance of going for the green.
Hybrid or 4 iron off the tee have a chance of trickling into the ditch depending on the bounce and roll they get.

If you lay up short of the ditch, the green is a very well struck 3 wood away, but don't forget the oob still down the right hand side.

Any misshit second shot is at risk from another ditch about 60yds short of the green.

The final thing is that the hole is too early in the round to judge how you're swinging, or to base a decision on your score.

I have our season winners final tomorrow morning, and all I can think about is what to do off the tee on this hole.

My thoughts at the moment are to aim driver at the big trees on the left and try to fade it back to the fairway. If it goes straight then I wedge over the trees and hopefully be on in 3 from about 80-100yds.

 

[Parmo]

Shank my tee shot into rough
Duff my chip shot out, fail a second time but I am lucky to chip out to 40 yards from where I started.
Fat the long iron, thin the next and knobb it up the fairway where I pick up.

 

[Tiger]

This is just me but as a high handicapper I'd play short of ditch one, short of ditch two to your optimum wedge distance and attack the flag with a wedge hopefully leaving a makeable par putt.

 

[ADB]

From your description I would go for three shots onto the green and hope for a one putt, but realistically walk off with a 5.

7i, 7i wedge.

 

[Plonko]

I would go for a big lash with the cheif and hope for the best.

 

[Kellfire]

I need distances because your 3 wood won't be my 3 wood.

 

[viscount17]

from the depths of ignorance; tee up well right, aim to the left half of the fairway.

what I should do is lay-up, lay-up, wedge - but that's not the holywood shot is it

 

[Scott1505]

From your description I would go for three shots onto the green and hope for a one putt, but realistically walk off with a 5.

7i, 7i wedge.

This is how my heart would tell me to play it but the head would have me standing on the tee with the big dog and 3 balls of the tee later i would wish i had listened to my heart.

Definately the smart play is short of both ditches with a wedge on and chance of par!

 

[Adrena1in]

The way I've been driving lately I'd go for my percentage shot of a dead straight drive of around 250 yards, depending on roll. My "other" driver shot would be a severe (but straight) pull about 25 degrees to the left, so I imagine that wouldn't leave me many options.

If my drive turned out good I'd either chip out of that ditch, or 4I it, aiming a fair bit right to compensate for the huge draw/hook I would undoubtedly get.

 

[Fyldewhite]

My thoughts at the moment are to aim driver at the big trees on the left and try to fade it back to the fairway. If it goes straight then I wedge over the trees and hopefully be on in 3 from about 80-100yds.

Sounds like a reasonable plan. It certainly sounds like a thinking hole. It's looking like a 3 shotter most of the time so the key thing is not getting in big trouble from the tee....ie OOB. If you are confident a shot down the left is going to end up in play then that sounds like the way to go. A lay up seems to invite similar problems with your next shot so may as well be positive.

 

[HRC99]

I just think the important thing is to commit to whatever your plan is. If you're hitting driver, hit it. If it's a three wood or hybrid, so be it.

Don't second guess yourself.

Whichever club you're most confident with, take that one. For me, that's driver. But for you, .....

 

[MashieNiblick]

Standing on the tee, the oob right is about 10' away from you, and your bad shot is a push-fade. ....


Anything missed left will be blocked out from the green by big trees, ...

As said above, lay up, lay up, wedge and one or two putts.

Or if you're me, three putts

 

[patricks148]

Blast driver straight down the middle wedge on to 5 feet tap in for birdie

 

[MashieNiblick]

Blast driver straight down the middle wedge on to 5 feet tap in for birdie

"He plays a game with which I am not familiar" - (Bobby Jones)

 

[chrisd]

I figure that there is obviously a "A" game way to play for a par, but, as its early in the round and a driver,4 iron to the green I would think that its got to be a 3 shotter to the green, and hope for an up and down. It has to be a shot hole for most golfers and a 5 nett 4 is great and a good chip or putt gets the par - what other way is there?


Chris

 

[HomerJSimpson]

It has to be a three shotter all day long surely. Given the amount of rain on the course today then a hybrid will stay short of the first ditch. Take something short of the second ditch to leave about 100 yards and an easy wedge. Stick it close and hole the putt.

The bad news is I've think you've already done the damage. Your post reads as though you can't play the hole at all and so standing on the tee tomorrow you'll be full of nothing but negative vibes. Have a three shot plan, be positive and attack every shot with confidence

 

[grumpyjock]

which one is this Gary 14th or 16th?

 

[USER1999]

Why not concede this one, and just walk on to the next?

 

[Region3]

I need distances because your 3 wood won't be my 3 wood.

I purposely didn't give distances because I wanted people to imagine that my choices were their choices, and build a picture of the hole in their head to reflect the clubs I mentioned.

For some people this hole wouldn't cause a problem depending on shot shape and distances involved.

For example, JustOne would probably aim at the right side of the fairway and draw it back to the middle leaving about a 6 iron to the green.

If you don't fear a slice you can aim where you want really. The scary part of the hole is hitting one right oob and still having the same problem with 3 off the tee.

 

[grumpyjock]

might just hit a 5 wood and the 7 iron to the green.
as I have a fade a dogleg to the left is not my favorite.