palindromicbob
Tour Winner
Jesus those greens look wee at Farnam!!
Dodgy short game and ale could make them even smaller!
Image 1 and 2 the first hole. Looks like an easy straight forward hole from the tee box. Two straight shots are all you should need. Easier said than done. Drive is over the road and it is all uphill to very little run. Can be difficult to reach in two, especially if you miss the fairway from the drive.
Image 3 & 4 are the 2nd. Looks much easier in the pic than it is they are at the ladies tee there. Tree to the left and lots of rough right to a tight landing area mean you need to hit a straight drive. There is a bunker just down left that you can see which could catch a drive that draws round the tree. Any mistake with your drive and you are generally laying up and hoping to get up and down for par. Great hole.
image 5 & 6 is the 3rd. Water left and right and tree make around the tee box make it feel very tight. Has more bunkering to the rear than the pictures show.
image 7&8 is the 4th. A blind drive towards some tree right is the safe option but limits the second shot. Left is OOB. Best play is aim at the tree visible from the tee box and try to draw it in. Second shot need to be left or on target. Anything right or long is in the water.
image 9&10 is the par 3 5th. Not a bad little hole but usually into the wind.
image 11 is the 6th. You can just see the slope at top left. If there is run on the fairways then driver a little right is safe. If there is no run then the ball is likely to stop on a slope leaving a very awkward 2nd so a 3w to leave you short of the slope is a safer option. Green is well guarded with sand as can be seen.
Image 12 & 13 the 7th. Deceptive par 4 dog left right. lots of rough and sand to catch shots left. Water hazard catches anything to far right. Long second into the green which is also well guarded.
There are plenty of great holes after that. None of the bunkers are overly deep but they do all have grass growing around them as can be seen in the photos. That is by design and you are better of in the sand that around the bunker. Very very nice course but some long walks between green and tee. Really need a buggy to enjoy fully but the packages they do usually include one.
