Mental blocks at holes at your home course?

[Crawfy]

Anyone have specific holes at their course which the have a block at? I play 9 holer so the holes in question (1st-3rd) repeat the torture later in the round. I am able to par the rest of the holes on the course (and on a good day some even in succesion) but these three have me stumped. A par 4, 5 then 4. I have been racking up 3x6's...then almost repeating it again on the back 9.

Next few practice rounds I am going to do laps of these three feckers, as I'm not letting them break me...,gggrrrrrr !!!

 

[G_Mulligan]

yeah par 5 3rd 545 into the prevailing wind it is a bitch! Dog leg right OOB left and right and a left to right sloping fairway. Someone told me it is in the top 20 hardest holes in the country according to how did I do. I just can't play it with any confidence whatsoever double figures are very common.

 

[USER1999]

Yep, 18. Had a nine here in the last three medals. Par five. Not for me.

 

[drawboy]

Our par 5 18th, narrow drive opening from deep in trees, large stand of poplars right, deep woods and oob left, if you get a drive away no probs, don't and it's nearly always no score Stableford or a card wrecker in a medal, it's a swine.

 

[chris661]

Our 13th its only around 320m but it is a ballache. right to left sloping fairway anything left of centre of fairway is leaving a blind shot to the green which also slopes right to left, anything left left is gone and anything too far right is either a lost ball or running up double figures. It really is only a 3-4 iron of the tee then an 8 or so.

 

[SGC001]

If you've identified that you're struggling with 1 or 2 holes in particular consider rethinking your strategy on those holes. Try playing them differently and see what happens, you've got nothing to lose and might learn something valuable.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

6 is a mid length par 3 (178 yards) with OB left and right. That's causing me headaches. 7 I keep going too far right or hitting snap hooks and 8 is the shortest hole on the course but can't hit it and usually hit an ugly push or slice right. By the time I'm on the 9th playing 400 yards into the wind any good work on 1-5 has gone and I've usually got steam coming out of my ears

 

[ball_basher]

every bloody hole i play at the moment lol

 

[kev_off_the_tee]

Our 7th holes par 5 SI-1. So easy its impossibly. The dog leg right fairway is soooo inviting to try and smash the tee shot you end up trying too hard and cocking it up.

Parred it once but never again

 

[goldenbare]

strangely enough Crawfy I was tninking of exactly this today. Currently, as it it seems to vary year by year our par 3, 160yd 6th with trees all the way down the right and at the green on the right as well and par 5 14th where the fairway has been made by taking about 30 yds out of an old tree line at about 300 yds. Unfortunately this year 30 yds has not been enough

 

[Imurg]

Our 8th.
165 yard par 3, downhill, Pond greenside left, hillocks and swales in front and right. Deep clag 20 yards long.
It's an 8 iron for me, sometimes a 7,
Been in the pond the last 2 rounds and a few times before that too.
If I hit the green, I par or birdie it. Miss and it's more often than not a bogey or worse.
Stupid.

 

[NWJocko]

13th hole.

Dogleg left par 5, oob all down the dogleg on the left and a cow field beyond.

About 100 yards wide the landing area but I just can't seem to stop myself putting it in the cowfield!!

It's a tricky one to reach in 2 so I'm definitely going to try something different as my 3 off the tee cost me a win in the comp on Saturday

 

[Evesdad]

Prob about 14 of them at some point or another! Our 8th is prob my biggest nemesis par 5 529 yds Si 1 with a log leg at about 380 yds, OOB left and trees right. Slowly chipping away at as have missed a few putts for par recently but can easily card anywhere between a 7-9! Also the 15th another par 5, a pettern emerging! This should be easier as 539 straight line OOB left trees right and ditch at about 350 yds. Can card about the same as above!

 

[Crawfy]

Thank the lord its not just me then...

The medal on Sat was the final straw - hence my posting and determination to master these three (six) holes.

1st - Par 4. Nailed my drive, 9 iron "right at it"....the ball entered the Bermuda Triangle - seriously...my 2 playing partners were as mystified as me. Dropped shot. Overhit the 2nd chip (6)
2nd - Par 5. Poor drive due to "lost ball bad mood" Topped my recovery wood. Landed behind a bush to had to take my medicine and land it short. Chip on, 2 putt (7)
3rd - Long par 4. Good drive (happy!) pulled 4 iron (unhappy) de-celerated and fluffed chip (raging !) chip again 2 putt (6)

6 over... almost repeated the score on back 9 ( 9-holer) shot a 5,6,6

That's 10 over for 6 holes....ggrrr

Just as well my par3 radar was switched on (Par'd & birdied them) to net par the round

These holes are the key to cutting the H'cap

Wish me luck !

 

[One Planer]

I have a mental issue with our 14th

It's a 104 yard Par 3 S/I 18. It's he easiest hole on the course.

It's a banked green with a flat section at the botton with a single bunker guarding the front left of the green.

There is a single tree infront of it which you have to play over if you want to hit the green in regulation.

Normally I play a 3/4 pitching wedge and try and play it into the slope as this "would" give me the best putting option for both the top and bottom of the green.

Every week without fail I find the sand