Our hardest hole..

[Rlburnside]

The first used to be our hardest hole but after it was shortened to a par 4 I'd day it's now the 8th.
Par 4, 478/468 white/yellow tee.
There's a ditch halfway which is 260 yards to carry from the whites so only the long hitters can get over that. There's also a very tall tree left of centre that catches a lot of tee shots, especially those of faders.
There's a ditch running up the right hand side which is OB but this needs a really wild shot to go in.
So most club players will drive short of the ditch to leave a second of around 220 yards to the front of the green if they've hit a good tee shot.
There are two bunkers waiting at around 160 yards but none around the green, there is a large drop off to the right of the green and for 100 yards before it.
Most people get nowhere close after 2 shots.

Tee shot
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Second shot
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Complete hole
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That’s a brute of a hole, to long for me can’t be much fun playing that

 

[Crow]

So the lesser player is going to be penalised by the bunkers way short of the green.

Poor hole design this one.

It's SI 3 so the lesser players will get a shot on it, most will be short of the bunkers in two anyway but if they choose to take on the bunkers then that's up to them. I'm a 14 handicap and if I get my tee shot into the ideal position short of the ditch (which I can do with a persimmon 3 wood in the summer when the ball is running) then I can carry the bunkers easily enough as long as I make a good contact.

Some holes are not supposed to be reached in regulation by the lesser player, at least that used to be the case before technology changed everyone's perceptions.

 

[sunshine]

Our 16th. Par 3, 200+ uphill, stroke index 11.

I think that I've probably played the course somewhere around 100 times or just over that by now, and I haven't been on the green from tee on more than max 5-10 times.

Hate this hole with a passion.

Such a tough hole, really treacherous green as well. The only time I hit the green in regulation I 3 putted

The 15th hole just before this isn't much easier.

 

[Deleted member 25172]

Such a tough hole, really treacherous green as well. The only time I hit the green in regulation I 3 putted

The 15th hole just before this isn't much easier.

It’s a bloody nightmare when you’re on track for a score and you come to this stretch of holes, cause 17 isn’t much easier either! You better be at least 2-3 points ahead, cause the likelihood of dropping points on these 3 is overwhelming. ?

I’ve actually hit the 16th green twice from the 15th tee. That in itself is worthy of some sort of prize. It takes an extremely well executed sky-pull to get that result. ?