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Struggling with Par 5's?

I know your pain Robin! We only have 3 at mine and two of them dictate a sensible approach as one is a dog leg so 5iron or hybrid to the corner while the other has a ditch 3/4 of the way down so use it as a lay up pint leaving 150 in. The 8th hole sucks me in every time. Long up hill from an elevated tee just invites a huge smash with the big dog. It's OOB all down the left so it's dead that way. A shot out to the right means hitting over or under the trees just to get back to the fairway. The amount of dropped points and rounds ruined on here are very high for me. The other two I regulary par or bogey but the 8th regulary leaves me with 8's and 9's on the card. I really need to devise a strategy for this one.
 
Looks easy..... :whistle:



I can see the 1st (485 off Silver) is a hole that might play as a par 5 to the 'hackers', what's the other one?
 
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