What's the Toughest Hole at Your Course ...

[Jahmoo]

10th 480yd Par 4, the 9th is a 496yd Par 5. You have Wooed area up the right about 150yd up, also has 3 trees, 2 on the Left and 1 on the right, about 150-200yds off the tee, then you have a dogleg right, with a downhill slope, Summer you have lots of Rough on the left, ball goes in, forget it, drop and play another. Shot a 8 on this at the week end

 

[thecraw]

Think it would have to be the 8th at the Castle, up hill par 4. This is a long par 4, often out of range of two shots, played from an elevated tee with rough on either side of the sloping fairway. The natural contour of the ground approaching the two-tiered green tends to steer the ball into the deep pot bunker at the right edge. Care must be taken, however, as bunkering guards the left approach to the green. A par is a good result. (copied this from our website) Usually into the prevailing wind.


The hardest hole on Rothesay is the 4th, an uphill 202 yard par 3 with a tiny upturned saucer green with steep run offs all round, a complete bar steward of a hole, hitting and holding the green is an achievement.

 

[shanker]

Here at my course we have the longest hole in Spain. The fourth is 618 metres from the back tee (680 yards). Slightly elevated tee, then uphill all the way. I've birdied it twice in three years but have had 8s, 9s and even a 10.

 

[Putting_Green_Pro]

mine is SI 2 551 yards. sloping down left and right but have to get up the slight incline. after that its a large ditch or small valley towards to green with a tree in the way. personal best is +1 good job there is a nice par3 straight after it

 

[Imurg]

At my old course the toughest without a doubt is the 7th. 532 off the whites. OB all the way up the right side and the wind always blows left to right!
There's a pond about 300 from the tee that is a ball magnet for the duffed 2nd shot. Small green - upturned saucer-style. Mounding(dune-like) most of the way up the left.
Carry from the whites to the fairway is only about 140 yards but it looks like about 200!
How do I play it?
3 or 5 wood from the tee.
3,5 or hybrid from the fairway
7,8 or 9 iron onto the green
2 putts = par.

How does everyone else play it.?

Driver OB
Driver OB
Driver OB
5 wood to fairway
5 wood 2nd
hybrid to green (ish)
chip and 3 putts for a 14. Job done

 

[Deleted member 1740]

The par 3 5th, tucked away behind a tree with a ditch running across the front full of drink and plenty of trees and bushes left and rght.

I scored a 10 on this last week

 

[Herbie]

I measure the toughest holes at any home course Ive been a member by the difficulty to make birdie, not par or si.

My home course now its the 9th si(10)..13th si(1) and 15th si(4)

The reason I do this is because when I am hitting consistantly good on any particular hole or si, I can make holes in regulation with few exceptions as I would expect a lot of golfers off my h/c or better can do, and my putting is nearly always good enough for no more than 2 putts, also if I do wind up on fringes or greenside bunkers for two I can recover well when Im on my game. So, its the holes I find it difficult to ever make birdie that are my toughies and its not always the toughest by si.

 

[medwayjon]

Hardest at Gillingham were the 14th, 450yds off the whites.

Dog leg left, deep rough left, rough right, smallish green with bunkers and a huge run off into deep stuff if you overshoot. Bushes and trees tight left and right of the green also.

15th, Long uphill par5, big bunkers in the landing area for the average drive, trees right, deep rough left.

Green is surrounded by very deep stuff 5yds around, bunkers protecting green. Green has some wicked breaks also.

 

[Parmo]

4th Par 4 460 off whites. Tee off up a hill between trees onto the dog leg left, get it right between the trees and you are set up for a long second shot, get it wrong and end up in the trees. SSS1.

 

[Adi_Dassler]

At Royal Musselburgh I'd go for either the 7th, SI 2, dogleg to the left.Only 390 yards, but distance is never the key in my opinion.Trees on both sides, you can try and cut it but you'd usually lose your ball.Hit it out right and a wee gully will gather it down into the trees on that side.Two new bunkers guard the front of the green and the pin is usually tucked in behind them.
The 15th par 4 440 yards.Another dogleg, with an undulating fairway you need to hit it about 280 yards to reach a wee flat area or your hitting blind into a raised slopping green.As it's right on the coast the wind can blow hard from the east making it a real doozy.

As for the official SI 1, I've never really understood why.It's the longest par 4 and the tee shot is blind, but once your on the fairway I reckon it's pretty straightforward.

As wee aside, I played Gullane No.2 last night.What a golf course that is, a terrific golf course with the best view form a track I've ever had the pleasure to see.Gullane 1/2/3 is golfing nirvana.