Your own personal Amen corner

[drawboy]

I am having right trouble at the moment, it's a real Amen corner situation. It concerns our 10th,11th&12th holes. I cannot score on them to save my life. They are probably the easiest holes on the course. 10th, straight away up hill all the way that at only 297 yrds is just a drive and a wedge. 11th 347 all down hill again a drive and a wedge and 12 322yrds straight away, ditch down the middle splitting the fairway but more than enough room both sides and you have to be unlucky to go in it. the trouble is I always block the ball right on all three holes, once past them I'm back to normal and score easily again. what would you do?

 

[JustOne]

Hit 5-wood off the tee on all 3 holes.... or view all 3 holes as excellent birdie holes and really go for them. Sounds like you just have a mental block to get over.

 

[Mightymoose]

what would you do?

Take a 3-wood/long iron on the tee and leave an 8 iron to the green.

 

[kid2]

Same as above really.....Take a long iron or a wood/rescue off the tee and go in with a slightly longer club to the green..... I had a similar problem with one of our holes a few weeks ago.....Its definately a mental problem DB.

 

[brendy]

Give the long irons method a go, it wont always work but Id say would average out at better than driver etc.

We have a good run of holes on our front nine designed to test the majority of your game, all in the space of 3 holes.

The 5th hole is the longest par 4 on the course, from the back sticks running out of grass usually isn't a problem for average hitters (wind with, the corner is on for the longest hitters as you are rewarded with a mid iron in rather than a wood or a lay up, the second shot is a long one though with a ditch and hedgerow to carry if you want to get close to a par.
The 6th hole is 354 yards with trouble left and right, I managed to drive the green yesterday and was happy to walk off with a 4 such is the mix of slopes and subtle borows.
The 7th is a long par 3, 195 yards plus another 15 to the back of the green, usually placed for medals. the ground slopes left to right around the green with trees lining both sides as well as bunkers, The long thin green slopes a little back to front but is very narrow and shots rarely bounce onto the green if short or right.
I use these three holes to gauge how I am playing and if I get through them unscathed, confidence is given a lift.

 

[JustOne]

The 6th hole is 354 yards with trouble left and right, I managed to drive the green yesterday....

Duly noted

 

[brendy]

The 6th hole is 354 yards with trouble left and right, I managed to drive the green yesterday....

Duly noted

A par is a par is a par
Its a strange hole that is not downhill but has lost of humps and borrows the whole way up to the green, it only takes one bad bounce and it can end up 20 yards off the fairway.

 

[RGDave]

the trouble is I always block the ball right on all three holes, once past them I'm back to normal and score easily again. what would you do?

You've answered you own q? Work out why you always hit this/these shots (alignment of the tee box, fear of going left, mental stress) or take it easy with shorter clubs off the tee. 297? why not try 4 iron/wedge.
Our 9th (off yellow) is just a touch over 310, I hit 3 wood and sometimes as much as a 9 iron. Our "order of merit" leader hits his fli-hi 3 iron, our club champ a 20 degree rescue. It's like par and birdie mayhem that hole, until a group turns up on the tee planning to hit drivers.
I'd imagine even a 4-ball of single figure players would most probably make birdie/par/double/total blob....so it's just lucky dip which it's going to be.
No-one knows why.....I suspect the thought of OOB left increases the push shots dramatically.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

My own idea of amen corner is the last three. The 16th is 425 yards off the whites with OB tight left all the way down the landing area. The 17th is 218 and again has OB lurking close left the entire length and with heavy rough to the right. The 18th should be easy but has OB right (in slicing range even with a 3 wood), a ditch about 270 if you nail one (downwind in my case). At the green in a pond that eats in to the front right and you only have to be a fraction right and short to get caught out.

 

[stevek1969]

Mine's is 1 thru 18

 

[JT77]

Our 11, 12, and 13 do me in most of the time!
11 is index 1 475 yards par 4 with a dog leg right, there is a large tree to the right of the tee box, around 30 yards ahead, and ob all up the right also, as I hit draw with the driver, this tree is in the way always, have had to resort to playing an iron off the tee and then hitting 3 wood to the green, or playing it as a 3 shot par 4! it is a proper head ####!
12, 169 par 3, not a hard hole, just splits index 1 and 3!
13, index 3,376 yards river and ob all up the right, and forest all down the left! it shouldnt be that tough, it just is! brain melt really!!