malemotives
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Let's play golf.
This is hole #1 at my home course...
Blue dot is the tee, red dot is center green... 302 yards. Par 4
The 4 white dots are drive location I often hit.
The one to the top left is 30 yards off the green.
The other 3 are 100 to 110 yards out. One of them is on #9 fairway with pretty tall trees blocking the path. The one on the right edge of the green is in 4-5 inch rough. Usually the ball is barely visible.
Now... most big hitters look at the 302 yard distance and smile. The have eagle on the mind. The funny thing is, I have yet to see anyone hit this green, from the tee box, and stay there.
The particulars....
Tee box is elevated, 25 feet; fairway runs downhill; Green is elevated in front.... 5 ft.
Far left is OB (Driving range-high fence and net)
The rough to the left of Jacks tree is hard pan. If you it the right fade, over the tree, your ball will run to within 30 yard of the green.
Left of the cart path is deep grass rough.
To the right is the tree line separating #9 fairway. That's where the big slicers go.
When it's windy (often) it blows in your face.
Most long hitters tend to hit the bank of the raised green and bounce back on the fairway. Hooking or over driving the green is not an option, no matter how good you are.
Somehow, Jack (Nicklaus), made this opening hole look really easy... to mid to low handicappers. And it is, if it's not forced. I've seen plenty of birdies and had some myself. Have never seen an eagle. The hole is a reminder that golf is not to be taken lightly.
Jack's Tree is about 130 yards out. It looks intimidating from the tee and eats many golf balls. They fall straight down into thick rough.
My approach (2nd shot) is almost always full Gap wedge. Interestingly, I don't always make it to the green, bouncing just in front and laying 2. It's a common result for many..... like some sort of witchcraft says.... "Not on this day". It's hilarious how many balls land six inches to a foot off that green. If you bounce over, you will either stick into heavy rough on a side hill or hit hard pan and bounce into the trees, or even as far as the sand trap on #5 green, which is behind those trees.
So.... give it a look and play your best shot(s).
This is hole #1 at my home course...
Blue dot is the tee, red dot is center green... 302 yards. Par 4
The 4 white dots are drive location I often hit.
The one to the top left is 30 yards off the green.
The other 3 are 100 to 110 yards out. One of them is on #9 fairway with pretty tall trees blocking the path. The one on the right edge of the green is in 4-5 inch rough. Usually the ball is barely visible.
Now... most big hitters look at the 302 yard distance and smile. The have eagle on the mind. The funny thing is, I have yet to see anyone hit this green, from the tee box, and stay there.
The particulars....
Tee box is elevated, 25 feet; fairway runs downhill; Green is elevated in front.... 5 ft.
Far left is OB (Driving range-high fence and net)
The rough to the left of Jacks tree is hard pan. If you it the right fade, over the tree, your ball will run to within 30 yard of the green.
Left of the cart path is deep grass rough.
To the right is the tree line separating #9 fairway. That's where the big slicers go.
When it's windy (often) it blows in your face.
Most long hitters tend to hit the bank of the raised green and bounce back on the fairway. Hooking or over driving the green is not an option, no matter how good you are.
Somehow, Jack (Nicklaus), made this opening hole look really easy... to mid to low handicappers. And it is, if it's not forced. I've seen plenty of birdies and had some myself. Have never seen an eagle. The hole is a reminder that golf is not to be taken lightly.
Jack's Tree is about 130 yards out. It looks intimidating from the tee and eats many golf balls. They fall straight down into thick rough.
My approach (2nd shot) is almost always full Gap wedge. Interestingly, I don't always make it to the green, bouncing just in front and laying 2. It's a common result for many..... like some sort of witchcraft says.... "Not on this day". It's hilarious how many balls land six inches to a foot off that green. If you bounce over, you will either stick into heavy rough on a side hill or hit hard pan and bounce into the trees, or even as far as the sand trap on #5 green, which is behind those trees.
So.... give it a look and play your best shot(s).
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