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- Sep 11, 2013
- Messages
- 74,777
- Reaction score
- 88,329
- Location
- Ponte Vedra, Florida
- Handicap
- 11.9
Here we go with the seventh hole playing (BT 303yds / WT 287 yds) par 4. This hole could be a turning point in these friendly matches. Do you go for the green with hopes of making a 2-3 or end up making 12? Or play it safe with an iron off the tee? Expect to see some drama here at the 7th.
The seventh hole is a very good, short par 4 that offers the player a chance of making 2 or 12. Playing just over 300 yards from the middle tees, this is a very reachable par 4.
Driving the ball over the small hill in the middle of the fairway, the player must fit the tee shot over the middle left third of the hill in order to hit the fairway. The landing area is divided by an unseen ridge that will kick the tee shot left if the tee shot is offline and into a severe arroyo rough. Chances of a good lie here are less than winning the lottery. If the ball lands to the right of the ridge it will funnel into the bunker complex which is easier to play from than the rough.
Some players will elect to lay up from the tee with a shot that must land to the left of the 150-marker in order to run back to the middle. A bunker on the hillside makes this lay up more difficult.
The green is elevated and slopes from left to right with three distinct areas which step down like stairs. Small pot bunkers behind this green make recoveries from over the green equal to Miracles on 34th Street.
The green’s elevation drop is dramatic and makes putting here from left to right tricky. When the pin is in front, the slope will help with second shots allowing you to aim past the pin and the ball will work back towards it. Otherwise, the player must keep the second or third below the pin in order to have any chance.
Long putts from lower levels of this green to the upper parts will remind players of practice putts on our lower putting green nicknamed the Serpentine Green. I suggest taking a few of these before playing in order to gauge the distances and breaks. You are never out of the match at any point because so much can happen so fast on this hole.
The seventh hole is a very good, short par 4 that offers the player a chance of making 2 or 12. Playing just over 300 yards from the middle tees, this is a very reachable par 4.
Driving the ball over the small hill in the middle of the fairway, the player must fit the tee shot over the middle left third of the hill in order to hit the fairway. The landing area is divided by an unseen ridge that will kick the tee shot left if the tee shot is offline and into a severe arroyo rough. Chances of a good lie here are less than winning the lottery. If the ball lands to the right of the ridge it will funnel into the bunker complex which is easier to play from than the rough.
Some players will elect to lay up from the tee with a shot that must land to the left of the 150-marker in order to run back to the middle. A bunker on the hillside makes this lay up more difficult.
The green is elevated and slopes from left to right with three distinct areas which step down like stairs. Small pot bunkers behind this green make recoveries from over the green equal to Miracles on 34th Street.
The green’s elevation drop is dramatic and makes putting here from left to right tricky. When the pin is in front, the slope will help with second shots allowing you to aim past the pin and the ball will work back towards it. Otherwise, the player must keep the second or third below the pin in order to have any chance.
Long putts from lower levels of this green to the upper parts will remind players of practice putts on our lower putting green nicknamed the Serpentine Green. I suggest taking a few of these before playing in order to gauge the distances and breaks. You are never out of the match at any point because so much can happen so fast on this hole.
Although it may be February before I see them
