tbanks5
Well-known member
What is the best hole or your favorite hole on your home course?
What makes this hole so great? Is it the difficulty of the hole, or does the design simply match your eye? Maybe you simply excel on this particular hole and it's a sure fire birdie even when you aren't playing your best. Or is it because its a risk reward type of hole, and you have to be pinpoint accurate to take advantage of it?
Personally my favorite hole on my home course (Cedar Point GC), is the par 4 fourth. I usually switch between the whites which play about 275, and the blues at 296 depending on how I feel, but to me it's a perfect risk, reward hole. This hole is a slight dogleg right with small trees and bushes hugging the corner. The fairway is slightly uphill from the tees, but at about 200 yards it gently comes downhill funneling bombed tee shots towards the green. With the slight dogleg its also completely normal to see tee shots run through the fairway. The other side (left) has some large oaks spaced 20 yards apart, giving you a shot to the green, but it forces you to keep the ball low and run it up to the green instead of carrying your shot. There are only 2 bunkers protecting the green; one is fairly deep and short right of the green, the other is shallow and is behind the green to the right. Anything long and left of the green leaves an impossible up and down unless the pin is in the front. The green is setup like a bowl and anything deep funnels towards the front. It's not uncommon to back up a wedge shot on this green.
This is my best/favorite hole because there are numerous ways to play it. I've driven the green from both tees especially when the wind is helping. But my go to play is 4 or 5 iron and then a wedge. Most cases I can stick a wedge close or even back it up if I've gone a little deep. Putting can be difficult when the hole is in the back or front because you have to play a lot of break, but I usually walk away with par or birdie when played. When I miss the fairway its a different story, but it's usually when I've taken driver.
So what is your best or favorite hole on your home course and why?
What makes this hole so great? Is it the difficulty of the hole, or does the design simply match your eye? Maybe you simply excel on this particular hole and it's a sure fire birdie even when you aren't playing your best. Or is it because its a risk reward type of hole, and you have to be pinpoint accurate to take advantage of it?
Personally my favorite hole on my home course (Cedar Point GC), is the par 4 fourth. I usually switch between the whites which play about 275, and the blues at 296 depending on how I feel, but to me it's a perfect risk, reward hole. This hole is a slight dogleg right with small trees and bushes hugging the corner. The fairway is slightly uphill from the tees, but at about 200 yards it gently comes downhill funneling bombed tee shots towards the green. With the slight dogleg its also completely normal to see tee shots run through the fairway. The other side (left) has some large oaks spaced 20 yards apart, giving you a shot to the green, but it forces you to keep the ball low and run it up to the green instead of carrying your shot. There are only 2 bunkers protecting the green; one is fairly deep and short right of the green, the other is shallow and is behind the green to the right. Anything long and left of the green leaves an impossible up and down unless the pin is in the front. The green is setup like a bowl and anything deep funnels towards the front. It's not uncommon to back up a wedge shot on this green.
This is my best/favorite hole because there are numerous ways to play it. I've driven the green from both tees especially when the wind is helping. But my go to play is 4 or 5 iron and then a wedge. Most cases I can stick a wedge close or even back it up if I've gone a little deep. Putting can be difficult when the hole is in the back or front because you have to play a lot of break, but I usually walk away with par or birdie when played. When I miss the fairway its a different story, but it's usually when I've taken driver.
So what is your best or favorite hole on your home course and why?