| Baxter Spann, Golf Course Architect: The tee shot should favor the right here, as the second shot opens up more from the right side of the wide fairway. Anything left off the tee is confronted with massive peaks, which must be played over to go for the green in two or to reach the desired second landing area. This is one of many holes at Black Mesa which ask the golfer to play it again and again to in order to understand the correct lines of play and the best target areas. The second landing area pitches severely from left to right, so approaches are best played farther left than would at first appear. This requires a carry over some cross bunkers and the toe of slope of the high ridge which runs along the entire left side of the fairway. The slope of the approach also allows a ball to kick into the green if placed properly left of the frontal bunkers. The long putting surface bends around a surprisingly deep bunker at mid-right which is definitely to be avoided. |
