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7th Hole

Par 4 356 319 287 257 242 yards

Baxter Spann, Golf Course Architect: "The long player here may be tempted to reach the green off the elevated tee in a southerly wind. There is little margin for error in this play, as the fairway tilts sharply from left to right in the landing area, and a carry over a bunker and a native ridge is necessary to avoid bunkers along the right side. Too far left, though, and a ball lost in the native grass is likely. An alternate play is an iron off the tee short and right of the left cross bunker, leaving a short to mid iron into the green. It is critical to place the second shot in the correct part of the multi tiered green, as there is nearly seven feet of elevation drop from the back left edge to the front right edge. The seventh offers the player a chance at a very low number, but a very high number here is possible at any point until the ball is holed."

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Tom’s Tips

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 the 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.