The Third-Good hole this one

Now at the risk of sounding a little bit like I keep robbing the first couple of lines from the other descriptions this hole has a good wide fairway to mess about with. If you are straight but not the longest hitter you will find the short grass without much difficulty. The danger here is racecourse on the left and out of  bounds. On the right are some well placed bunkers that catch a longer but wayward ball. Now when I say well positioned I mean that based on the amount of time that I spend in them which is most of the time. Actually when you get down to the bunkers you will see that in reality there isn't a lot to be gained by going over them as the fairway stays to their left (you'ld think I'd have figured that out by now eh). A very large and indeed very solid tree stands on the left of the fairway as it narrows and will block out any wayward leftish drives.

So what does that tell you? A 3wood will do if you are a strong hitter leaving a 7-9 iron shot to the green off the short stuff as long as you are straight. As for the green I think its one of the harder targets on the course because its a narrow enough green from 120m+ or so. I don't doubt that the overall square metreage (is that a word?) is similar to other par fours but it seems very small with that usual cross wind blowing. Oh and by the way there are a couple of hefty bunkers to the right front and right of the green. Index 6 but can play a lot harder than that. (Did I mention that the green is raised so you have to stay on it with the approach shot. No? Well it is so stay on it!)

What should you hope to do here? A good tee shot staying on the left side of the fairway leaves a straight iron to the narrow green. You can be short or left and still make par or bogey at worst but this hole has seen so many well made birdies that theres no reason that you can't help yourself to one aswell. Unless you are me. Enjoy.