Course Management Know-How!
Course Management Know-How!
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Do you have a tough par 5 on your home course? When the hole presents elevation changes, water, and trees, you need to consider different ways of playing it.
No more Driver off the Tee!
I learned recently on one of the toughest par 5's I have played, at my Mexico School course, to lay off the driver and approach this hole with a 4 iron off the tee.
Lay up second.
a 5 iron to the second "landing area."
Short Iron Third.
A pitching or sand wedge to the green.
The Total Picture.
The hole has three rivers traversing the fairway. One, off the tee, which is not really a problem, but then the other is about 280 yards from the tee, and the next is 60 yards short of the green. Trees surround the green, and there is a hazard on the left side fairly close to the green.
I have made many birdies here, an eagle, and lots of 6's and 7's. My scores have been par or better since changing my strategy on this formerly frustrating #6 hole at Club de Golf Malinalco. I have not made a bogey. Not as many birdies, but I know I will get one now and again with a good third or a good putt.
Read on and see this one golfer's nemesis hole (which looks remarkably similar to the hole I described) and consider how you would play it......
How would you play this par 5?
Source: thesandtrap.com Mel Sole Golf School.
Pictures: Club de Golf Malinalco
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