This hole is
short enough that the blue and black tees are separated by only 55
yards. The gentle dogleg right is apparent in this view from
the white tees at 471 yards. Only drives severely off line cause
difficulty for the second shot. Most important is to hit it
long, and preferably near the left edge of the fairway.
A decent tee shot
leaves something like this for a second shot. The fairway
bunker on the left comes into play only for long hitters, some of
whom can send their second shot beyond the bunker. If you
can't reach the bunker it's best to keep your second shot on the
left half of the fairway. The valley and trees on the right
side can cause serious problems -- stay away from them.
The third shot
for average golfers is a wood or mid iron to the green. A
pushed or faded shot gets you into the huge bunker on the right, so
bias your approach shot to the left, but not too much because
there are two bunkers on the left.
This photo was
taken in 2003 and is included to show the beautiful evening light
on the green and the beautiful tall oak behind the
green. The green has a gentle saddle shape. You will
notice that the oak is gone in the preceding more recent photo,
another victim of overzealous golf planners. There was fear
that the trunk was rotting, but some say the stump had a healthy
cross section.
On the same day,
this photo of Lake Wildwood beauty was taken looking back from the
green to the fairway with low sun behind the camera.
This shows that the fairway bunker is well back from the green,
about 80 yards, so long hitters have a comfortable margin of
distance for a second shot over the bunker.