Sean,
It is the drop shot short of the condos, then a 90 degree right to a green which is partially hidden below and behind a ridge. The following is an earlier thread by Robert Thompson'
"Silvertip is remarkable -- and that isn't a compliment. There are actually holes where it takes almost five minutes to drive from green to the next tee.
Furber is average at his best -- Predator Ridge has some neat bits, but at Silvertip, you get the sense that every hole is downhill, so the routing always forces a drive uphill to the next tee.
The 10th, until it was overhauled recently, was among the worst golf holes I've ever played.
Imagine a blind par four, dogleg right, with a 100 foot drop of 340 yards. The problem is that you can't see the group ahead of you on the tee, so you are forced to have staff with walkie-talkies on the fairway and on the tee. Players hit a six iron and then a wedge. Recently it was changed to bring the tee down to the bottom of the hill. It is a better hole.
However, the original left me wondering what kind of golf architect would ever conceive of such a hole. Furber worked with Trent Jones, but it often doesn't look like he took much away. Some place him in the big four -- with Carrick, McBroom, Cooke. I don't understand it. Furber gets lots of work and a talented person like Rod Whitman doesn't get any.
Robert"