Hole 4 Par 5
"Klondyke"
475 Blue
472 White
A great, historial Par 5 that dates back to around 1895 (please lets not get into a pissing match Tom & Melvyn) and another example where the blindness makes perfect "sense" in my opinion. The fairway looks a lot narrower than it plays, on account of the "valley" effect & the second actually plays at least 1 club shorter due to conditions (elevation change, fairway slope, firm ground) This is a great example of a hole you could play day in day out without getting bored.
Tee Shot (the hill right will always kick balls down onto fairway, and the left one might)
If you snap your tee shot left, there is where you end up. You are left with a choice - do you chip back into the fairway beside the white shirted man? or go out the right of the hill? or are you brave enough to take on the hill? All depend on your lie, abilities, wind, confidence and pin position...
This is the site of Ari Techner's famous eagle. He hit a Cleveland Classics 4 wood from 245 over the hill to 6' and duly knocked the putt in for eagle.
This is a little further up the fairway. One treat for me caddying is convincing my man to hit his favorite club, and just forget about the yardage. A player that hits his 5 iron normally 160 yards can reach from here (around 210) by just striking it solid and letting the wind & slope gather the ball to the green.
The serpentine fairway (note dog in centre of)
This green is just about the best on the course. I love how all the slopes just meld together, and it has just the right about of difficulty and fun. The grass wall at the back stops most every ball from going out of bounds. This picture is taken from front right and one can see the spine front left that makes for tough pin positions. Amazing to think that this green was "designed" in a time before the Model T, let alone a D6.
And back left (not the best pic but it gives some idea of the slope down to green)
