Woodhall Spa holes 7-12
This is the best stretch of holes.
Number 7 (470/437 yards) is a beast of a hole. I can’t believe I only took one picture of it. It doglegs right with three bunkers on the inside of the dogleg to catch a short or pushed drive. Left center is prime real estate. From the back tee the carry to the fairway is 220 yards. For mortals it is about 180 yards. The green is protected by two bunkers on the left and right. The green is raised but t is possible to run a shot on to the green
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Number eight is a 209/192-yard par three. Three bunkers flank the left side with a coffin on the right. There is a top shot bunker some twenty yards or so in front of the green. The green itself is large and kidney shaped.
This is the view from the tee. Daunting eh?
This is from the bunker short of the green
Greenside bunker
Number nine (585/555 yard par five) is the longest hole on the course. It is straight with cross bunkers about 350/320 yards from the tee.
View from the tee. 180/150 yards to the fairway.
The cross bunkers. If you don’t hit it in the fairway they can get in the way.
Stay out of these cross-bunkers. They are pretty deep. You can see how the sloped face of the bunker makes you want to hit more club than you should.
This is the view from a bunker about 190 yards from the green.
Number 10 is a wonderful 338/338-yard par four. It is slight dogleg left that invites you to fly it. But there is a bunker you have to clear about 220 yards off the tee. And two more bunkers to its right than can catch a pushed tee shot. When I played the course it had just received one and a half inches of rain. When the course if firmer I would think the green is drivable. The first picture is from the tee. The flag in the distance is a temporary green because they are repairing the greenside bunker.
The next picture is really interesting. It shows how they repair a bunker. They stack sod underneath the perimeter of the bunker. Then they place sod on the face of the bunker and slope it ever so slightly.
Eleven is a wonderful 438/438-yard par four. There is a forced carry of about 180 yards to a wide fairway. About 70 yards in front of the green is a combination bunker, waste area and heather. It is possible to run the shot on to the green but don’t be short.
View from the tee.
The view from the fairway.
Twelve is a great par three (178/178 yards). There is a bunker short and left and five bunkers surrounding the green. They are deep—up to ten feet.
View of the green.
Bunker left of the green.
View from behind the green.
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