6th hole: 496m (560y), Par 5, Index 8.
The 6th hole is the 2nd par 5 of the front 9 and is the last par 5 you will encounter for 10 more holes.
This is a relatively easy par 5 and I don't think it should rate as hard as number 8. There are numerous hazards to be avoided on the tee shot however, with bunkers right, middle, trees left, and a water hazard along the right. The bunkers are 196 to carry the one on the right, and 229 the get past the one in the middle. As usual, there is quite a lot of fairway to the side of the centerline bunkers, with the better line down the right side (IMO).
The 2nd shot is pretty tough with water down the right, bunkers in the middle, and trees to the left. As usual, there are many options to choose from on the 2nd shot such as, go down the right side near the water, past the bunkers near the green, short of them all, or keep it out to the left.
The green has one bunker on the front right side and the green is 2 tiered with run offs over the back and sides. The green is 28 metres deep so it is one of the larger ones on the course.
Tee shot:
Down the middle of the fairway, 170m from the tee.
From a good drive down the right side of the fairway. 250m (280y) to the green.
From 80m out, near the 2 centerline bunkers you have to negotiate with your 2nd shot.
The approach from the left side of the fairway. It's probably better to hit your 2nd here as you don't have to hit over any bunkers and you have the full length of the green to hit to.
And looking back to the tee.
And The Valley Club of Montecito seems to have found it's way here. There's a couple of these shaved areas around the course where it goes from the green, to fairway, and the tees are basically an extension of the fairway. I hope I'm not wrong but I think that's a feature used a TVC?
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