I don't believe I've ever seen a hole like 8 before.
It's such an unusual driving hole.
Is that right protrusion about 35 yards wide?
How many people are going to hit drives to that?
I do like that the protrusion landing area is a little disguised.
There's more of it that you might think from the tee.
What do you do on first play?
Aim at the center bunker and hope it ends up just a little short?
Aim at the waste bunker and trust it goes over?
It looks like a hard decision and maybe unforgiving too.
I like it. Well done.
Most people are a bit confused when they first see the hole.
Foolish longhitters try to carry the water to the peninsula. (that's me)
I have played it 5 times that way, lost 4 balls....
But if you are accurate you can go that way, it makes the second shot a lot shorter, although the angle in is less optimal due to the greenside bunker.
The patient golfer plays it as a par 5 (it is stroke 1).
He aims his drive at the second bunker left, which is risk free.
Problem is the shot into the green is long, OB all the way left and water (blind) on the right.
A scary shot for most mortals.
During our BUDA round though David Davis hit the perfect faded drive over the protusion to the 140 m mark and then hit an easy 8-7 iron in. (BUDA was playing yellow tees)
The most gutsy option is playing right of the protusion, which leaves you a wedge, but it is a hell of a tee shot to get there.
So in a fun round I try to hit the peninsula, in matchplay it depends on the score of the match and what my opponent does, and in stroke play I go left and play the hole as a par 5.