Hole #7: The start of a GREAT stretch of roller-coaster holes from 7-13. One stands on the lower right tee and wonders, where do we go from here? The tee shot is not blind but is effectively so, as the target is on the other side of the hill. Most tee shots will not travel far enough to see the green about 50 feet below the fairway, and the flatter (preferable) right side does not allow viewing the green without a Sergio-like run after contact. There are players that will challenge the left side where one can see the green, but the fairway slopes severely R->L, and you are more likely to run into a bunker or deep rough requiring a pitch-out. The second is another ground-level green at the end of the wide sloping fairway. Much like the approach to #2, the real yardage means little, and the challenge is to find a club that will stop the ball on the green. This is one of Myopia's best holes, and it gets almost no recognition.
Hole #8: Another great half-par hole, the 5th in 8 holes!! The 8th appears as a 480-yd par five links hole, with a subtle half-pipe effect off the tee, and a crest that makes the tee shot partially blind. This part of the property plays very firm, and it is not uncommon for an enormous amount of roll with a solid tee ball. The player must hit his tee ball solid, as a layup is almost a certain 6. My recommendation for players is to purposefully play short of this green and pitch up the hill. The green is large but so severely sloped to the left that an attempt at the pin from any great distance is not a smart play. Missing as much as 3 feet above the hole will create wild putting adventures, as I have seen 4 and 5 putts from above the hole. Sometimes even short putts will break hugely, and I have seen players putt with their back to the hole.
Hole #9: A short par three of only 130 yards, this is probably the most unique hole at Myopia. One might even call this a half-par (three-quarter?) hole because so many birdies are made among those hitting the green. Set in an idyllic grove in the woods with pond between tee and green, #9 is all-or-nothing. The green is only about 25 feet wide, but almost 50 yards from front to back. The green slopes towards its middle, but 7 or 8 bunkers surround the green on three sides. These bunkers are free form pot bunkers, many with stairs to assist players entering and exiting. Hitting the green will usually leave a makeable putt, but missing the green creates short game shots not found anywhere else. Where else does one have a 15-foot bunker shot that must rise vertically from the sand, with your backswing truncated by the other side of the bunker? Where else can one be in a bunker 20 yards from his target with a view of nothing but sky...with other bunkers to carry? Myopia excels in displaying quirk from days gone by, and one finishes a hole like #9 and wonders, why do modern holes (and even some classic, as most of them came after Myopia) deviate so far from what Myopia got so right 115+ years ago!!