Here’s the tee shot on 10, the aggressive line of play is a about a 230-277 carry, depending on tees, over the left edge of the bunker on the right, and there’s plenty of bailout room left.
A great look back at the Bye Hole from 10 fairway, you can see just how narrow it is. Yet another example of one of EH’s great features, the routing previews and returns.
Weather looming on the horizon, again the Bye Hole in the foreground:
Another preview, number 14 green site in the background (I believe that’s 9 green in the middle of the picture)
A look back toward the tee from the lay up zone, number 10 plays from 572-652 from the men’s tees.
The approach to the Biarritz, a bit of a variation with the front right false front and noticeable up hill approach. One of the qualities about EHs that I appreciated was it’s unconventional approach to traditional features such as the Biarritz and the Dell (although the Dell is not a hole I’d like to play everyday). Number 17 is also a bit of a variation on an Alps with a ridge line crossing the line of play about 30 yards short of the green.
Another preview, this one of 11 green:
A good look at the false front to the Biarritz. How many other Biarritz’ have a similar feature? Uncle George? Those I know the best do not (The Creek, Westhampton, Yale)
The ball will feed left to right off the back stop :
The view from the back shelf:
The tee shot on 11:
At only 315 from the men’s tees we played the centerline bunker is very much in play:
I blocked my tee shot into the right rough and suffered a less than ideal approach angle because a centerline knob in the front of the green that I had to carry kicked my wedge approach to the back of the green:
The approach from the fairway:
The left side of the fairway, like most of EHs, provides few level stances. In this way EHs reminded me very much of Prairie Dunes:
An up close view of the centerline bunker and green:
