Hole #4: 573 yards.
The view from the 4th tee is significantly elevated, yielding expansive views of the surroundings. As a result, the 4th hole seems much less intimate than its predecessors. Wild undulations within the fairway connect the hole with its bordering environment – it’s as though the landscape was melted down just a hair to allow one the possibility of navigating through safely. The scale of this hole is impossible to convey in a two-dimensional format. By the scorecard, the total yardage of the hole can range between 573 and 465 yards, though the elevation drop and variety of winds one might face will most likely render those numbers moot. Even the free-form nature of the tee boxes (the forward tees are in the foreground) are impressive.
From closer in, the magnitude of the fairway ripples are more discernible. The bunker complex at the right begins around 210 yards from the green (right edge) and ends around 130 yards from the green (left edge). I would guess the fairway is probably around 80 yards wide, maybe more in spots. Translation: Big.
Taken from just past the massive fairway bunker, this shot shows the slope leading up to the green complex. It also shows that, while challenging the right-hand hazards will shorten the hole, the best angle for those hoping to reach the green in two is actually from the left side. Any shot hit over the right, greenside bunker with more than a mid-iron is unlikely to hold the putting surface without a hurting wind, even though the green is 36 yards deep.
Looking back towards the tees, which are found just above and to the left of the dry patch seen in the distance over the (viewer’s left) edge of the fairway. There is quite bit of movement in the 4th green, though this photo fails to capture it. The Tiger tee for hole #5 is directly adjacent to the green, just left of the top of the flag, from this vantage point.
