Fantastic stuff, Pat. You do have a heck of a lot to offer these rare times you venture outside the eristic.
Funny too... I was present for Rich's one shot at this course (my one shot also)... so well.... let's just say as this goes forward, I am available to confirm or deny Rich's recollections.
In any case I looked at that hole (not having caddie help - we had only one and he was indeed devoted to our host and tolerant of Rich
)... it seemed like driver was the obvious call to me... but it was cold, we had no warmup and it was into the wind.
One thing is certain in any case: if there is ONE GUY on this forum I will trust completely for an astute consideration of all factors going into the best playing of a golf hole IF LOWEST SCORE IS THE OBJECTIVE, it is Pat Mucci. That man puts the G in Grinder.
However... Pat, do you ever play "what the hell" golf shots? That is shots you know to be not the wisest or most practical or highest percentage play, but shots you hit just for the hell of it because they're fun... score be damned?
NGLA seemed chock-full of opportunities for those to me. If you could factor those in that would be fun also.
TH