The 16th is a 198 yard par three. This one plays downhill.
The old steps leading down the hill aren't usable anymore.
One last peek back at the 15th green and 16th tee.
The trouble here is all short. I think that combined with the downhill tee, club selection is tougher than it should be. Looking back up the hill from behind the green.
The 17th is a 368 yard par four that doglegs gently right. A somewhat newer tree sits at the inside of the dogleg near a bunker.
The bunker on the right is around 220 yards from the tee. The two smaller bunkers further ahead on the left are around 260.
Just short of the green. To the right of the bunker begins the 1st hole's portion of the double green.
A lot of fun trying to two putt down the slope and back up the hill to the outward hole location.
The course ends with another par three, 202 yards. The green is back to the left, with the tee shot being aimed over the bunker. Unless, of course, you're Anthony who took it out over the trees and
cut sliced it back onto the green. Worth one last look at the first fairway width and movement.
Big fall off to the right for those playing safely away from the parking lot. If you look closely, you can see Anthony's ball on the far left side of the green, just outside of the shadows. His birdie putt ended up being the shot heard 'round Aiken, literally, in a display that would put Hale Irwin's trot around the 18th at Medinah to shame.
I should have posted this photo at the beginning. Just one look at the putting green would give you a hint that fun awaits.
Jim's dog, who he found as a stray living in a maintenance building on the course. Very fond of leftovers from the grill upstairs (the dog, not Jim).
A photo of a photo - the famed masked squirrel. Jim said they like chewing on the sand bottles.
