TEPaul Division, #8 Seed, Tamarack, Hole #7, 187 yards
This hole was once a lot longer according to Paul Runyon--I had to drive him by the course on the way to a hotel in Greenwich back in 1989. We stood in the parking lot for a few minutes while he reminised how the course used to give him fits because the bunkers were so deep. He pointed to this hole and said it was the longest Redan that they used to play back in the day. I think the tee used to be back forty yards which would make things kick accross the green better. I currently does not play anything like a Redan.
Here is the view of Tamarack's #7 Redan hole from the tee box. You can see the fairway bunker 50 yards short of the green, but there are 2 giant bunkers front left and back right, which are not even visible from the tee box.
This picture gives a sense of the size of the right rear bunker (behind the huge hill on the green). The picture was taken from the 8th tee, to the right of the hole and looking across the green. You can also see how the rectangular green is actually angled 45 degrees so the front left bunker actually has greater carry the further to the left you go (although it looks parallel from the tee). Makes the back left pin particularly sneaky for those trying to carry the front left bunker.
This picture, from the left of the hole, gives nice perspective of the front left "hole" bunker. Note from the size of the pin, how deep this bunker actually is, standing in it, you are a good 10-12 feet below the putting surface. One of my least favorite places at Tamarack!
