This hole plays very different depending on the wind. Into the wind, one really wants to take as short a line to the hole (over the bunker) as possible as a tee shot to the right will leave a very long second. Downwind, the hole is very reachable and the primary concern is avoiding the centerline bunker some 280 yards from the tee.
Black Tee (On 525 Yard Blue Tee)
White Tee (On 433 Yard Green Tee)
Playing short and left of the centerline bunker leaves this view. From the left, there is a forced carry over the bunker 100 yards short of the green if one wants to have a short third. A second shot from the left, unlike from the right, gives the player a glimpse of the flag.
From just left of the centerline bunker; about 230 yards out:
If you are lucky enough to catch this hole playing hard downwind (as I did on one of my plays), the hole plays nothing more than a short par 4. If you manage to avoid the centerline bunker, the tee shot will take the slope of the fairway to the left and will settle in to a low spot leaving a blind, 140 yard shot into the par 5! Here's what the approach will look like from there:
Approach from about 75 Yards from the left:
Approach from about 100 yards from the right:
Once again, there is a very clever use of the collection area. Left of the green there is a massive, pretty severely sloped and deep collection area. Shots that trickle off the left edge will not collect down, but anything with some speed will. Shots hit from the left side of the fairway will only find the collection area with a very poor shot, hence rewarding the brave play to carry the bunker 100 yards short of the green.
From the right, however, the collection area is very much in play. With the green playing diagonal to the line of play from the right, one must get both the line and the yardage spot-on or they will have to deal with the deep bunkers short/right or the collection area long/left. This golf course rewards aggressive play.
View from long-left. Notice the massive collection area:
A look back at number 6: