10th Hole
Par 5 – 587, 568, 540, 490, 437 – Hdcp 8
Flyover
http://youtu.be/M0hnOWIBSA4When we last left off, Brent and I had abandoned our demon possessed cart and finished the 9th hole with our bags on our back.
As we walked off the 9th hole and past the clubhouse, we walked right by the rows of carts lined up next to the practice area. We did not stop to get a new cart as, while extremely difficult walk, Brent and I were confident that we could walk this course within the 5 hour pace that we were playing to. Frankly, I would much prefer to walk 100 yards between every hole than wait 5 to 10 min on every hole riding the cart. The experience with a directionally challenged GPS-equipped nanny cart was certainly not helping the matter.
As we were about half way between the clubhouse and the 10th tee, the club pro raced towards us in a cart. He stopped and told us in no uncertain terms that the course is cart-only and we MUST ride a cart with no exceptions. We tried to explain that the demonically possessed cart would not move and we had no choice but to abandon the cart, and we would really prefer to continue that way. The pro was having none of that. He actually accused us of driving the cart into a forbidden area and not following clearly defined guidelines.
Let’s just say we were not pleased about being falsely accused of doing something we were not supposed to do with the cart. Now, I develop software for living. I have actually worked on projects with GPS positioning. I KNOW how much error is involved with using GPS. Relying on GPS to be accurate enough to avoid driving into bunkers on a golf course is not a good idea. It should be used for something much more general, like driving the cart away from the course, not fine tuning where golfers can and cannot go on the course. Siding on error prone GPS system over your paying customers is a foolish endeavor.
Brent walked away in frustration. The situation was escalating enough that I did what don’t like doing – I told him that I am a rater for GW and that I was here to rate the course. I like to rate courses like restaurant critics rate a restaurant – incognito, but I just wanted to diffuse the situation. The pro backed down a bit, I told him I will take the cart and we were on our merry way to the 10th tee… where we proceeded to wait another 5 min for the group in front of us to clear (this is after about 15 or 20 min detour). Nice.
Back to the course, the tee shot on this par 5 look much like other holes, short bunker to carry and far bunker too far to reach.
Unlike other holes, 10th does give you some extra space to the right for a slice.
Short approach to the green
The green seems to be designed to accept a long fade second shot.