This is the par-3 9th hole at Dunfanaghy GC, a lovely mellow, quiet links in Donegal. Not one of the obvious big stars of Irish golf nor indeed of the area but a thoroughly enjoyable place to play, splendidly conditioned and in a wonderfully scenic position. Not easy either. There is a terrific photo tour of the whole course, one of the best photo tours posted on GCA IMO, by Donal - see -
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,49256.0.html - for more.
The hole plays 124 metres from the daily tees. From the medal tee it plays a bit longer and the tee shot is angled such that more of the beach, which is OOB, has to be carried.
What do you think of the hole?
What,
if anything, would you do to improve it?
Below are a variety of photos taken from different angles.
I'm curious as to what architects and enthusiast think of the hole, which is why I've termed it a
one hole case study.
From the tee
from nearer the green
From the rear (10th tee)
from the left side
from close-by the left side
from the left side at the rear
Depending on the response I'll do a separate thread on both a similarly quietly located, lesser known par-4 and par-5 sometime.
So what do you think of this hole?
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