The 1st at White Bear Yacht Club sets the tone, immediately, for what is to come.
The teeing area sits on a high point directly next to the Golf House, flagpole, and is attached to the putting green. Other players and groups are usually milling about, waiting for their turn to go off, adds to the anticipation.
The view from the tee shows the fairway, about 40-50ft below the teeing area, and includes a massive 30ft tall hump 150 yards from the green. Much like the rest of the holes at WBYC, a player must decide how to best play the fairway contours with the mindset on how to attack that day's pin.
The green, elevated and largely blind, is protected by an extremely deep bunker left, and a shaved mound middle short that repels weakly hit balls left, right, and back down the fairway slope.
The green itself is wild, with a huge flange on the back left and right and a subtle bowl feature short right.
It's a wonderful golf hole, and it gets the WBYC party started in a hurry![size=78%] [/size]