Standing on what was to be the center of the green. The green was moved just under where the group of thorn bush is blooming. We trucked in some sand to create the pad of the green so it looks like an extension of the bank running through the fairway. The river turns just near this point, so the form of the green mirrors the land.
The green is an extension of and fits into the "old river bank" that splits the fairway into upper and lower levels. The putting surface tilts sharply from the golfer's right to left, leaving a tricky approach for those playing away from the river to the safe "high side".
A view of the bank that separates the hole into a narrower and lower fairway, and a sloping, wide fairway above. It was part of the original topography; we just built the strategy of the hole around it.
Another view of the old river bank separating the fairway into higher and lower sections. The ideal line is to be on the lower, flatter section. If you hit it to the safe, high right side, away from the river, you'll be faced with a green that slopes away from you, and is thinner. Playing straight on from the low section, the green is deeper, and tilts from your right to left.
A view from the front of the green back to the fairway. The green growth to the right of the photo is the bank for the dead-arm of the river that meanders back into the golf course.
There are no bunkers on this hole, unless you count the quarry which buffers the entire right side of the fairway. But with a fairway 60 meters wide or more, it will take talent to find it. But... I'm sure some will.
Tony Ristola
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