Hole 10: Heather Drive
White tee: 440 yards
Yellow tee: 429 yards
Red tee: 392 yards
A great hole that can reward brain and brawn equally. At last, long hitters will get the feeling they can wind up a little, an opportunity here to hit a high draw around the corner. But anything left is a reload and anything long and right will be blocked out. The smartest play is for the right side of the fairway, leaving a longer shot in. The green entrance is narrow and the left side must be avoided at all costs. Unless the pin is at the very front, be sure to play sufficient club for your approach, as it is subtly uphill all the way. Par here is a great score, but it should not be sought at all costs.
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Hole 11: Edgcumbe
White tee: 495 yards
Yellow tee: 477 yards
Red tee: 381 yards
Long hitters can comfortably get home in two with two straight blows. But being the only par 5 on a tight course, this may be the first time a longer hitter has reached for the driver, which makes a birdie more of an achievement than first imagined. Shorter hitters should favour the left side of the fairway and position themselves for a short iron for their third. Ideally play your approach past the pin for an easier putt back up the undulating green. A great opportunity to make up for the tough 10th.
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Hole 12: Captains’ Corner
White tee: 372 yards
Yellow tee: 343 yards
Red tee: 291 yards
A blind tee shot that ideally should be threaded down the left side, fading back into the middle. All the trouble is down the right. When playing the 7th, try to make a note of the pin position, as this is a long green and its position can effect your choice from the tee. If the pin is tucked back right, take advantage of the free space left off the tee, as you will leave yourself an open shot at the pin. A tricky green to read, the best approach is generally past the pin.
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Hole 13: Fitzgerald
White tee: 213 yards
Yellow tee: 203 yards
Red tee: 174 yards
A great par 3. Unless the pin is tucked hard left, you are best to favour a left side approach, as anything right will be gathered up by the deep bunkers that lurk there. Take sufficient club, as few players go long here. The tee is skewed away to the right, so tee off on the right side to ease alignment problems and to hit away from the right hand bunkers.
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Hole 14: Upcott
White tee: 425 yards
Yellow tee: 416 yards
Red tee: 371 yards
A hole with numerous strategies. Whilst long hitters can drive to a position leaving a short iron in, anything marginally right or left is inevitably punished or blocked out. Shorter hitters should play up the left side, leaving space to play over the silver birch that stands sentry on the corner. The percentage approach shot is long and right of the pin, leaving a putt or chip to a green sloping toward you.
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Hole 15: Palmer
White tee: 379 yards
Yellow tee: 351 yards
Red tee: 315 yards
A straightforward looking hole that tempts you to slam driver, but whatever club avoids the new bunkers on the left will leave a conventional approach. It is all too easy to be short with your approach here; the green is long, the prevailing wind into your face and there is an inconspicuous uphill slope all the way to the back of the green.
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Hole 16: The Pines
White tee: 167 yards
Yellow tee: 162 yards
Red tee: 147 yards
Another lovely par 3. With two bunkers down the right and the prevailing left to right breeze often felt on the tee can easily trick players into over doing their left sided approach. The tall pine copse running down the left side often brakes any wind, leaving players bemused as their ball stubbornly refuses to bend and finds the left bunker. Unless the pin is tight to the back of the green, again, play enough club.
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Hole 17:Road Hole
White tee: 416 yards
Yellow tee: 409 yards
Red tee: 394 yards
A good drive up the left side of the fairway helps get up in two and avoids the dreaded fairway bunker. The natural contours of the green slope left to right, so play for the left half of the green. What can be a fiendish green, ideally try to leave your ball below the hole for an uphill putt. If the pin is anywhere left, make it a priority.
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Hole 18: Nearly Home
White tee: 409 yards
Yellow tee: 403 yards
Red tee: 342 yards
A great finishing hole. The longer a golfer can drive, the more they should keep snug right off the tee, as anything left can leave a difficult approach over trees or sharply round them. The green is very long, so pay attention to the yardage and favour being up to the pin, no matter where it is on the green.
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