The Course - Hole 9

Pro's Tip:

A great short hole where a tee shot ending up in the middle of the green is an achievement.

Check your yardage and aim right of green centre.

Take more club when the pin is at the back of this long green.

Tom Scott:

"...the piece de resistance of the round.

This is a long short hole of 186 yards which has very few equals. The long narrow green is sited alongside the lake which is by the Club House. The lake adds beauty to the hole, but alas! I fear it traps many golf balls.

I might as well say, however, the lake is not the only hazard, for there is a ditch on the other side, and, yes, I'll go on, there is also a nasty bunker on the right. It all sounds very cruel but things always look blacker in cold print.

Anyway I am most sincere when I say this hole is a pure delight even with its hazards and the fact that members can sit on a deckchair on the Club House lawn and gloat!"