Par 4
312 | 293 | 279 | 247 yards
A brilliantly tough hole that demands a thinking approach to the hole. A generous landing area is split into two levels, an upper right side and lower left half. This generous area ends abruptly around 75 yards from the green. This is thanks to two large bunkers that choke the fairway to a narrow point here.
The right side of the landing area is fringed by sand its entire length. The left edge of the hole is bordered by water.
From the back tees you also must hit over the mounding that comprises the forward tee box.
My Dad found the lower shelf, and unfortunately the bunker that lives on that side.
Here you can see the green nestled between and behind the two imposing bunkers.
The walk up this fairway offers some great views and shows the scale of just how big Streamsong is.
Any shot hit into the cavernous left bunker (which starts 60 yards from the green) will be next to impossible to get up and onto the green. Getting out of the bunker in a single shot is hard enough but hitting onto the green requires hitting into the narrow angle of the green. Taking your medicine and hitting out of the bunker sideways, or backwards may be a better option.
This green is very deep but narrow. The left edge is fronted by a bunker and the right edge is a false side. This is the view from the front of the green. A bunker wraps around the back right of the green, but I can't see how that hazard can come into play.
Hitting in to the right edge of the green, when the pin is located there is a dangerous proposition. It is likely your ball will not hold the green and you will be hitting a difficult short side chip or putting up a severe slope, as all of my playing partners did.
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