Marquette Golf Club - Greywalls Course Part 3

Hole 10

Par 4
336 | 336 | 320 | 283 yards

A short straight ahead par 4.  The right portion of this hole is the shared fairway of the 9th hole.

The rock in the center of the fairway should actually be considered the right edge of this hole.  On the left, the large rock outcrop frames the other side of the hole. Obviously there is plenty of room to miss right of the rock in the fairway, but this is due to the shared space with the 9th.

On the approach, you must avoid 2 hazards on either side of the green.  The left side has a large bunker and the right side has a large rocky area.  Playing in from the right side of the fairway can require you to carry over these rocks should the pin be on the right side.

All in all this may be one of the easiest holes on the course.  It is short and there is plenty of room off the tee with very little to worry about.  Assuming you get a good drive you should have a close wedge into the green.

Hole 11

Par 4
388 | 388 | 363 | 319 yards

Another fairly short par 4, the elevated tees here show you the myriad placement of bunkers that await you on this hole.  The smartest play here is too hit to about 140 yards out.  From there you play short of all of the bunkers and then have a fairly short second shot.

Playing a more aggressive tee shot, the best line would be down the right side to avoid the bunkers clustered down the left.  The right side brings some pretty severe mounds in play on the fairway though.  A shot that hits those hills isn't likely to run very far.

Your second shot will need to carry the bunkers into a 40+ yard deep green.  Provided you dont come up short, there are actually no bunkers around the green.

On your approach a miss to the right is the best mistake.  A hill there can feed your ball back onto the green.  A miss long or left will find a sharp bank just off the green.  A chip from down in this collection area is no fun on a short-sided pin.  This picture is from the next tee looking back at the green and the big slope off the green.

Hole 12

Par 4
491 | 463 | 382 | 350 yards

The 12th is a long but straight par 4.  A slight rise in front of the back tee prevents you from seeing the fairway clearly but just aim it down the middle.  A miss right is bad as trees line that entire side from tee to green.  Missing left offers more forgiveness.

On your second shot you will probably have a long ways in. A pair of bunkers sit in front of the green which is slightly elevated from the fairway making the long approaches a little harder.  Getting on here in two is probably not common for most people playing here, hence this being the number one handicap.

Hole 13

Par 5
559 | 534 | 514 | 434 yards

A second back-to-back long hole, this one is a par 5.   This one plays back in the opposite direction and adjacent to the 12th hole.  Again this one is pretty much dead straight ahead again.

Being the longest hole of the day, it is designed to encourage free swinging off the tee.  Down the left side a string of three bunkers start to come into play about 290 yards from the back tees. Another set of traps sit across the fairway on the left side another 100 yards up the hole from the first bunker on the left. Then closer to the hole, another 100 yards up is another set back on the left side.

The bunkering is really the only defense here.  They are well placed.  The first group on the left closest to the tee threaten only long drivers.  The next 2 sets of bunkers on either side of the hole are placed as dangers on the typical second shots being hit off line.

Closer to the green one more phalanx of bunkers stretch across the front of a triangular green complex.  Aside from the length of the hole the toughest challenge will be the green which has breaks in all different directions.

Hole 14

Par 4
449 | 449 | 414 | 401 yards

Yet another long hole faces you on the 14th.  This hole has the primary trouble down the left side where trees border the hole.  To the right it is more open, being adjacent to the 13th you just played.

The fairway landing area off the tee is pretty generous with no real trouble until you get to about 140 yards from the green.  From here the fairway squeezes down with the treeline encroaching more from the left, and a grove of trees sitting down the right side.

The green is crowned with a significant drop off on the left and back sides. It is another deep but relatively narrow target canted diagonally on your approach.  I would imagine the best line to play this hole is down the right side.  This prevents the primary danger of the trees down the left and allows for attacking the length of the green on your approach.

Hole 15

Par 3
240 | 202 | 179 | 129 yards

To cap off the string of long holes starting on 12 is the longest par 3 of the day, the 15th.

You have a forced carry to a wide open green.  There is a bit of fairway to miss short of the green, though that extends to only maybe 15 yards before falling off into the valley that separates the tees and the green.

This green is one of the rare ones where it is shallower than it is wide.  A good tee shot is required from the tips, being 240 yards away.

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