Finley Hole 7
July 9, 2012 | Finley Golf Club
UNC Finley Tour
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Hole #7 Par 4
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This hole I love. I really love short par fours, such as this one.
You've got to take it and drive it just to the left of the fairway bunker on the right hand side and just let it run from right to left, as the fairway slopes from right to left. You get what I call a little ground draw. There's actually more landing room than there appears to be from the tee.
Your first image of your second shot is that you don't want to go over the green, because if you do you are absolutely dead. There's also a difficult bunker in front of the green.
The thing that amazes me about this hole is that I never feel like I've got the right club in my hand for my second shot.
It's such a difficult hole, even though it's one of the shortest ones on the golf course. This hole is sort of like number two, in that it kind of lulls you to sleep a little bit.
Tom Fazio put just one sand bunker in front of the green, but the bunker protects three-quarters of the green. It is in a perfect location if the shot comes into the green short of the target.
If you go long or left here, you're in trouble. There's a huge dropoff behind the green with an almost impossible chip back up the hill. You can flop that ball up perfectly, but it's going to take off when it hits the green because it's landing on a downslope.
The bottom line on this hole is don't be long.
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