Finley Hole 10
July 9, 2012 | Finley Golf Club
UNC Finley Tour
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Hole #10 Par 4
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In honor of: The V.W. Lane Family |
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We're heading down the back side now.
Number 10 is kind of a controversial hole, but Tom Fazio likes it.
Every golf course has a controversial hole that people just aren't too sure about, and this is ours. Everybody thinks that when you come to a long par four you have to hit a driver, but that isn't the case.
It's 210 yards from the Gold tee to the fairway bunkers, so your shot off the tee should be with a three wood or a five wood.
From the front tees this hole gets much easier. There's not much of a dog leg at all, it's basically a straight shot.
The success I've had on this hole has been the times I've hit a five wood off the tee, then another five wood into the green.
The day Joe Inman played it he hit a driver right down the right tree line with a little cut. He could not have stood here and hit a hundred balls and hit one any better. As we walked off the tee I told him he was dead. He said "what do you mean I'm dead, I hit it perfect."
I said yes, but look what you've got left. You're going to have about 190 from a severe downhill, sidehill lie with a long iron to an elevated green. So we drive down there and Joe says, "Hey Johnny, I'm dead."
What you have to ask yourself is do you want a fairway wood into the green from a level lie, or do you want a long iron from a sidehill, downhill lie.
The green has no sand bunkers around it. It doesn't need them. It's hard enough as it is.
Play this hole like it was designed, and par should not be a difficult problem.
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