On Par
The
Favourite
HolesBy Brian Tan , NSRCC Vice Captain at NSRCC Changi and Kranji
In my previous two articles , I reviewed some of our signature holes and holes with low indices .
Both articles contained a fair amount of lamentation of lost balls and penalty strokes . In this article , the focus is on holes where the score should be a par or better , even for weekend golfers .
Changi Hole # 16 301m from the Blue tees means that a driver off the tee isn ' t required to get on the green in two . Using a shorter and supposedly more accurate club off the tee should take the bunkers on the left , OB on the extreme left and red penalty area on the right out of play .
My personal preference is for a hybrid 180m straight down the middle ( hopefully ) which should leave a 120m approach shot to the green .
The green is long but narrow , guarded on both front left and right with deep bunkers . The slope on the right hand side of the green after the bunkers is less steep , so the preferred areas to miss the green is long and right .
Long and left is also not preferred as there is the cart path and I ' ve seen balls get an extra bounce off the cart path into the OB .
The green has three tiers but the transitioning slopes between the tiers are not that severe , so two putting for par should be doable .
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