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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