Waynesboro Municipal Tour Part 5

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Hole 5: 240 yards

The tightest drive on the course, but the green is very reachable.

This is the shortest par 4 on the golf course.  It is very easily reachable on the drive, however, this is the narrowest hole on the golf course.  There is out of bounds along the left, and just like the hole before it, I've hooked many, many golf balls into those trees.  Or occasionally, over them.  If there's one thing I'm really good at when it comes to golf, it's missing holes by ridiculous amounts.  This is also one of the flattest holes on the course, and it's a nice respite from a mostly very hilly round.

Not a bad place to hit your second

If you've hit a good drive, the second can actually be quite challenging.  If the course is still soft, then the pitch or chip is not that bad, but over the summer when it gets dry, things get interesting.  The reason for this is that both the green and the portion of the fairway right before the green fall sharply away towards the back.  It does no good to hit it high, pitch shots will run right through the green towards the graveyard.  Yes, there is a graveyard, and yes, I have hit into it.  Anyway, if there's a decent place to miss on this hole, it's left and a little short.  There are a couple of mounds over there, but you don't want to be green-high.  There is a bunker left of the green.  This isn't an impossible green, this is an easy hole, but you have to be comfortable with the ground game if you don't quite have the length to get to this green.

The green from the back.  Note that the back is much lower than the front.

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