Waynesboro Municipal Tour Part 7

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6

Hole 7: 178 yards

This is the longer of the two par 3's, and for some reason, it plays more difficult than it looks.  Maybe it's the lack of having to hit mid-irons on this course, but I do not see this green hit very often.  The hole is almost perfectly flat, and it really isn't that long a hole.  There is one bunker to the right, and some mounding left.  I'm probably stretching here, but this green complex shares some similarities with the 11th at St. Andrews, otherwise known as the Eden, which is a often-copied replica hole.  The original has a bunker left, but other than that, they both have a bunker front right, both slope sharply back to front, and missing both long results in a very difficult second.  This hole even has a line of trees behind the green, a very rough analogue of the Eden Estuary.

If you want to miss this green anywhere, miss it short.  You'll have a little uphill chip shot that couldn't be any easier.  Now, that's never stopped me from making a complete mess of the safe play, but that's down to short game deficiency rather than difficulty of the shot.  As I said, long is not a good place to be, and you definitely do not want to short-side yourself, as it is very hard to stop a chip on this green from rolling out.  This green has quite a bit of slope to it, and putts hit from above the hole can get away from you if you're not careful.  Frankly, I'm happy to get past this hole with a par.  It really isn't that easy.


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