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est point of the golf course, sur-
rounded by woods on both sides
plus out-of-bounds on the right
and a swamp on the left closer
to the green, a truly majestic
sight from which you can see
part of numbers 11, 13 and 14.
The goal for the better men play-
ers is to drive the ball over the
valley to the flat area on an oth-
erwise hilly and sloping fairway.
If it isn't a good drive and the ball
is in the valley, then it becomes
a very tough hole because you're
hitting a blind shot with a fair-
way wood or long iron for your
approach to a very small green
that's difficult to hold.
As a par-5 for the women, the
ball can be managed by players
of wider ability. A decent drive
will either see the ball land in
the valley or on one of the steep
slopes. Figuring out what club
to take next makes the hole ex-
citing. Some take a fairway
wood and hit it as far as they can
while others use a mid iron to lay
up. In either case there's a short
iron approach shot to the green
which is small and narrow, slop-
ing from back to front. Anything
above the flag is an easy 3-putt.
Earl Schwartz also listed a
par-3 as one of his favorite holes.
Playing at Edgewood CC in
Commerce Township, Earl de-
scribes the 208-yard number 9
as sneaky, challenging, a fairly
straight hole that requires 180
yards of carry to a green that is
surrounded by bunkers. Only a
very small neck-opening on the
right is available for miss-hits,
but a pin placement at the back
end of the tee could require two
more clubs. The fairway is tree-
lined on one side and runs along
Commercial Road on the other.
Fred Steinhardt also select-
ed a par-4 as his favorite hole at
Franklin CC. He chose num-
ber 17, a 400-yard dogleg right
in which a very good tee shot over
the water takes the dogleg out of
play and gives you a sand-iron or
wedge to the green. According to
Fred, the shot over the water has
a low percentage of success
among members. The big hitters
can go directly over the water,
the better players can shave a bit
off the dogleg, and the rest would
do just as well playing the dog-
leg. The kidney-shaped green is
bounded by bunkers on the right
and left .
Cathy Deutchman also de-
scribes a par-4 at Franklin CC as
one of her favorites: the short
number 13 (298 yards for ladies).
Accuracy is a must for this hole
with out-of-bounds on the left
and woods on the right. The tee
box and the green are at the
same level, but the tee shot is hit
down into a valley. If her drive is
good, Cathy will take a mid or
short-iron and go for the green
which is protected in front by
bunkers. Some women lay up
their second shot to just in front
of the bunkers and then use a
sand iron to approach the green.
The problem everyone faces is
that this green is very difficult:
unless the ball is hit high and
soft, it rolls off the green. Then
you're faced with a delicate pitch
shot from the rough with an up-
hill lie. And once you're on the
green, your problems could just
be starting. Sloping back to front,
anything beyond the flag is like-
ly to run by the hole for a 3-putt.
The long par-4 14th hole at
Radwick Farms in Ann Arbor
is Rob Sachs' favorite hole. The
470-yard hole plays slightly dog
leg left with a large bunker bor-
dering the left landing area from
the drive. When the hole plays
downwind, the long hitters can
aim for the right side of the
bunker, fly it, and be in perfect
position for a short iron to the
green. The green is huge and
can make the hole five clubs
longer when the flag is placed at
the back.
Rob is also a member of
Washtenaw CC in Ypsilanti
where his favorite hole is the ne-
farious number 13. This dogleg
right par- 4, measuring 373
yards from the back tees, re-
quires a tee shot that flies at
least 150 yards over the water.
Then depending on the wind, a
player may use anything from a
1-iron to a 9-iron to approach the
green. If the player's normal shot
is a hook or draw, he may be in
trouble because of the bunkers
down the left side near the land-
ing area although that bunker
has saved a lot of balls from go-
ing into the woods. The slightly
mounded green is bunkered
front left and front right and
breaks the opposite way it looks
like it should break.
Both Rick Watnik and Julie
Korotkin selected the sixth hole
on the north course at Detroit
Golf Club as their favorite hole.
From the forward tees the hole
is 335 yards and from the back
tees, it's 370 yards off an elevat-
ed tee that gives you a nostalgic
view of the old homes in Palmer
Woods on the left. Heavy trees
line the right side. The tee shot
requires accuracy because down
the left are two bunkers near the
landing area and down the right
a huge maple that can block your
second shot to the green. The
two-tiered green is protected by
a gaping bunker on the left and
slopes severely from back to
front. If you overhit the green,
the ball runs all the way down a
small hill making it a tough
blind shot to get back on the
green; hit too hard, the ball could
run right through the green and
off. It's not a difficult hole to
score a par, but it also doesn't
take much to shoot an eight.
Stewart Young says the par-
4 ninth hole on the south course
is his favorite at Walnut Creek.
The drive has to be perfect off
this dogleg left that curves
around the water. A push to the
right and the hole becomes very
long; a pull to the left and you're
in the water. Longer hitters of-
ten use a 3-wood to make sure
their tee shot remains in the nar-
row landing area on the fairway
rather than rolling through the
fairway and ending up in the
rough.
Sue Young prefers the fourth
hole on the west course, a 114-
yard par-3. The tee shot is over
water but the 85-yard carry is
short enough so that the women
are able to shoot for the elevated
green. Depending on the player's
ability, the women use anything
from a short iron to a wood for
their tee shot. Bunkers border-
ing the green penalize any errant
shot making. According to Sue,
this is one of the most fair par-3s
for women.
Too often there's a tendency to
equate a great hole with one
that's outrageously difficult. In-
terestingly, not one of our golfers
used that as a criterion. Some of
the better players selected holes
they found truly challenging, de-
manding top-quality shots. Oth-
ers selected holes they found
playable and enjoyable and didn't
exhaust them when they com-
pleted the last put. And a few se-
lected holes that required making
the right decision for playing the
hole. What's even more telling
is that everyone said they enjoyed
playing the golf hole they de-
scribed. Good golfing, gang! O
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