Two hooks will get you in the water twice. Green is one of the easiest to putt, but is 3 or 4 clubs deep, thereby asking good judgment on second. Good second shot (generally a wood) if drive is short of traps. Long drive with slight draw being rewarded. The fairway traps were moved to the right a few yards and flattened to make it a bit less severe. Coming out of this natural chute of huge trees, it demands both distance and direction on your drive and second shot. Here at G.C.I., #5 is just that and justifiably is handicapped #1. If you make birdie, try to be humble, even if you are great!Įvery fine golf course must have a par 4 that is way-to-hell-and-gone from the tee. If you make par, smile, and explain it to others. Putts and chips are hard to stop close to hole. Very difficult to get up-and-down if you miss green to the right. Ability to prove that you are the best putter in your group, especially if you must putt from upper-left part of green, because it is a treacherous side-hiller and usually slick. Good, solid 2 or 3-iron from the whites, or straight 4-wood. If the wind is from the east, you’ll think that they used a 5-ft. Most of us hit 3 or 4-woods, even from the yard-arm. This hole has a reputation for being a “spoiler” in the Florida scrambles, because it gives up precious few birdies. The original owners felt that there should be a good par 3 as one of the first three holes. Be satisfied with par, ’cause you’re even so far. Hard to stop ball on green coming in over the right front trap. May lose ball on range to the left or in the lake to the right. Good lag putt if approach leaves you above hole. Crisp, high short iron (6 to PW) to green. Absolutely no truth to story that the lake is there to collect the new ball you just bought. Designed to introduce the golfer to the need for straight driving here at GCI. If you can reach the water, and preferably on the left side, you leave yourself with a generous approach shot of about 150 yards. A par four that challenges you to stay left of the possible water hazard along the right side of the fairway.
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