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Hole 10
play that doesn’t have water on it.” The hole doesn’t need water: Deep, steep-faced bun- kers flank the green, and the putting surface is so narrow that sand saves are essentially impossible. You can’t run the ball onto the green from the tee, either, since the narrow throat in front is crowned, so a ball landing there will kick — where else? — into a bunker. Even a safe shot to the green doesn’t guaran- tee a par; just ask Billy Casper.
Par 4 • 452 yards
The closing stretch on the West starts with the 14th hole, the first of five tough par 4s that
Gil Hanse’s renovation of the course made harder. A drive over the corner of the hole’s namesake “shamrock” bunker is ideal but still leaves the player facing a brutal cross bunker and a deceptively tight approach shot.
469 yards • par 4
“It’s best to favor the left side of the fairway off the tee,” says Gilmore. “The right side has
bunkers and trees.” The real test on the hole comes with the approach, though. As Gilmore points out, “The green is very narrow for a long hole and has bunkers on both sides. Miss- ing it pin-high is a very tough up and down.” That’s why pros who miss the fairway may choose to lay up on their approach, to leave themselves a straightforward uphill chip.
460 yards • Par 4
You don’t need to hit a hospitality tent, a tree limb, or even play out of a crowd of gasping spectators
to appreciate the hazards on the finishing hole on the West. It is the only hole on the course with bunkers on just one side of the green, but
players who miss to the right and have to pitch out of the rough in the collection area should ask Colin Montgomery what that shot can do to your score. Still, the green’s the real deal on this hole. It is 34 yards deep, about 24 wide, but the first eight yards are a more like a Sisyphean hazard where you can easily putt off the green and have to do it all over again. •
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