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The 14th Hole at Hauraki Golf Club |
It is a completely different hole in Winter to Summer. In Winter you can’t even reach the bottom of the hill, and sometimes the green is even out of reach in two shots, and if you are in the fairway you will have a long iron or rescue club, or even a 3wood. Also on the Tee shot you have a Large Tree about 100 metres from the Tee ground that comes into play if you draw or hook the ball off the Tee.
And if you are a slicer you have a Tree on the left hand side to deal with, which for the high handicapper is a real Challenge. But in the summer the hole changes completely. If the Single figure player hits a good straight drive he will have between a 5iron to a 60 degree Wedge for his second shot depending on the Wind Direction. But the Dryness of the ground brings the Out of Bounds on the left into play. And if the Drive is hit with a draw or hook on it, it can land on the severely sloping right to left fairway slope and kick viciously left to end over the fence and Out of Bounds meaning the player will need to reload and play his third shot from the tee again.
When hitting your second shot you don’t want to miss on the front right because you will be in the only bunker surrounding the green. But if you miss left you will more than likely be out of Bounds especially in the Summer. And also if you miss short you leave yourself a difficult chip that is hard to get up and down. Once you are on the green you will notice the green slopes from back to front. And the green has some tricky little breaks in it that will see a lot putts that look like going in miss.
So in my Opinion a par on this hole is a fine Achievement, and a Bogey is not too bad either. It does offer birdies as well. But they have to be 3 well played golf shots. This hole is just another example of some of the great golf holes we have on courses in the Thames Valley.
And if you are a slicer you have a Tree on the left hand side to deal with, which for the high handicapper is a real Challenge. But in the summer the hole changes completely. If the Single figure player hits a good straight drive he will have between a 5iron to a 60 degree Wedge for his second shot depending on the Wind Direction. But the Dryness of the ground brings the Out of Bounds on the left into play. And if the Drive is hit with a draw or hook on it, it can land on the severely sloping right to left fairway slope and kick viciously left to end over the fence and Out of Bounds meaning the player will need to reload and play his third shot from the tee again.
When hitting your second shot you don’t want to miss on the front right because you will be in the only bunker surrounding the green. But if you miss left you will more than likely be out of Bounds especially in the Summer. And also if you miss short you leave yourself a difficult chip that is hard to get up and down. Once you are on the green you will notice the green slopes from back to front. And the green has some tricky little breaks in it that will see a lot putts that look like going in miss.
So in my Opinion a par on this hole is a fine Achievement, and a Bogey is not too bad either. It does offer birdies as well. But they have to be 3 well played golf shots. This hole is just another example of some of the great golf holes we have on courses in the Thames Valley.
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