1Truly the first of eighteen great finishing holes, the green is invisible from the tee on this sharp dogleg right. The lone pine on the mound to the right beckons the ambitious plaTruly the first of eighteen great finishing holes, the green is invisible from the tee on this sharp dogleg right. The lone pine on the mound to the right beckons the ambitious pla2As the soaring eagle looks down on all it surveys, so does the elevated green of number two,affording a breathtaking panorama of the wide ascending fairway. A judicious tee ball is struck to the right center of the fairway, leaving a relatively level stance for the short The long, narrow green is faced with one daunting bunker running its full length. A natural amphitheater is created by the sloping hillside guarding the left side of the green, off3The swirling winds of Huckle Hill make this long downhill par three a contradiction to all who attempt to select the proper club.Facing the golfer in the shape of a child’s bicycle seat, the green is flanked by two severe bunkers at entry point. The dual tiered green terminates in an unruly sloping hillsid4One looks uphill to the saddle- shaped landing area of this modest par four, with hillside to the left and deep bunkers to the right, and a bit of Prestwick can be inferred.Like Prestwick, the penalties which are not visible are severe indeed. An overly strong tee shot to the left will run through the fairway,down a slope, into a heavily wooded area. The proper tee shot comes to rest in the center of the saddle, and gives a clear view of the green with its vortex contours. An errant app5down a slope, into a heavily wooded area. The proper tee shot comes to rest in the center of the saddle,and gives a clear view of the green with its vortex contours. An errant approach leaves the golfer with a myriad of plays, none of them desirable.6Whatever may be gained at the fifth can quickly be lost on this mighty par four.A powerful drive struck to the right center of the long descending fairway leaves a relatively straight, uphill shot with a mid to long iron toward the left bunkered, wood armored An errant tee shot requires that the golfer play his second shot short of the green and toward the right slope. A birdie here reflects the mettle of the man, as well as his skill.7Nowhere, save perhaps for the twelfth hole, is there a more lyrical par four.The tee ball must be struck just past the end of the phalanx of bunkers protecting the left corner of the fairway, where it breaks sharply to the watery grave protecting the puttinThe strong player may opt (at some peril) to play over the bunkers, but with little recompense. The second shot must avoid the bunker right, a hillside beyond, and water in front o8Many a golfer’s ashes will be scattered over this hole, but well before they had intended to leave this vale of toil and sin. From the elevated tee the golfer may stand awestruckAfter finding the fairway with the tee shot, the golfer has the option of laying up shot, leaving a mid to long iron to the green, or playing a heroic second shot longer and into aThence a fiendish shot over a lake to a green offering a variety of challenging pin locations. Discretion here is the better part of valor.9It would appear here that the green has been misplaced, since surely that thin diagonal ribbon in the distance fronted by the creek, the bank,and the bunker cannot be a viable target. A glance downward to the flat reveals that the challenge is exactly as it appears, and calls for a tee shot struck to the left center of t10This monumentally strong and straightforward hole is a prime example of pure parkland golf, and a precursor of things to come.Despite the broad, open fairway, the tee ball should be struck to the right center and left of the kugel (mound).The golfer must then play an uphill shot to a double tiered green with bunkers left and right, and a babbling brook below. Few indeed are the players who can exceed the green and m11The picture of a Redan hole at North Berwick or The National comes to mind here when one views this wide, narrow par three with bunkers in front and chasm and brook below. Club sel12If greatness in a golf course is measured in the character of its short par fours, here truly is the soul of Crumpin- Fox.The gentle left curve of the descending fairway reveals all to the golfer at first glance, save for the penalties for those who transgress.A modest tee shot to the left of the cliff and forest leaves a short second to the green. The green is three leveled, and protected to the right with a bunker, to the back by a cre13Towering pines line the fairway of this straight-away par four. From the elevated tee the first shot is struck towards the right center,just left of yet another fairway kugel. The kidney shaped green is protected right and rear by bunkers, and slopes subtly toward a pond in front. The wise golfer will make his mist14No less and authority than the late BO-Bby Jones regarded the short par fives as the linchpin of a golf course, and one wishes that he could view number fourteen. Modest in length The prudent player lands his second shot short of the pond which fronts the green, the audacious player plays at the green or to the small landing area to the right of the pond. Se15One must reach the putting surface of this mid- length par three after traversing the pond and cope with deep bunkers left, a steep hillside to the rear or a wooded bank right. The16Only a prodigious striker of the ball can anticipate a reasonable shot into this immense par four.The tee ball must be played down the left side of the fairway to afford a clear view of the hole as it bends uphill to the right toward and elevated green.Bunkers and woods left and right insure that the green itself remains inviolate to all but the purest shot. Yet another facet of this hole is the deceptive speed with which a putt 17The intricacies of this long, meandering test of golf are not readily evident from the tee.The strong player must play his tee ball as closely as possible to the ominous pine tree on the right of the fairway to have any hope of reaching the green in two.The prudent player assays a tee shot down the center of the fairway, and places his second to the right of the hickory- bearing hump in the center of the fairway. From here an open18Surely one of the most draconian finishing holes ever encountered, and a hole worthy of Darwin’s ennO-Blement.The tree lined tee box faces secretly left to “The Office”- a collection area of golf balls, rocks, trees and broken dreams. The proper tee shot is played down the right center
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