The numbers say the previous hole is the most difficult on the course. But the regular players give the nod to this par four ‘mystery spot’ of weird angles and slopes. The fairway bends to the right, yet the lay of the land slides off to the left. And if you hit the perfect drive, you know the one—straight and down the middle, chances are you’ll wind up just behind the mid-fairway lilac bush, cursing your aromatic good fortune.
Then there is the green from hell. If there is a flat spot on this small green, shaded by a dense row of cedars, it has yet to be found and claimed in the name of golf sanity. A par here is cause for celebration, but not too much because there is still one more hole to play.
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