If the tee placement is up front, it may tempt some players to go for the green, but a steep drop off on the left side and trees right and left block out errant shots and add risk to the scenario. Approach shots long will end up some 25 feet below the surface of the green. The right decision on the tee is critical on this hole. Power players will have to lay off the driver to stay short of the stream located 255 yards from the tee. A long iron approach shot still remains to very tight, three-tiered green.
Players favor the left side of the green as the area slopes to the right.
A long tee shot is a must to carry the hill, which then rewards the golfer with a difficult second shot from a downhill lie to an elevated green. Right and short of the green drops off dramatically. With a 4.399 stroke average, it was the 17th most difficult hole in all of 1999. With no greenside bunkers, this hole is often very underrated. Following a three wood or long iron off the tee, the approach shot is a blind one to an elevated green with a treacherous three level putting surface.