More importantly, however, nine is the hole that could sneak up on you and leave you with a black number on your scorecard. By itself, the ninth would be challenge enough, but since it comes after the toughest hole on the course, the 8th, the hole is even more nerve-racking. The hole plays to a tee landing area slightly to the left. A bunker guards the right side of the landing area. The driving area is separated from the second part of the fairway by a narrow wetland area which feeds from the lake which guards the left side of the landing area.
Water also lines the right side of the second landing area.
The combination of the two hazards and the slight width of the fairway between the two bodies of water makes the second shot the most important on the hole. Once players have safely played their second shot, the hole opens up to a medium-sized green. As long as you stay out of the two bunkers, missing the green shouldn't be that much of a problem. The water which guarded the fairway so closely does not come near the green. Golfers tee off to a fairway which narrows throughout the landing area.