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Hole Description:
The Sleepy Hollow Hole at Calderone. The hole has no such formal name, but could easily become know as such for its apparent ease and comfort after the brutal test of hole number four. At this point in your round you are glad to have a short chip shot again and that is exactly what makes you anxious to get one back and fire away. Hence the trap is set and you fall into yet another missed subtle trap of the architect. Read the approach shot description for more details.
Tee Shot Tips:
Just stay out of the trap and bend it in a bit to the right and you are in great position. You can be a few feet off the green with a huge draw along the tree line right, but if you don’t get the draw, jail awaits you in the trees. Luckily, the hill feeds to the left so a straight shot at the trees can feed back into play if you want the risk reward route. Far left over the hill is Heather, but you really have to pull it to reach it. So enjoy this golf shot as you have plenty of room to blast away.
Landing Zone Tips:
Just know that regardless of where you land you are generally going to be on a down slope and that is where the test begins.
Approach Shot Tips:
It looks so simple. Just a mere 95 to 100 yards to go to birdie, and that is error you made today. Why? Well you pull out a wedge or your normal 95 to 100 yard club and think all is well and then you hit a great 100 yard shot and it flies over the green! Oh, I guess I was de-lofted after all. That is right. It is usually one club less than you think and it is also an easy shot to blade as you are swinging down the slope. Now, worse yet you think the green is receptive as it is on an upward slant…wrong again. Look at the sun behind you, it has been baking this green all week long and it is harder than 80 percent of the greens out here. Your best bet is to bounce it 10 feet left of and lower than the pin even though it seems like 3 feet will hole out. If the pin is right, then don’t even go for it. Just hit the front left quadrant and you might get close. The very center can hold and if you hit the 2nd tier and creep it up top you can hold it, but the rest seem to go long and leave you in a jail so bad you will wish you had trusted my double bogey experiences I have had on this sleepy hollow hole.
Putting Tips:
The green is fast as it bakes in the sun all day. However, if you are low and putting up the slope it plays moderate to slow. If you are on the far right and coming back down, a 40 foot putt plays like a 3.5 foot putt with very little break which will fool you. It looks like a 3 foot break but it can be almost dead straight if you are in the lower center right section and putting towards the trap. Conversely, if you are in the center left and heading back low center, you will have about 3 feet of break as the ball contends with the overall slope and the subtle slope of the right side of the green. Overall, it is not that bad to putt and can be a birdie hole if you don’t get greedy.
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