9th Hole - Shannon Golf Course
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Distance From Back Tees : 472 yards
Distance From Mid Tees : 455 yards
Distance From Easy Tees : 439 yards
Mens Par : 4
Mens SI : 1
Distance From Ladies Tees : 331 yards
Ladies Par : 4
Ladies SI : 9
HOLE GUIDE
TEE SHOT : Hit it straight and hit it long. This is a par 4 but it plays like a par 5 at best. Play for a par and you might be lucky. Try to get level with the trees that encroach on the fairway on the left hand side. It's dodgy left but the right hand side is very tricky to get out of or even to find a ball if it goes into the brush.
APPROACH SHOT : Chances are you'll be still needing a long iron/wood for the second. It's not a bad green to hit if you can catch a glimpse through your binoculars. It really is a long par 4.
THE GREEN : Thankfully it's not taxing really. If it was you'ld just take a scratch and walk to the 10th. Green slopes from back left to bottom right.
OVERALL TIPS : You have to be very aggressive here or you'll be plodding up the fairway. There are par 5s in other courses that are shorter than this par 4. You need a long tee shot and a long 2nd and then your looking to get close to the green. If you need to lay up then lay up and cut your losses and try to pitch close. Take a bogey if you can.
OBSTACLES
Out Of Bounds : None really but again, if you get a bill for excess baggage from a transatlantic airline for your golf ball you'll know that you may need to play a provisional...Just in case the guys in the Big Apple won't let you play from the runway in JFK.
Trees : All the way down the left, there's a fair few on the right and there's a bit of a clearing on the right by the green. The back of the green is riddled with very thick trees in case you get the yardage horribly wrong.
Bunkers : It's all clear until the green and there's a bunker left and right but there's enough of the green to aim for.
Interactive Scorecard
Course Type :
Parkland
Course Distance : 6763 yds (Hard) - 6448 yds (Med) - 6238 (Easy) - 5634 (Lady)
SSS Score : 72 (Hard) - 71 (Med) - 70 (Easy) - 74 (Lady)
How to Use The Interactive Scorecard :
Click on the hole number to go to that hole's page. On that page you'll get indepth information on that hole with photographs & tips on how to play the hole & hopefully it will help to get you around the course with a few less figures on the card that you would have expected.
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