This hole just blows in 3 different ways
- the drive is not hit to the easiest of fairway targets
- the approach is long and severely elevated making it extremely difficult to stop close
- the green is slipperier than a pharmaceutical lobbyist
I would never lay up on the 2nd shot unless hitting from the rough or into a 20+ mph headwind, and in that case I would always lay up, trying to get the ball as close to the end of the fairway as possible. This will leave you with a mostly full wedge to play about 5 yards long that should drop within a yard or 2 of the cup.
On the long approach you're shooting for the front left edge rough before the green. If not on the green, the most common leave is short and in that rough, because unless the hole is back right, no one wants to go long and leave themselves with 1 of the toughest putts this game has to offer. In that rough, I've had equal success with either a flop shot or a partial full shot, both with the 64W. Play it pretty far left, almost to the left edge of the green as it will funnel back towards the cup usually within 2 yards. Play it a little longer than you think because once it hits the green it loses forward momentum. In my opinion, having enough confidence that you can place this particular shot as close as the 3rd from the lay up position is the key. Once you feel that way it's hard to justify laying up. Especially since when I do lay up and don't get that wedge within 1 yard I feel like I just wasted a shot.
I typically play the 2nd shot 20-25 yards long and usually with varying degrees of backspin. That's a full shot for me but I've seen someone use a punch shot before.
If you miss the 2nd shot long and face that dicey downhill putt, play it almost all the way to the right edge of the green and miss the meter right by a lot. It will end up within a couple yards if you have the speed down right.
Lastly, it comes down to the par putt. Sometimes from within a couple feet and sometimes from 8-10 ft. Don't try to die it in because it always rolls underneath. You've got to nut up and risk putting it past the cup by a 3-5 feet. Unless straight uphill I always miss the meter a little bit on the high side because it seems to hold better.
So ideally your 3W, hybrid, or 3/4 iron hits in that front left rough which slows it down but still spits it out enough to roll up the ridge a little and funnel back towards the cup. It's a low percentage play overall but still the best way to attack the hole that I've seen.
Yeah, this hole sucks, but I love it in match play as it can be a momentum shifter and tends to determine the outcome of the match more often than not. Plus there's no danger of a high number in match play.
Hope this helps or at the very least makes sense. Good luck.
**Disclaimer** This advice is mostly for a Master level player since that's the tier smason77 plays within. If I was a Hack, Amateur, or Pro I would probably look to lay up more often than not.