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Holes that play long or short

• chris5214 1,937 Posts

  Sat, Dec 8 2012 2:23 PM

  played CC tourney tday .. 2nd round was on back of Congressional ..

  noticed the following:

   - #12 par 4 which doglegs to left .. 300 yd drive leaves about 155-160yds approach .. pin on right hand side of green close-ish to right fringe .. this hole plays few yards longer to the pin .. had to add 2yds to my normal shot calculations to get inside 2 yds from pin, otherwise i found myself 4 to 5yds short ..

   - #13 par 3 @ 185yds, 7ft elevation .. this hole i found to play short .. had to take off 2yds from normal calcs, otherwise 4yds past the pin ..

   - #15 par 4 after tee shot approx 185-190yds to pin, green elevated @ 25ft .. pin toward front middle of green .. this one i found to play longer again & had to add maybe extra 4 yds otherwise i'm 6yds short ..

  front 9 normal, no funny distances ..

  only ones i've come across on Congressional so far while playin' the Bladez ..

  other courses i've played with Bladez so far all normal .. they include Kia &  RSG .. still gotta tackle others ..

  any player input welcome ...

• 783 Posts

  Sat, Dec 8 2012 3:38 PM

  16th at bethpageblack its even slightly down hill to but just needs that extra few yards 

• chris5214 1,937 Posts

  Sat, Dec 8 2012 3:42 PM

  creamer444:

  16th at bethpageblack its even slightly down hill to but just needs that extra few yards 

  oh yeah, forgot about that one .. thats the hole where the tee is elevated and your drop is about 50ft down onto the fairway, right ? pin position on the left on green .. yeah, that plays longer as well .. thx for the remind

• barbarella24 513 Posts

  Sun, Dec 9 2012 2:59 AM

  I've always found no. 1 on BPB to play slightly longer and no. 6 on Kiawah as well

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Sun, Dec 9 2012 3:18 AM

  I have a plus or minus figure for each hole on each course. Some I remember but some I don't.

• 783 Posts

  Sun, Dec 9 2012 3:32 AM

  yep u have it chris thats the 1  yeh i think theres more at congressional than any other theres 1 dont no if its back 9 or front 9 2nd shot is about 15 feet up hill i think it plays a lot longer than it says almost a full club difference.

• chris5214 1,937 Posts

  Sun, Dec 9 2012 5:12 AM

  yeah, i think u are referring to #4 on CCC front 9 .. the pin is tucked on the left behind a bunker protecting the front of the green with trees on the left .. 15ft elevated .. i think the approach is usually about 160-170yds .. i often find the bunker or front rough on that approach cause that one always slips my mind .. (note to self) .. sure's alot of 'em on CCC

• alosso 21,072 Posts

  Sun, Dec 9 2012 5:43 AM

  creamer444:

  16th at bethpageblack its even slightly down hill to but just needs that extra few yards 

  This one, as well as #1, has a green sloping up, thus "eating" distance, especially with bs.

• 783 Posts

  Sun, Dec 9 2012 7:55 AM

  ty chris thats the 1 yep i must get back into congressional i loved it as a tour master never played it much as legend kind of lost my way about it really . i will soon remember which ones play longer after a good few rounds.

• senec 254 Posts

  Sun, Dec 9 2012 9:39 AM

  So true,all these holes you guys mentioned are either shorter or longer then indicated,it's always desapointing when you see your ball fall 15 yards short when you think you've got just the right club,and you hit the ding perfectly.

  Hey, on a not quite similar subject but related in a way,I've noticed that since I acquired the R 11 driver,I'm much longer and with the level 71 nikes,I'm even longer of the tee witch is nice,but on the second hole on BP when the wind goes from left to right I used to use my 3 wood cause I was afraid to go in the rough past the fairway.I played yesterday with a veteran legend who simply plays it across the trees and end up 300 yards+ smack in the middle of the fairway.So after the game ended I replayed that hole about 6 or seven times from the back tees and right through the trees and it worked every time,a bit like the first at Olympic,Is this an optical illusion?