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Merion Toughest Hole?

• gk21al 199 Posts

  Wed, May 8 2013 10:08 AM

   

  Am I the only one to lose a ball on #15,  wind into slightly left and I mishit left and over the cart path it bounces OB.  Three putt triple bogey.  Ended round even par, so no harm done.

  :(

  Edit: Well, I must have brought over a dark cloud in that game with my playing partners.  One guy hits a perfect drive, mishits way right on approach lands in weeds.  Takes three tries to get out, only to be short of green.  Then chips up slope and watches as ball rolls back leaving him farther for his next shot.  Chips again, now above the hole.  Putts down the slope and ball goes off the green.  Chips up and ball rolls down by his feet again. 10th shot chips again and rolls over right edge of cup.  Other player partner didn't do so hot either with a triple bogey.

   

• villadeoro 419 Posts

  Wed, May 8 2013 1:51 PM

  you can try to play like this hole 5...and could be easy ;)

  http://www.wgt.com/replay.aspx?ID=40f8738d-7a08-4deb-8d13-a1b801102260

• RootsRo 419 Posts

  Sat, May 11 2013 1:11 AM

  I can Par hole 5 90% with the occasional Birdie. For me 6 with any wind from behind and the left is an enigma. Also 15 is a tuff one. 18 seems easy par if you lay up but if you need that last birdie it can be a b*tch

• Poowanai275 139 Posts

  Sat, May 11 2013 3:21 AM

  5 and 6

• borntobesting 9,701 Posts

  Sat, May 11 2013 3:37 AM

  Poowanai275:

  5 and 6

  Those 2 just about kill every good round I have started.

• Tightrope 1,072 Posts

  Sat, May 11 2013 4:30 AM

  WGTdbloshoe:

  So now the course has been released and players have had a chance to play it, what is the toughest hole you have encountered so far?

  For me it is Hole #5!  I can't tell you how many times I played that hole and ended up off the green or three putting.  I tried everything I could think of, leaving it short to chip on with full spin.  I tried to leave the ball above the hole, below the hole, Behind the hole, and in front lol.  Nothing worked for me.  It always sucked because I would be 3 under and then would double bogey it and there goes that positive mindset I had going into the round.

   

  - WGTsbloshoe

  For a level 5 hack with 150 average, playing with starter equipment, you are very good to be three under at hole 5

   

• Hoangvn10 162 Posts

  Sat, May 11 2013 4:50 AM

  @5, @6, @14, @18. It will be very very tough in championship condition. I hate @6 green. It will be nightmare for everyone in knock out rounds, sure. It is interesting to see what will be happen, LOL.

• RootsRo 419 Posts

  Sat, May 11 2013 8:41 AM

  DrussTheLegend:

  #3 for me, no birdie there yet.  Can't seem to get the distance right - and wind effect is monstrous.  

  Nah, hole 3 is easy, you just whack it into the weeds on the left take out the 64 wedge and do this :-)

• phiber 2,795 Posts

  Sat, May 11 2013 9:06 AM

  Tightrope:

  WGTdbloshoe:

  So now the course has been released and players have had a chance to play it, what is the toughest hole you have encountered so far?

  For me it is Hole #5!  I can't tell you how many times I played that hole and ended up off the green or three putting.  I tried everything I could think of, leaving it short to chip on with full spin.  I tried to leave the ball above the hole, below the hole, Behind the hole, and in front lol.  Nothing worked for me.  It always sucked because I would be 3 under and then would double bogey it and there goes that positive mindset I had going into the round.

   

  - WGTsbloshoe

  For a level 5 hack with 150 average, playing with starter equipment, you are very good to be three under at hole 5

   

  yup, that is his WGT handle but he has another as well, don't know what it is but I would be he isn't a hack and probably knows the games very very well.

  just sayin

   

• andwhy67 2,816 Posts

  Sat, May 11 2013 3:07 PM

  Hole 5 for me kills a good start, apart from the one birdie l've had.

  http://www.wgt.com/replay.aspx?ID=231ef075-fe42-4c1f-8ceb-a1b90092fec0