For me it is undoubtedly the 17th at Kiawah. I don't know what is wrong with me when it comes to playing it? Possibly it's the fact that being the penultimate hole, it has the ability to ruin a card in 1 easy go or whether I just don't have the bottle for it. Whatever it is, I just cannot play the damn hole well when it counts.
Yesterday I was -8 on the tee in the 18 hole Ready Go. I'd hit every fairway and only missed one green prior. What happens? Yes, you've guessed it, I balloon my tee shot right into the pond. It then gives me a drop in the sand @ 184 yards!!! Second ball goes short into the pond. I then get a 3rd shot from the tee and walk off with a 7. I then bogey the 18th just to really blow up. What looked like a posssible 2nd place, if I'd made 2 pars, becomes a 69 and 11th.
Today, I am -7 on the 17th after making 9 pars and 7 birdies. Wallop! Another one ballooned into the pond. I know the routine from here, so it's no surprise that I'm in the sand from my drop. Another one drops hopelessly short of the green stuff and I eventually walk off with a 7. Then lo and behold I bogey 18. A 65 turns into a 70 and I lose a potential 2nd place and end up in 12th.
400 credits lost and 4 balls gone too.
God I hate that feckin hole!!!