Cottage Course - Hole #4

Cottage #4 is an exciting little par 4 of 296 yards. The hole plays longer than it reads since it ascends slightly uphill. Driving the green takes a stroke of good fortune, because the front is guarded by a huge 6-foot deep bunker. Most balls end up in a canyon 30 yards short of the green where you will be hitting straight uphill to a blind pin. This is one of the toughest up and downs on the course. If you still want to hit driver amidst all of this trouble, be my guest, just remember to aim right of the fairway trap on the left and hope your shot stays in the fairway. If you pull this shot off you will be rewarded with the best angle into almost any pin on the green. Laying up with an iron or fairway wood may be the highest percentage play for getting a par or birdie, because you are still left with a sand wedge into the green. Hugging the right side of the fairway will give you the best angle into the green if you do lay up, but be cautious of out of bounds just past the right rough. It is very important that you are on the same section of the green as the flag or a three-putt may be in your future. This green is the firmest on the course so don't expect a lot of spin on your approach. Stay below the hole and be close if you want a birdie on this winding green.