The seventh hole has one the tees on the course where the men mutter about women’s advantage, because the women get a distinct head start. When you play it the second time around as the sixteenth hole, everybody is way back beside the bowling greens, so deal with it fellas.
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Initially it looks a nice wide hole; plenty of space to really open up your shoulders and smash your tee shot over the hill and far away. But take care: stay away from the large water tank and very long grass to the right, even though you have a free drop out (marked Ground Under Repair). You may never find the ball at all.
Alas, the slope to the creek to the right and the hard, though not very thick, rough both sides of the fairway seem to welcome your shot too frequently, and old pines and gums can intimidate the weekend golfer. So on this hole, stay out of trouble if you want to make the Par 4.
From the tees you aim for the distinctive tree on the left at the top of the rise. If you land on the fairway near there, you can see the green and the pin down the hill in the distance. The key to your next shot is to aim left; sometimes even way left. The slope of the hill will catch any ball that is flighted even slightly right and before you know it you are playing an annoying chip up onto, and possibly over, the green from the middle of the eighth fairway.
The green itself is tough although it has no bunkers. It is long and narrow and two-tiered to boot. It is flat on the front and left but steep slopes fall away down the right and the back. Lining up a putt that will track even remotely true to the hole is often more good luck than good management; but what a thrill when you par this awkward hole for the first time!
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