Kenny53691
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This is what I was thinking.
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How would you attack this hole?
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This is what I was thinking.
fritothedog
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I would go for the hyzer skip on the right.
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I tend to play conservatively, and try to play within my skill level.
So...
Option 1 is to get around the early trees, so going around the trees wide right sounds like an easy play for par. Get around and past the early trees and up the hill, then lay up and drop in. Par 3, easy.
Option 2, for me, is a thumber through the gap, but that would depend on the available height. This would not work well uphill if the trees have a low ceiling.
Option 3 is a Hyzer Flip through one of the gaps (I'm a lefty).
Good Luck in the tourney.
So...
Option 1 is to get around the early trees, so going around the trees wide right sounds like an easy play for par. Get around and past the early trees and up the hill, then lay up and drop in. Par 3, easy.
Option 2, for me, is a thumber through the gap, but that would depend on the available height. This would not work well uphill if the trees have a low ceiling.
Option 3 is a Hyzer Flip through one of the gaps (I'm a lefty).
Good Luck in the tourney.
that would piss me off to see that off the tee. Stupid plinko shots like this where you are just as smart to close your eyes and throw as to look where you are throwing. I would likely throw a destroyer out wide right to skip. An uphill firebird for 275' that low with a skip wouldn't happen for me. But the destroyer i could throw softer, and make sure i hit my line close to that first tree on the right.
Darth Anovin
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Thanks for all the input. The best advice so far are the suggestions about the chainsaws. Lol. Seriously, this is probably one of my least favorite holes in my area. Although, there are a few more holes at this course that I'd like to hit with a chainsaw. This particular hole is hole 3 at Buck Creek State Park. I play intermediate, which means I'll probably be starting around hole 10-13. So hopefully I'll be nice and warmed up by the time I get to this hole. Thanks again for all the suggestions.
DiscinFiend
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I'd most likely power down a Roc (RHBH) & try to hit the gap straight ahead.
Rocaholic74
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I would really have to see it in person before I could really make a fair judgment call. Off the photo I would either do one of two things:
1) Ontario roc straight at it nice and smooth; or
2) Anny flick something like a Sidewinder or Bolt and let the disc just come crashing down to the left towards the basket.
1) Ontario roc straight at it nice and smooth; or
2) Anny flick something like a Sidewinder or Bolt and let the disc just come crashing down to the left towards the basket.
Kodachrome
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honestly, it depends on how i'm playing that day.
if i'm hitting my shots well, then i'm throwing my tangent up the gap.
i'm not, i'm taking the long way around for a guaranteed 3.
if i'm hitting my shots well, then i'm throwing my tangent up the gap.
i'm not, i'm taking the long way around for a guaranteed 3.
BirdieMachine
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Hyzer bomb over the trees, maybe overhand roller down the right.
I'd flick a flippy Eagle-L RHFH through the middle right gap (I am a FH player). The key to beating this hole in my opinion is to get by those early 5 trees. Even if I get swatted by a tree further down the fairway, or my Eagle doesn't turn the perfect amount to score a deuce, I would be sure to hit that first gap so I can get up and down for a three.
I think this is a hole where the "play the first 1/3 of the hole correctly" sets one up to score well.
I think this is a hole where the "play the first 1/3 of the hole correctly" sets one up to score well.
Toro71
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I'd like to see higher up in the frame to decide for sure, but I'm in the hyzer skip (Opto Trident) to the right of the first tree camp, probably, looks like the path of least resistance. Maybe Fuse or Axis up the gut.
In a tourney, I would maybe try to look at this as a 'just get my 3 and move on' hole, and possibly only plan on getting past the first couple of levels of trees, which would mean a nice easy Anode layup. That way, no disasterous kicks if (when) I hit a tree. Or possibly some sort of OH shot with a Rhyno, depending on what the hole looks like above the top edge of the frame. Just get far enough up the hill, to within 100-125, where I've got a no brainer approach for a drop in 3, regardless of the lie/shot for the upshot, and take the possibility of a big number out of the equation.
In a tourney, I would maybe try to look at this as a 'just get my 3 and move on' hole, and possibly only plan on getting past the first couple of levels of trees, which would mean a nice easy Anode layup. That way, no disasterous kicks if (when) I hit a tree. Or possibly some sort of OH shot with a Rhyno, depending on what the hole looks like above the top edge of the frame. Just get far enough up the hill, to within 100-125, where I've got a no brainer approach for a drop in 3, regardless of the lie/shot for the upshot, and take the possibility of a big number out of the equation.
thejake78
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One of these:
- Play conservative, couple of putter throws and play for 3
- Tomahawk
- FH Roller
- Foolishly go for it with a RHBH Saint and, appropriately, pray
- Play conservative, couple of putter throws and play for 3
- Tomahawk
- FH Roller
- Foolishly go for it with a RHBH Saint and, appropriately, pray
burdphil
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Are you playing that tournament in Avon this Sunday? A couple of the holes there remind me of this somewhat... I usually just chuck thumbers on those which is probably what I would do here. Easier to get through gaps like that vertically than horizontally...
It sounds so easy the way you put it... but this seems like the riskiest route least likely to succeed. Kind of like the "RHBH Saint and Pray" LOL
Stevo
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I'm confident I could miss the first few bigger trees, but maybe get caught up in the smaller ones up the hill. From there it looks like an easy upshot. I'm seeing the same odds with a FH shot on the right side, so probably my sparkle Fuse thrown flat right up the middle.
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Agreed, and more likley hit than miss, if you see what I mean.
That triumvirate of trees most directly in front of the tee makes a direct route pretty iffy, especially when you're trying to muster enough oopmh to make it up the incline. Then there's the large trunk on the right, but closer... it's the closer bit that makes it problematic because it forces you to take an even more severe angle for the wide RHBH hyzer route. That wider line basically means the pin's only reachable for a deuce if you have a pretty strong arm - and even then, you'll need a bit of luck for it to get past all the saplings without getting kicked way off line.
So, in the midst of all this excitement, you need to ask yourself a question.
a) Do you go up the middle for an pretty iffy shot at deuce, and a decent liklihood of 4?
b) Do you take the wide RHBH hyza route for what's likely a pretty good chance of 3? *
Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya' punk?
* Even if it hits a sapling down the fairway, it seems open enough to get an upshot in position for a reasonble putt.
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Looks like a fh roller might be a good option, split that center gap and let it finish left when it slows down.
