Lake Powell — Hole #9: Par 5
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From the layup patch out to the right, this 2-wood finds the hole.
Rare setups might make this hole drivable…there’s a gap in the mountains that allows you to curve through with a driver. If you’re fairly confident with your accuracy, you may as well go for it anyway if you think you can get close enough for a chip. Check out this huge A1 driver ace! Here’s another with the Barrage balls coming in hot from 400+ yards.
Here’s a fairway dunk with the 8-iron.
Here’s a 5-wood that hops up and into a front pin.
There are two layup areas on the right edge of the fairway that you’ll normally play…experience will tell you which distance is best for your approach. It’s great to have a lower-lofted club (2I/2H-3I/3H) in your bag for this downhill shot into the green, especially with a right-blowing wind. Having to play a 6/7-wood into the green is much more difficult with tough winds.
From the farther end of the fairway, here’s a hole-out with the 2-iron.
From the spot farther back, this 6-wood uses a left-blowing wind to spin into the cup.
Normally this is a layup hole, but certain setups might tempt you to try to drive the green…as you’d expect, that’s very risky though! Regardless, check out this amazing high-teed C3 driver that catches just the right bounce to find the hole!
Here’s a 5-wood ace to a back pin.
And here’s a driver that settles into a back pin.
Occasionally the backstop rock can be helpful…here’s a 4-wood that bounced back down and in.
Here’s an ace with the 5-hybrid.
Here’s another with a 5-wood. And with a tough wind/slope, here’s a great 6-wood cut shot ace.
And here’s a driver ace.
From the farthest fairway, here’s a 6-iron hole-out.
Often times this hole is drivable with a long-distance ball such as Streaks just by hammering a high-teed B2 right at the green.
For tougher setups, you might opt to try for more distance with an A1 or C3. Here’s a huge A1 off the tee that finds the cup! Here’s another big C3 for an opening ace.
From the right fairway, this 5-wood hops in for the hole-out.
Here’s a 7-wood hole-out from the fairway.
With a small cut over the trees, this high-teed driver finds the hole.
Here’s an ace with the 8-wood.
Here’s a nice 3-wood around the left side of the trees that finds the hole.
Check out this 0-hybrid around the right side that stays low and hops out of the sand to find the cup!
From the left fairway, this 3-wood finds a right cup.
With a tailwind, this driver with bite finds a back pin.
Here’s an 8-iron ace.
Here’s a tricky par 4 where you can curve around either side of the trees, but the distance is challenging as it is usually somewhere between a 6-wood and 9-wood, where the curve can be tough.
Here’s a great 6-wood around the right side, barely missing the trees to spin in the hole.
Check out this 2-iron shot through the trees right at it, hopping up the sand onto the green and into the cup!
Here’s a great driver with bite around the left side that finds the cup. Using a high tee, this one plays a smaller cut to carry down to a back pin.
This 5-wood plays a small cut around/over the left side of the trees more directly at the hole to find the pin. Here’s another 5-wood cut shot to a top pin.
With some boxes this hole is drivable — here’s an opening ace from a pretty close box.
This hole is often drivable as well. However, if you’re not quite sure, you can sort of bail out to the right (or even the left) to ensure you don’t get wet and still give yourself a chip at eagle.
Here’s a 9-iron hole-out from the fairway.