SET UP AN APPROACH FROM ABOVE MIND THE KEY BUNKER

Driving the ball in the fairway is essential to taking advantage of a hole like this. The hole is relatively flat from the tee box to this landing area, but then the fairway slopes dramatically down to the green. Your opportunity to exploit the gradient is with the second shot. You’ll need a clean lie to hit a towering long approach. The longer a fairway-wood or long-iron shot can hang in the air, the greater the distance boost you get from the downslope. This large bunker dictates most of your strategy. If you can carry it with the second shot, the downslope of the fairway will pitch the ball forward onto the green. If you’re not sure you can carry this bunker, you really should lay short. A 50-metre bunker shot is the most difficult play in golf. Put a ball in this bunker with your second shot, and you’re going to struggle to make a 5.