Planning Summerfield

We are playing Summerfield. It is a pretty soft course, looks like a 116 slope, 2300ish yards. 6 par 4s, 3 par 3s, par 33 course. I have played it several times of course. I am looking to play a stress free round that ends up within a couple shots of par.

　

Hole 1 is 321 yards, functionally a slight dogleg left.

There is a tall tree guarding the bend, anything left of that is houses and white staked. You can miss right about as far as you want and the further down ou go the more you can miss right, although the more right you go A) the longer you make the hole and b) you can leave yourself a tricky shot over the trees and sand to a short-sided green. Ideally, the tee shot would be a slight draw starting center of fairway and moving left. This opens the green.

My plan is to take a 6i. It should get past the corner leaving an easy pw, 9i or 8i in. Since there is no range and warm-up, I will not know what swing I have until I have hit a couple but it is likely to be a fade. With a 6i I am not going far enough right to get trouble, if I do draw it will be perfect and my most likely result will be something in the fairway with anywhere from 140-180 in depending on how I hit it. From there a short iron or wedge favoring left side of green, easy 2-tap for par.

Hole 2 is 181 yards of nasty.

A road runs left giving you not a lot of room to miss, houses line the right and the resulting playing area, including fairway and trees that overhang the tee box, is pretty narrow. Those trees are a problem for my ball flight as a tee shot can easily hit them.

The green slants severely back to front so arguably short is better than long and I love my 7i but this might be a good time to grab a 6i, use its lower trajectory and see if I can hit a really good lag.

Hole 3 is a short 317 yard par 4 with a 2-tier green.

Easy hole…except the fairway narrows at about 260 yards out with trees left and right overhanging the fairway. We perfect driver leaves and easy birdie opportunity but less than perfect brings potential big numbers into play and there are houses both left and right so you don’t want to get too wild.

I will likely bang a 5i out there just trying for left center of fairway to be between the overhanging branches with a short to full PW in hand, and if it is on upper tier I will go a club longer.

Hole 4 is another that calls for a draw. 355 yards, guarded front by sand, this one is a sharper left dogleg than #1 but also guarded by a tall tree, houses all down the left and again you can miss as far right as you want, but doing so gives you tree lines and sand between you and the green.

 I am liking a 3w with an attempt at a draw swing here, if it works it sets me up for an easy GIR, if I hit it straight I can count on my towering wedge stopping on the green and I am not getting too far right so no worries.

Hole 5 is a short, 246 yard par 4.

It is driveable, but requires clearing the close water, the far water, and landing on a short side green with sand long. So…no.

This is probably a good 7i hole to easily clear the close water, stay well short of the second water and have a short iron in.

Last time out I blasted my 3W and was set up perfectly, green high out to the right and I bladed the ensuing wedge over the green. If I am swinging well, that might be the play, start it just right of the water and let it fly. Just this time I will not botch the wedge.

Hole 6 is the longest hole, 332 with a bend to the right.

There is sand and trees right at the bend. Miss right and you are likely ob and hit a house. Miss the fairway long…house if too long, in trees if just past the fairway. The play here seems to be a 190ish shot that stays center, with a miss left better than a miss right as a miss right in fairway can leave tree issues or having to hit over the bunker.

The plan is a 6i starting middle of fairway followed by either a 9i or an 8i depending on how well I hit it.

Hole 7 is a 2-tier par 3, 144 to center. I am hitting 9i regardless of what tier it is on.

Hole 8 is a gentle left-turning 278 yard hole guarded by trees and houses left, by houses far right.

It is downhill. The plan here is just a 5i down the left center of fairway, let the slope give it a few extra yards for an easy on in two.

Hole 9 is a par 3 over water, about 130 yards but plays shorter. Nothing fancy, just a pw planning to be on the green and 2-putt.