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With an island fairway and peninsula green, Edinburgh’s No. 17 is one of the most unique holes in the state—and one of the more fear-inducing.
“You can see it from the 12th fairway, and people start thinking about it early,” says director of golf Don Berry. “It’s a hole people love to dread.”
The recent addition of a new back tee promotes hitting driver to the 150-mark (the widest part of the fairway), leaving a shorter approach to a relatively large and flat (but well-guarded) green. Hitting an iron off the tee for accuracy can court trouble.
“The hole plays easier the further your drive because the second shot plays so much easier,” Berry says. “We added the new tee to encourage hitting longer shots off the tee. Now, 260 yards is the widest point from the back; you can hit it 280 and have enough room to play.”
“There’s more room than you think off the tee, but if you miss it, it’s wet. There’s no coming back from a crooked shot on this hole.”
