Cypress Cove — Hole #16: Par 3
By Golden Tee Fan • Category: Cypress Cove •
Here’s a tough par 3 that can ruin your round.
This hole can set up anywhere from a sand wedge to a 3-wood depending on the tee box and wind, but it always has a hard left-sloping green towards the sand.
If you’re close enough for a small iron or wedge, and the wind is blowing left too, you may need to get creative. Turn right one of the green and hit a B1-type shot with backspin. Doing this with any club longer than a 7-iron will hook the ball too much and you’ll be stuck behind a huge hill and in the sand.
You can always try to take advantage of the hill by landing on it so that it rolls down onto the green (use backspin).
If it sets up pretty square, play a B1 or A2 shot with backspin into the green, trying to land behind the pin, to combat the slope. If you land it correctly, it will curl back toward the pin.
Be careful on a downhill putt here! I had a 12-foot down 10 putt roll over even while pulling back to A (which is supposed to prevent such roll overs)!
Golden Tee Fan is a Golden Tee addict from Peoria, IL, thirsty for tips and tricks!
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with front pin location, i sometimes wil aim to land my shot about 5-10 yards short of the green. my ball will then slow down and trickle forward onto the green close to or into the hole. even if you come up a little short, you are chipping from 10 yards for birdie and a par is not a bad score on this hole sometimes!