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At
296 yards, the twelfth hole at PCCC is the shortest par 4 on the
course. Pars and birdies are very conceivable, if you are able to keep
the ball in play. However, with a narrow fairway, an undulating
green, and grass moguls and bunkers, compounded by five different
hazards that come into play, this hole is anything but routine. Don't
lose focus here or you can make a big number in a hurry.
Big hitters have a chance to drive the green here--but at a great risk.
The prudent thing to do is to leave the driver in the bag. We want to
hit enough club to carry the creek but stay short of the water hazard
on the left of the green. It is much more important to have a good
level of lie in the fairway at 130 yards out, than to be hitting off the
side of a hill lie from 80 yards out with the ball above or below your
feet.
When sizing up your approach shot, take careful notice of where the pin is. You'll be hitting the two-tier green that is anything
but tolerant to loose shots. If your ball ends up long left, you are in a grass bunker. If it goes long right, you are
on a grass mogul. Going short left puts you in the water, and short right puts you in the sand. If your approach shot does happen to
land on the green, but on the wrong tier, you'll do well to two-putt.
Hopefully, you escaped the jaws of bogey or double bogey and are on your way to #13 without incident.
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