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[Rickp]

2 minutes ago, Shankster said:

5 kids in the Shanks house… play faster.

You guys are killing me tonight

[sirchunksalot]

10 minutes ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

I know you hate that hole. Is there another way to play it?  Different club off the tee to keep you out of trouble?

A fairway wood or 6 iron would probably be a better option, but for some reason I always try driver. I'll have to throw a couple of balls down and hit a couple of different clubs one day and see if it works. A shift in strategy might pay off by not giving away shots. 

[Shankster]

1 minute ago, sirchunksalot said:

A fairway wood or 6 iron would probably be a better option, but for some reason I always try driver. I'll have to throw a couple of balls down and hit a couple of different clubs one day and see if it works. A shift in strategy might pay off by not giving away shots. 

Got an overflight picture?  What’s the deal with #10?  Let’s work this out, right here, right now.

[Rickp]

6 minutes ago, Shankster said:

Got an overflight picture?  What’s the deal with #10?  Let’s work this out, right here, right now.

Definitely!

[GolfSpy_BOS]

13 minutes ago, Shankster said:

5 kids in the Shanks house… play faster.

Please forgive me master. I will do better.

[sirchunksalot]

4 minutes ago, Shankster said:

Got an overflight picture?  What’s the deal with #10?  Let’s work this out, right here, right now.

Here ya go! I marked the hole off in red marker and the tee box is marked with an x. 

Here's a photo from the tee box, it's about 60 feet between the trees and I usually end up pulling my drive into the ones on the left. 

[Shankster]

What is the length?

[Shankster]

2 minutes ago, B.Boston said:

Please forgive me master. I will do better.

Great movie.  I’ve learned on thing I’ve the past 15 years… (that’s how long I’ve been a parent)…. Jam as much personal time in as you can.  So if you get 1 hour… make it a full hour, don’t waste a second.  That’s why I started playing “speed golf”.  Haha.  
 

Family first always though.

[Lacassem]

3 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:

Here ya go! I marked the hole off in red marker and the tee box is marked with an x. 

Here's a photo from the tee box, it's about 60 feet between the trees and I usually end up pulling my drive into the ones on the left. 

Play the fairway to the left

[sirchunksalot]

1 minute ago, Shankster said:

What is the length?

357 from the whites. 

[Shankster]

Just now, sirchunksalot said:

357 from the whites. 

Normal shot shape?  
 

for me, this looks like a “must draw” hole… which already makes me mad… I can see why you hate it.  

[Rickp]

4 minutes ago, Shankster said:

Normal shot shape?  
 

for me, this looks like a “must draw” hole… which already makes me mad… I can see why you hate it.  

I don’t like that hole either!

 

[sirchunksalot]

6 minutes ago, Shankster said:

Normal shot shape?  
 

for me, this looks like a “must draw” hole… which already makes me mad… I can see why you hate it.  

Pretty much, you miss right and you're sitting in a lie with the ball above your feet and possibly having to avoid the trees on that side.

It's also about 165 to take the pond out of play according to Google maps. 

[Shankster]

11 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:

357 from the whites. 

This is what I’d probably do.

 

170 club, aim between those two trees.  If it rolls it, you might catch the rough.  But that would leave you ~110-115 into the green, free and clear of the giant trees on the left.

 

[GolfSpy_BOS]

17 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:

Here ya go! I marked the hole off in red marker and the tee box is marked with an x. 

Here's a photo from the tee box, it's about 60 feet between the trees and I usually end up pulling my drive into the ones on the left. 

Have you tried the Bryson line? Just tee that baby high and smash a baby fade over the left tree line. 
 

60% of the time, works every time. 

[Tom the Golf Nut]

10 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:

357 from the whites. 

For me 5 wood (200 yards) off the tee to the right side of the fairway will leave me 157 to the green. If you miss a little left the 5 wood should still get you over the right side of the trees on the left and still be in the fairway.

[sirchunksalot]

2 minutes ago, Shankster said:

This is what I’d probably do.

 

170 club, aim between those two trees.  If it rolls it, you might catch the rough.  But that would leave you ~110-115 into the green, free and clear of the giant trees on the left.

 

I'll give that a go my next round and see how it works out. I appreciate the advice!

[Shankster]

1 minute ago, B.Boston said:

Have you tried the Bryson line? Just tee that baby high and smash a baby fade over the left tree line. 
 

60% of the time, works every time. 

Unless the face of the driver sucks as BAD would say.  Then we are looking at 60% of the time it works 50% of the time.  Haha. 

[sirchunksalot]

1 minute ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

For me 5 wood (200 yards) off the tee to the right side of the fairway will leave me 157 to the green. If you miss a little left the 5 wood should still get you over the right side of the trees on the left and still be in the fairway.

The 5 wood is probably my best bet, too. I can get it out to the 175-180 range off the tee, it would still leave a long iron in but playing it with bogey in mind would be better than a penalty. 

@B.Boston I've thought about the Bryson line, but can't quite elevate it enough off the tee to clear them. 

[GolfSpy_BOS]

3 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:

The 5 wood is probably my best bet, too. I can get it out to the 175-180 range off the tee, it would still leave a long iron in but playing it with bogey in mind would be better than a penalty. 

@B.Boston I've thought about the Bryson line, but can't quite elevate it enough off the tee to clear them. 

You’ve got the right idea playing bogey as your par there. there’s a hole at a course near me that is the #1 handicap hole. Uphill dogleg left, OB left too. I’ve always said that a 5 is a great score there and it’s helped me eliminate some bad scores from trying to bite off too much.