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Holes 13 to 18

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Hole 13, Hogs Back looking back from the green

Hole 13, Hogs Back, 468 yards, par 5
This 'short' par 5 is thought by many to be Silloth's signature hole. The drive across heather and gorse is to a flat fairway that is wider than it seems from the tee. The second shot is through a narrow gully to an elevated ridge, which falls away sharply to heather on the right, and treacherous heather/gorse on the left. The angled slope up to the plateau green will deflect all but the most accurate of approaches and favours a shot from the left-hand side. A four is a delight; a five is an invariable relief.

Hole 14, Milecastle, 472 yards, par 5
Turning back towards the clubhouse, the drive to this friendly par 5 skirts a heathery ridge on the right, on to the face of a big sand hill that blocks the view to the green. It is reachable to the long hitter, particularly with a following wind, and is guarded by bunkers to both left and right.

Named after the site of a Roman fortlet to the right of the green.

Hole 14, Milecastle

Hole 15, Heather Lonning, 417 yards, par 4
A pleasurable drive from an elevated tee should find the narrowing fairway, with heather and gorse on either side troubling only the wilder hitters. The view to the green is partly obscured by low hillocks, but the shot is easier from the left, aiming slightly right to take advantage of slopes near the green and to avoid the greenside bunker.

Hole 16, The Mount

Hole 16, The Mount, 180 yards, par 3
Requires a medium to long iron to a smallish plateau green, well trapped with twin bunkers to both left and right.

Hole 17, Duffers, 495 yards, par 5
The drive carries a sandy, heathery waste, fringed with gorse and formerly known as The Duffer's Bunker, that looks more fearsome than it actually is. Beyond it, a grassy plateau to the left offers a good view of the distant green, which can be reached with the help of a following wind. A drive up the right may catch a friendly downward slope, but will leave a tighter second to the sunken green, tucked slightly to the right-hand side. A solitary bunker guards the front left.

Hole 18, The Whitelaw, 433 yards, par 4
Named after the late Viscount Whitelaw, who enjoyed many years, golf at Silloth, this good-length par 4 from the new elevated tee to a re-shaped fairway requires a good drive to avoid fairway bunkers to the right and heather and gorse to the left. The long narrow green is guarded by bunkers on either side, and is overlooked by a critical audience safely ensconced in the Nineteenth Hole.

Hole 18, The Whitelaw

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