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Holes
7 to 12
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Hole 7, Battery, 398
yards, par 4
 Note the pin position on the marker before the tee, before
aiming up the middle of the rising fairway, hoping for a
friendly fall to the left to give additional length. This line
risks lusher ground to the left of the fairway, but leaves an
easier shot in to the blind green. The alternative line up the
right will find friendlier vegetation, but risks a difficult
stance, and a very tight line over the right hand edge of the
fairway on the distant ridge. Here, the ground falls swiftly and
from the right. The blind green lies at the bottom of a dingly
dell fringed with grass and ferns, which will trap errant
mid-irons. The area to the right of the green was used around
the time of the Great War, to test heavy naval and field guns,
firing far out into the Irish Sea.
Hole 8, Valley, 371
yards, par 4
A high tee in the sand hills leads down to a narrow valley that
appears intimidating, but gathers-in the mis-hit drive. The green is
defended on both sides by pot bunkers. The fearsome bunker on
the left should be avoided from the drive.
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Hole 9, The Manx, 131
yards, par 3
Silloth's version of the Postage Stamp. The high tee
offers views on a clear day across to the distant Isle of Man,
and down to a small green, protected by an array of deep
bunkers, and steep slopes to the right. There is less trouble on
the back, but the favoured shot is a crisp, confident iron shot
- easier said than done into the face of a stiff breeze. |
Hole 9, The Manx |
Hole 10, Blooming
Heather,
308 yards, par 4
Short sharp dog-leg to the left. The drive from the
high tee in the sand hills across damp ground can easily run out
of fairway for big hitters. They have the choice of a cautious
iron off the tee, or a risky drive over the bunker at the
corner. The reward will be a short pitch into an undulating
green that is guarded on the left by a bunker, and on the right
by gorse. |
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Hole 11, Spire |
Hole 11, Spire,
411 yards, par 4
Turning back towards town, the old line of the church steeple is
no longer available as the hole has been converted to a longish
right-handed dog-leg. With a tight out of bounds on the right,
leaving very little margin for error and the deep grass of the
face of the hill.
The drive must be faithful to the marker as it is not worth
risking the severe out-of-bounds and caravan site on the right, leaving a long iron
from an elevated fairway, to a green surrounded by gorse and
guarded by bunkers on either side. |
Hole 12, Heather Bank,
200 yards, par 3
A longish par 3 over heather and sand to a slightly elevated
green, framed with gorse, and protected by a heathery bank to
the front left, and a bunker to the front right. A following
wind may demand a mid-iron short of the green, running up the
slope. |
Hole 12, Heather Bank |
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