Golf Australia – April 2018

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Jordan

Spieth

Bubba

Wat s on

1st

445yards

Par4

2nd

575yards

Par5

3rd

350yards

Par4

4th

240yards

Par3

6th

180yards

Par3

On many holes, I like to work my way

back from the pin to the tee. But this

isn’t one of them. From the fairway,

the only ‘gettable’ pin is the Sunday

fl ag, which the last couple of years has

been middle right. Other than that, I’m

playing to the centre of the green and

looking for a two-putt par.

CAREER AVERAGE SCORE: 3.91

Depending on the weather and the

strength and direction of the wind, I’ll

hit driver or 3-wood off the tee. Either

way, I’m trying to cut it off the right

fairway bunker back toward the

fairway. That bunker is playable to a

degree, but you really don’t want to

be in it if you can help it.

CAREER AVERAGE SCORE: 4.28

If the pin is toward the back of the

green, I’ll hit driver. If it’s left or in the

front, I’ll lay farther back to have a full

shot with something that I can get up

in the air and stop quickly. The green is

a very tricky one for me. It runs hard

right-to-left and a little towards the

back as well.

AVERAGE SCORE: 3.67

This hole is so tough. I might lay back

short of the bunkers off the tee when

the Sunday pin is in the far left corner,

but lately I’ve been hitting driver here

because I seem to make more pars

that way. This hole isn’t about making

birdie; it’s about getting your par to

keep the round going.

AVERAGE SCORE: 3.90

Unlike Bubba I’ll hit 3-wood to stay

short of the sand. I can reach the

green but I rarely try. I either hook it

around the trees left and short when

the pin is right, or fl are it right of the

right bunker if it’s left. Either one

leaves a 40-yard pitch and a 10-footer

for birdie at worst.

AVERAGE SCORE: 4.5

Like I do at the 1st hole, I aim at the

fairway bunker and cut it so the ball

lands in that speed slot and keeps

going. If I do that, I can get home in

two. If you’re in the fairway bunker it’s

a lay-up at worst so if I’m going to

miss I want to make sure I end up in

the bunker and not the trees.

AVERAGE SCORE: 4.63

Just like Bubba said, you hit to the

centre of the green, take your two

putts and get out of there! You’d take a

par here every single time. The most

‘gettable’ pin during the week for me is

just over the greenside bunker on the

right where the ball can feed down

towards the hole.

AVERAGE SCORE: 3.08

You’re really just trying to hit

the green. It’s such a diffi cult hole.

When the pin is on the right, the

guys will sometimes hit it in the left

bunker on purpose because that’s

the safest play and you’re fearful of

other things that can happen if you

miss it right or long.

AVERAGE SCORE: 3.15

The pin is gettable if it’s front left, and

if it’s back left I’m trying to get it in

close. But if you miss, make sure you

miss short. The right pin, I’m just trying

to get it on the correct tier. Normally,

it’s around a 7-iron. It’s a tough shot

when the pin is in the front but if you

pull it off you’re rewarded.

AVERAGE SCORE: 2.58

When the pin is on the left this is a

hole where you’re thinking birdie. I

made birdie when it was on the right

in the opening round in 2012, but in all

honesty you’d take par here all four

days. Depending on the weather it

can be anything from an 8 or 9-iron to

a 6-iron for me.

AVERAGE SCORE: 3.0

‘UNLIKE BUBBA, I’LL HIT

3-WOOD TO STAY SHORT OF

THE SAND. I CAN REACH THE

GREEN BUT I RARELY TRY’

JORDAN SPIETH, 2ND HOLE

46 APRIL 2018 | golf australia