The organisers will also tend to bring the tee forward – to fore-shorten the callaway diablo edge irons usual 311 yard carry - to tempt one or other of the pairings to go for the green. Lakes come into play on the 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th and 18th – described as a card-wrecker where a double dogleg, an undulating fairway and strategic bunkers demand you plot your way to the kidney-shaped green.
All eyes will be on the players as they reach into their callaway razr hawk driver bags for the club they’ve selected. The buzz and the atmosphere around the hole, with a likely 10,000 watching, will be almost tangible.
A metal wood or driver and cheers will ring round the ping k15 driver test course, a mid-iron and a groan of near-derision will echo through the trees. The tenth hole provides two, or even three options. Option one is to hit a towering fade with a fairway metal or even driver to make the 280-yard carry to the green.
