| A great finishing hole! The 18th at Belmont offers a great view of the clubhouse and surrounds. Aim your tee shot at the stone chimney to allow the player to finish this championship course with an opportunity for par or better. A deep bunker sited to the left side of the green will catch the long ball, making the reach of this green in regulation very difficult. The green itself is a masterpiece. Three tiers that will cost you a shot if the approach shot is not played to the proper tier. A front or middle pin location offers the player a chance to get the ball close to the pin by playing a bank shot off the slope. In the 1998 Massachusetts State Amateur Championship, PGA tour veteran, James Driscoll, played a shot out of the left rough and found himself flirting with out of bounds behind the green. Faced with an almost impossible up and down, Driscoll played a magnificent flop wedge shot to about three feet to secure the victory and set the stage for his future professional career. |
