This is a born-again hole, the outcome of much agonising and deliberation plus the inputs, separately, of Seve Ballesteros and Roger Rulewich, not to mention prodigious feats of engineering.
The hole used to be not much more than a long, long par 5. Now the second shot presents the player with a tantalising question: should he try to carry the water for a birdie or eagle, or should he lay up? (In the 1995 Volvo Masters, Miguel Angel Jimenez scored the first albatross of his life here, and the first that Valderrama had ever seen.)
The high stone wall to the right of the second landing area is a true gabion, just as they were built centuries ago, usually as part of a fortification. It acts as a retaining wall and also provides a spectacular viewing platform.
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Professional
490
Championship
453
Executive
405
Lady Professional
494
Senior
384
Ladies
374
Tee distance are in RED
Green Front distances are in BLACK All distances
are shown in metres
Map courtesy of Strokesaver.
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Valderrama Golf Club
11310 Sotogrande, Prov de Cadiz, Spain
Telephone: (34-956) 791 200
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