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TOUR Players will also have the opportunity to earn some significant prizes by recording a hole-in-one on either the 11 th or 17 th holes.
The first player to record a hole-in-one on the 11 th hole will receive the hybrid electric BMW i8 sports car. Spectators will have the opportunity to participate in the Topgolf Crush 5-ball challenge by hitting balls at targets located on the driving range using Toptracer ball-tracking technology. A large video screen will air live TV coverage of the tournament, and patrons can dine on Bavarian cuisine including pretzels, bratwurst and gingerbread heart cookies throughout the day.
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Two years later Jason Day won at 22 under while in the midst of a stellar late season run that had just seen him with the PGA Championship. This Tom Fazio design is a private club, arrayed as a core routing, with modest real estate in pockets off to the side and out of play. It occupies rolling wooded acres in the leafy suburban enclave of Lake Forest, 35 miles north of downtown Chicago, three miles inland of Lake Michigan and just east of the Tri-State Tolway I At par, 7, yards, the course will play short by modern tournament standards for the BMW Championship.
The 70 starters leading the FedCup points race hoping to be among the 30 who move to the finals at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta the following week will have to deal with a course that is receptive to players on their game yet brutal to golfers who are off even a bit.
Most of the trouble is greenside — convex kick outs on the perimeter make for maddening recovery. And yet the whole site has a soft look thanks to 60 acres of wildflowers and native grasses. If they steer clear and drive it straight or a bit left, another bunker comes into play yards out. An elegant par 3, slightly uphill, with a densely bunkered kidney-shaped green that gets more elusive the farther back the hole is cut.
The back-left hole location is especially tough since the narrow putting surface there starts to fall away and is protected by sand on both sides. A bit of a traffic jam at the tee — the price paid for returning to the front door of the clubhouse. The hole is straightaway and plays through a chute of trees that appears narrower than it actually is. There will be a lot of lay ups here off the tee, since the ground short of the bunker on the right to reach, to carry is much wider than the ground past it.
The difference between hitting an approach from yards out short of the bunker or from 90 yards past the bunker is not enough to make the majority of pros risk a driver. A big hole with an open prairie look. The right side is restricted by a line of oak trees yards off the tee on the right, which tends to squeeze drives over to the left and near a looming fairway bunker. The fairway funnels down in the landing area and makes it hard to contain shots left of the bunker from running into deep rough — and a thick stand of trees.
The ideal approach is a mid- or short-iron played left-to-right to a slightly elevated putting surface. Very difficult-looking shot. A chipping area back right will leave a tough downhill recovery for those who go long. Options abound off the tee on this short, tempting dogleg left par 4.
The hole presents an attacking golfer with safe and risky paths. An iron off the tee to the fat of the fairway leaves a wedge approach in. Finally, there will be those with a full-bore approach who can reach either the front of the green or those protective bunkers at its entrance. The prevailing wind off Lake Michigan — from behind —will help here.
All of which should make for a good mix of strategies for spectators on site and viewers at home.
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