Is there a particular hole that continually surprises contestants in local events?
The 15th hole at Wild Horse continually surprises contestants as well as myself at virtually every event that we have. On paper it only plays 342 yards from the Championship tees. 3 bunkers guard the landing area of your tee shot, about 100 yards from the green. 2 bunkers also guard the green, one deep bunker guards 80% of the front of the green, and another guards about 60 % of the back of the green. At first glance you would think the play on this hole would be to hit a 230 yard shot at the bunker on the right side of the fairway, this leaves you with a 110 yard approach shot. However even at only 110 yards the approach has to land over the front greenside bunker and stop on a hard fast surface that is only 20 paces wide from this angle. The play on this hole is to hug the very left side of the fairway and hit the ball 260 yards from the back tees. This gives you an angle at the green that you don’t have to carry the front bunker. We held State Match Play here this year, and the 15th
