Hole 17

Holes 17 and 18 were originally included in this plan, and approved in a vote by the membership.  However, a subsequent petition and vote by the members removed holes 17 and 18 from the plan.  Below is the plan that was originally approved, but has been shelved.

Currently, hole 17 is the last of our dead straight par 4s and is basically the same as #8 and #14.  With the new homes we need to shift things a bit left and here is the conceptual plan:

And here is an overlay showing the conceptual plan on an aerial image taken in 2023:

The main changes are:

1. Hole 17 becomes a shortish par 5 at 507 yards from the tips.  However, with the prevailing summer wind, it will play longer!

2. The 17 tees are placed as close to the boundary as is feasible, to maximize the angle of the drive to the turn-point of the hole (away from the homes). The center line turn point is about 210 feet from the property fence and 260 feet from the back fence of the homes.

3. The first of the interlocking connecting fairways between 15 and 17 will open up at the left edge of the drive landing area, opposite the two bunkers built into the ridge on the right. The Coast Live Oaks in this area will be transplanted to the opposite side.  The fairway will be 60 yards wide between the bunkers.

4. The slight contouring of the fairway will flatten the surface on the right side up to the edge of the bunkers and maintain the natural climbing slope on the left side of the fairway.  

5. Once past the last of the fairway bunkers on the right the fairway will open up again, only to narrow down again as one continues past the existing 17 green and approaches the new 17 green.

6. The left side approach bunker is set into a knob in the slope, and carrying it opens up an opportunity to use the slope to bounce onto the green.

7. The green, utilizing the natural contours, slopes down from left to right and from front to back.

8. The back left green bunker is set at the top of the slope, with the right bunker set into the last ridge on the right in front of the green. 

9. The ridges to the right of the fairway tie into the natural contours and allow the transplanting of the Coast Live Oaks on the back side of the ridge.

This will be a fun and challenging hole, especially when the predominant wind kicks up and will be more interesting than our current straight away par 4.

Here is a video showing a virtual version of the hole:

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