| Championship |
537 |
| Maroon |
510 |
| Teal |
488 |
| Orange |
442 |
| Green |
442 |
| Ocean |
435 |
| Khaki |
396 |
| D. Muirhead |
346 |
Par
(Mens/Ladies) |
5/5 |
Handicap
(Mens/Ladies) |
4/4
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This 550 par 5 is a salute to famous Japanese painter Hokusai whose print "The Great Wave," is one of the great symbolic images in all art. I have used other symbols and images in this hole, some of them influenced by Zen, others not, so that you golfers can look for them and see how many you can find. No architect should bare his sole completely. There has to be some mystery left. Looking backwards, you can see some fine Zen views of the lake from number 15.
There is another strong rhythm surging through this hole. It is what musicians would call counterpoint and what we have already used it a little on number 9. I have also broken my rule on traps. That is, if you can use one trap instead of two, use one. If you can use two traps instead of three, use two, etc. The human race was ever willful and perverse and rules were made to be broken, at least by their originators.
There are two shoals or reefs of traps on this hole in swings of wave-like breakers which are in counterpoint to the Hokusai-type coastline. Other wave-like rhythms appear in the fairway and are picked up by the trap formations.
The first shot must carry the wave of traps and flirt with the coastline wave. The second must negotiate another wave of traps and a more intricate coastline with a rhythmic swell in the fairway. The third shot, and the few who will not need one, will have to negotiate the cliff-like Fuji Mountain.
Desmond Muirhead |