Claudia Laurent
Golf writer, Golf Handicapp · 27 August 2026
110 yards. A three quarter wedge, the sort of shot you would hit off a range mat without a second thought, and every difficult thing about this hole is the ground it sits in rather than the distance. The green is on a natural shelf partway down a limestone gorge, with the cliff carrying on straight up above it and a few hundred feet of rock falling away below it to a wooded valley floor with a river winding through. There is a bunker at the front and a low stone parapet along the path side, and beyond that there is no ground at all. No rough to hack out of, no bank to feed a ball back down, nothing to take a drop from. The path traverses in from the left on a cut shelf, so you can get there, it just takes a while. What ruins people here is the instinct to help a short club into the air. You feel the exposure, you hang back through impact trying to lift it, and that is exactly what produces the fat one that never reaches. The loft is already in the club. Stay forward, hit down on it, and let it climb on its own. Take the club the number says, aim at the middle, and do not walk over and look down first.
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Claudia Laurent · Golf writer, Golf Handicapp
Claudia writes about the World Handicap System, golf scoring and getting more from every round for Golf Handicapp. She is a mid-handicap golfer who logs every card, the good ones and the ones she would rather forget.
This image is AI-generated. Published 27 August 2026.
