{"id":28378,"date":"2018-07-02T15:03:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T19:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/?p=28378"},"modified":"2018-07-02T15:03:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T19:03:16","slug":"lecom-health-challenge-week-is-here-at-peekn-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/lecom-health-challenge-week-is-here-at-peekn-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"LECOM Health Challenge week is here at Peek’N Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Peek’n Peak Resort<\/a><\/strong> welcomes the Web.Com Tour<\/strong><\/a> to the southern Tier of New York State for the Lecom Health Challenge<\/strong><\/a>. In yesterday’s review of holes 10-12, we mentioned that each offered a chance to make up shots on the field. The same can be said of the preceding trio. 7 and 9 are shortish par 4 holes, each requiring less than driver off the tee. 8 is a mid-range par five, similar to 11 but more uphill, all the way. <\/p>\n

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Hole 7<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I remember standing in the middle of the fairway, scoreboard in hand, ensuring that golfers on the tee did not drive. The reason? The landing area is invisible from the deck, as it sits around the bend, out of view. If someone desires, he can cut the corner and get near the green, or into a greenside bunker. Nothing like a nearly-driveable par four to get the juices flowing.<\/p>\n

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Here's Hole No. 7 of the '18 LECOM Health Challenge! Check it out; how do you think the #pros<\/a> will play it? pic.twitter.com\/9BO6tDDJ8B<\/a><\/p>\n

— LECOMHealthChallenge (@LECOMHC) May 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Hole 8<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When 8 played as 17, it was seen as a necessary birdie for anyone chasing the leader. Not making 4 meant a probable finish off the podium. As the 8th hole, it offers increased hope as the turn approaches. The tee ball must reach a crowned fairway, whose edges remove the opportunity to reach the putting surface in two. The 2nd shot is played uphill again, past three bunkers on the left. None sits against the putting surface, meaning that any ball that misses the green, will find itself nestled down, in a collar of rough.<\/p>\n