At some point this weekend, the polls will close and Elkdale’s #11 will not have secured the best 11th hole in Western New York title. The hole’s inability to secure the title will not dampen my love for it one bit.<\/p>\n
Elkdale’s #11 is a golf hole rich with character. It creates so many different ways to play the hole. From the tee, players can try to go long and left and carry a patch of trees. A well-struck tee shot down this road could potentially catch the slope and leave a player with less than 75 yards in to the green. However, there is a strong chance of being caught in “jail” if one doesn’t carry the trees. It is a high-risk, high-reward shot.<\/p>\n
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A tee shot down the center will not catch the downslope that cuts left in the fairway. If well-played, the shot can leave players with a 150-yard elevated shot into the green. Depending on how long a player is off the tee, they may or may not be able to see the green.<\/p>\n
Players who lose the ball right can play an entirely different hole. Coming from the right rough ensures a blind second shot. You have to just swing and hope.<\/p>\n
It’s the same golf hole – but marginal changes in the way a player hits his tee shot can leave players with entirely different routes to the green.<\/p>\n
The green is no walk in the park. A large, expansive tree guards it to the right. Golf balls that hit limbs can be sent flying the wrong direction and\/or occasionally drop right next to the hole. The green slopes hard toward the front left and a skinny bunker ensures golf balls can’t just roll their way up to the hole. It’s a fast green with a great deal of break depending on pin placement.<\/p>\n
It’s a lovely hole. It’s full of risk, reward and guts. Elkdale’s back nine is relentless in what it demands from golfers (the 12th hole excluded). Hole #11 wonderfully contributes to the challenge.<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At some point this weekend, the polls will close and Elkdale’s #11 will not have secured the best 11th hole in Western New York title. The hole’s inability to secure the title will not dampen my love for it one bit. Elkdale’s #11 is a golf hole rich with character. It creates so many different […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[291,294,293,292,1186,206],"class_list":["post-4244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-mouth","tag-elkdale","tag-golf-architecture","tag-golf-strategy","tag-salamanca","tag-the-mouth","tag-the-mouth-that-roars"],"yoast_head":"\n