Two — 505 Yards, Par 4
"The Ridge"
The second is a slight dog leg to the left. This hole challenges the players from the tee with a finger of Floyds Fork, a waterway that meanders through the front nine, bordering the left side of the fairway and a bunker squeezing the fairway to the right. In 2006, Jack Nicklaus made a few enhancements to the green complex, allowing the conversion to a par 4 for Championship golf. The slopes in the green have been softened to be more receptive to longer approach shots, but the green has also been reduced in total size. The two existing bunkers to the left have been reworked and deepened. A new bunker has been added in the area that previously was a closely mown collection area right of the green. Just as before, Floyds Fork is there to catch shots missing the green to the left.
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Valhalla Golf Club Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A. 7496 Yards / Par 71 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | OUT |
| 448 | 505 | 206 | 375 | 463 | 500 | 601 | 180 | 416 | 3694 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 35 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | IN |
| 594 | 208 | 464 | 352 | 215 | 434 | 511 | 477 | 547 | 3802 |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 |
| *Distance shown in yards. | |||||||||
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