Lobden Golf Club
Lobden Moor
Whitworth
OL12 8XJ
Tel: 01706 343228
Lobden Golf Club
Founded 17th May 1888
This par 5 can seem really quite benign on a calm day with moist
conditions underfoot but under any other conditions beware the sting
in the tail.
The drive uphill to a steeply sloping left to right fairway requires
a shot either on or to the left of the first marker post. A ball
upon landing is likely to have at least 10 yards roll downhill to
the right, unless the shot has been played with a draw to keep it up
the hillside, and in dry summer conditions this drift to the low
side of the fairway can be even more pronounced.
The second shot must also have an allowance for the left to right
slope of the fairway, both in the direction of aim and the players
set up, stance and flight path, a slice into the 'cabbage' being the
penalty for the uninitiated. Longer hitters can get close or onto
the green in two, but this is a very demanding ask for the mid
handicapper.
The green is protected on both the left and right by Lobden ridges,
the mounds designed to prevent an easy bump and run approach.
Consequently, the wise option is to leave the second shot on the
lower right of the fairway which permits the player to fire an
attacking shot into a green which has the same sloping trend as the
fairway. Putting out will also require a deft touch and clever
judgment of pace and break; hallmarks of the Lobden experience