Rewiatana - CC Contest Entry (Shotstone)
Aug 18, 2021 15:16:49 GMT -5
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Rewiatana – The Leviathan – is aptly named, as the course wraps and winds its way through the coastal dunes, crossing itself – coiled – like the fabled sea serpents of lore. Rewiatana won’t beat players with its length, coming in at only 7,113 from the tips, nor its demand to hit tight fairways. Rather Rewiatana’s main defense is its command of angles. Players who challenge hazards and seek the more precise shot will be rewarded, while those opting for safety off the tee might regret their decisions when faced with their second.
Hole 1 – Gentle
A fairly straight forward opening hole, which eases you into the course. The driving area is slightly pinched, but still ample in size. Trying to shorten the hole by playing up the left will leave the player with less green to work with on their second. Shots that miss the green will collect in the run off leaving the player a fairly straightforward uphill pitch into a receptive green.
Hole 2 – Misplaced
“Misplaced”, as the intra-green bunker has come to be known, on the second hole steals heavily from Riviera 6 and Tara Iti 2. The bunker in the middle of the green divides the green into three distinct sections. Playing to pins tucked behind the bunker requires some creativity and imagination – leveraging the green slopes to leave a makeable birdie. Pins in the front of the green will require a precise club selection and distance control.
Hole 3 – Tucked Away
Colloquially known as ‘Tucked Away’ by players, the third’s green is tucked behind a large dune separating the third and fourth holes. If you want a view of the green for your second shot, play as close to the bunker straight-away as possible. Players bailing out to the enormous fairway right will have a blind second shot to a green that runs gently away from them.
Hole 4 – Should you?
Its time to make a decision… Should you - carry the cross-hazard leaving nothing more than a short wedge into a relatively small green, but resulting in the slopes running away from you, with the left most portion of the green being hidden. Laying up short of the hazard, but challenging the narrow right most landing area, leaves the player the most optimal angle for birdie.
Hole 5 – Gettable
This really is a par four and a half… Making a five here usually hurts. Depending on the wind players who hit the fairway should expect anything from a 6 iron to a 5-wood into this receptive green. Players who try to shorten the hole by playing to the right will have to deal with a second shot obscured by the dune to a green that will run hard left to right. By far the better angle requires a tee shot that just skirts the fairway bunker.
Hole 6 – 6 of one…
The centerline bunker forces players to choose a tee shot to the right or left. A shot threading the needle rewards the player taking the leftward route to the green. The fairway here is more level, and the bunker right of the green is generally out of play on the second shot. The fairway right is considerably wider, but will yield a much tougher second shot. Choose wisely depending on the pin position.
Hole 7 – Temptation
So many options, all of them tempting… A unique twist on the Lions Mouth greets the player on this drivable par four. In favorable winds the player can easily hold this green, but, be aware, the wildly sloping green might not reward such risk. A player deciding to take the moderately safe route off the tee can have anything from a short pitch to full wedge into the green. Those with no appetite for risk, taking iron off the tee to the widest part of the fairway will be met with a blind second to a fairly unforgiving green complex – begging the question – “shouldn’t you go for it?”. For such a short hole, the options to the player are nearly limitless.
Hole 8 – Tricky
The eighth is deceiving. What would appear to be a wide open drive actually can lull the player into making a mistake. Leaving their tee shot just right of the bunker, the player won’t have to deal with the green side bunker on their second, and will have the entire length of the green to work with. The player who rips it into the fat of the fairway might just regret that shot when they realize they have a narrow green to hold while carrying an intimidating greenside bunker.
Hole 9 – The Saddle
A fairly straightforward tee shot yields a unique second. The saddle green will test players’ creativity in leveraging the land, and club choice. Shots left and right will feed toward the middle, while shots long will run off the green. The dune center in the fairway will leave players who miss the fairway tough choices to make on their second.
Hole 10 – Creativity Abounds
This long redan allows the player to leverage the ground to get their tee shots close. Though there is ample green to attack some of the back and right pins directly, it is also possible to roll shots tight. Choose your club wisely, and this intimidating par 3 can easily concede a birdie.
Hole 11 – Green Light
This short par five is the second half par five on the course and a green light all the way. A rare scoring opportunity at the Leviathan. A vast, but undulating fairway, means a player is almost certainly in the short grass. The green is large sloping hard from back to front, with a unique ridge left. A good tee shot, favoring the left will leave little more than a 4-iron into the green, but will be far less optimal an angle for back right pins.
Hole 12 – Witch’s Knuckle
Once more a centerline hazard will reward the player opting to risk the hazard long and fly the dune. Ample fairway left will leave a second shot over the ‘Witches Knuckle’ bunker. Angles and green slopes will favor a riskier tee shot, but anyone drifting too far right will have a tricky time to pull a birdie out.
Hole 13 – Double decker
The fairway at the thirteenth cantilevers hard from left to right. A shelf atop the left side provides the best view of the green, but a less than desirable angle to the green. The plateau at the bottom the cantilever provides a superior angle and flatter lie, but the player will have to challenge the foreboding bunker in the landing area. As a short par 4, players can easily hit a range of woods off the tee.
Hole 14 – Can you?
A classic cape hole asks the player a simple question, “Can you carry the bulk large swath of bunkers?” The more the player attempts to carry, the better the angle and shorter the approach to the green is. That said, there is ample room to lay-up left off the tee, but hit it too long and you’ll have a blind second shot into a green over a green-side bunker.
Hole 15 – Precision
This short, downhill par 3 will have the player questioning their club selection regardless of the pin. Given the hole is only 117 from the back tees, the green demands players be precise with their shots. A small tier back right is guarded by an array of bunkers, and the run-off to left should be avoided at all costs. Missing left will leave the player hitting severely uphill and guessing at the playing surface – all but assuring a bogey.
Hole 16 – Tight
A classic narrows template will reward the player taking on the tight tee shot with short iron, wide open view of the green, and a fairly level lie. A less adventurous player can easily bail out to the ample fairway left of the bunkers but should expect a blind second into a fairly receptive green. Once more, shots missing short or right will come to rest at the bottom of a runoff leaving a straight-forward pitch and putt.
Hole 17 – The Tri
Rewiatana doesn’t yield on its penultimate hole. This middle-long par 3 could easily be the hardest hole on the course. One cannot stress enough how important it is to find the correct tier off the tee. Putting down the slope takes par out of the question. A creative tee shot can nestle a ball close, but can easily bite back.
Hole 18 – Final Ascension
This gettable par 5 can yield a birdie or a bogey. Reasonable in length, this hole’s primary defense is the change in elevation and two dunes which plunge into the fairway from left and right. Head too far one direction and the second shot into the devilish green will be blind. The ground game is important in getting the ball close. Players who challenge the bunker left, while leaving a longer second, will have a better angle and can see the green far more clearly than those playing up the left to shave a few extra yards off their second.
Personal preference - North, North-West, or North-East winds. Medium to medium high. Good luck! Tear it apart!
Judging Criteria –
1. Template Hole - #16 (Narrows)
2. Drivable 4 - #7
3. Par 3 > 230 - #10
4. Par 3 < 125 - #15
Honorable Mentions –
1. 4 Greens w/in 200 yards (#1,2,4,8)
2. Two Holes w/ a center line hazard (#6, 9, 12)
3. Template Hole -
a. Bottle - #3
b. Lions Mouth - #7
c. Redan - #10
d. Cape - #14
e. Short - #15
Published at 178 greens. Play perfectly adequate maxed out, but can be backed off. Greens can also be firmed up to really crank the difficulty up. Look forward to your feedback on this. Thanks!
Rewiatana – The Leviathan – is aptly named, as the course wraps and winds its way through the coastal dunes, crossing itself – coiled – like the fabled sea serpents of lore. Rewiatana won’t beat players with its length, coming in at only 7,113 from the tips, nor its demand to hit tight fairways. Rather Rewiatana’s main defense is its command of angles. Players who challenge hazards and seek the more precise shot will be rewarded, while those opting for safety off the tee might regret their decisions when faced with their second.
Hole 1 – Gentle
A fairly straight forward opening hole, which eases you into the course. The driving area is slightly pinched, but still ample in size. Trying to shorten the hole by playing up the left will leave the player with less green to work with on their second. Shots that miss the green will collect in the run off leaving the player a fairly straightforward uphill pitch into a receptive green.
Hole 2 – Misplaced
“Misplaced”, as the intra-green bunker has come to be known, on the second hole steals heavily from Riviera 6 and Tara Iti 2. The bunker in the middle of the green divides the green into three distinct sections. Playing to pins tucked behind the bunker requires some creativity and imagination – leveraging the green slopes to leave a makeable birdie. Pins in the front of the green will require a precise club selection and distance control.
Hole 3 – Tucked Away
Colloquially known as ‘Tucked Away’ by players, the third’s green is tucked behind a large dune separating the third and fourth holes. If you want a view of the green for your second shot, play as close to the bunker straight-away as possible. Players bailing out to the enormous fairway right will have a blind second shot to a green that runs gently away from them.
Hole 4 – Should you?
Its time to make a decision… Should you - carry the cross-hazard leaving nothing more than a short wedge into a relatively small green, but resulting in the slopes running away from you, with the left most portion of the green being hidden. Laying up short of the hazard, but challenging the narrow right most landing area, leaves the player the most optimal angle for birdie.
Hole 5 – Gettable
This really is a par four and a half… Making a five here usually hurts. Depending on the wind players who hit the fairway should expect anything from a 6 iron to a 5-wood into this receptive green. Players who try to shorten the hole by playing to the right will have to deal with a second shot obscured by the dune to a green that will run hard left to right. By far the better angle requires a tee shot that just skirts the fairway bunker.
Hole 6 – 6 of one…
The centerline bunker forces players to choose a tee shot to the right or left. A shot threading the needle rewards the player taking the leftward route to the green. The fairway here is more level, and the bunker right of the green is generally out of play on the second shot. The fairway right is considerably wider, but will yield a much tougher second shot. Choose wisely depending on the pin position.
Hole 7 – Temptation
So many options, all of them tempting… A unique twist on the Lions Mouth greets the player on this drivable par four. In favorable winds the player can easily hold this green, but, be aware, the wildly sloping green might not reward such risk. A player deciding to take the moderately safe route off the tee can have anything from a short pitch to full wedge into the green. Those with no appetite for risk, taking iron off the tee to the widest part of the fairway will be met with a blind second to a fairly unforgiving green complex – begging the question – “shouldn’t you go for it?”. For such a short hole, the options to the player are nearly limitless.
Hole 8 – Tricky
The eighth is deceiving. What would appear to be a wide open drive actually can lull the player into making a mistake. Leaving their tee shot just right of the bunker, the player won’t have to deal with the green side bunker on their second, and will have the entire length of the green to work with. The player who rips it into the fat of the fairway might just regret that shot when they realize they have a narrow green to hold while carrying an intimidating greenside bunker.
Hole 9 – The Saddle
A fairly straightforward tee shot yields a unique second. The saddle green will test players’ creativity in leveraging the land, and club choice. Shots left and right will feed toward the middle, while shots long will run off the green. The dune center in the fairway will leave players who miss the fairway tough choices to make on their second.
Hole 10 – Creativity Abounds
This long redan allows the player to leverage the ground to get their tee shots close. Though there is ample green to attack some of the back and right pins directly, it is also possible to roll shots tight. Choose your club wisely, and this intimidating par 3 can easily concede a birdie.
Hole 11 – Green Light
This short par five is the second half par five on the course and a green light all the way. A rare scoring opportunity at the Leviathan. A vast, but undulating fairway, means a player is almost certainly in the short grass. The green is large sloping hard from back to front, with a unique ridge left. A good tee shot, favoring the left will leave little more than a 4-iron into the green, but will be far less optimal an angle for back right pins.
Hole 12 – Witch’s Knuckle
Once more a centerline hazard will reward the player opting to risk the hazard long and fly the dune. Ample fairway left will leave a second shot over the ‘Witches Knuckle’ bunker. Angles and green slopes will favor a riskier tee shot, but anyone drifting too far right will have a tricky time to pull a birdie out.
Hole 13 – Double decker
The fairway at the thirteenth cantilevers hard from left to right. A shelf atop the left side provides the best view of the green, but a less than desirable angle to the green. The plateau at the bottom the cantilever provides a superior angle and flatter lie, but the player will have to challenge the foreboding bunker in the landing area. As a short par 4, players can easily hit a range of woods off the tee.
Hole 14 – Can you?
A classic cape hole asks the player a simple question, “Can you carry the bulk large swath of bunkers?” The more the player attempts to carry, the better the angle and shorter the approach to the green is. That said, there is ample room to lay-up left off the tee, but hit it too long and you’ll have a blind second shot into a green over a green-side bunker.
Hole 15 – Precision
This short, downhill par 3 will have the player questioning their club selection regardless of the pin. Given the hole is only 117 from the back tees, the green demands players be precise with their shots. A small tier back right is guarded by an array of bunkers, and the run-off to left should be avoided at all costs. Missing left will leave the player hitting severely uphill and guessing at the playing surface – all but assuring a bogey.
Hole 16 – Tight
A classic narrows template will reward the player taking on the tight tee shot with short iron, wide open view of the green, and a fairly level lie. A less adventurous player can easily bail out to the ample fairway left of the bunkers but should expect a blind second into a fairly receptive green. Once more, shots missing short or right will come to rest at the bottom of a runoff leaving a straight-forward pitch and putt.
Hole 17 – The Tri
Rewiatana doesn’t yield on its penultimate hole. This middle-long par 3 could easily be the hardest hole on the course. One cannot stress enough how important it is to find the correct tier off the tee. Putting down the slope takes par out of the question. A creative tee shot can nestle a ball close, but can easily bite back.
Hole 18 – Final Ascension
This gettable par 5 can yield a birdie or a bogey. Reasonable in length, this hole’s primary defense is the change in elevation and two dunes which plunge into the fairway from left and right. Head too far one direction and the second shot into the devilish green will be blind. The ground game is important in getting the ball close. Players who challenge the bunker left, while leaving a longer second, will have a better angle and can see the green far more clearly than those playing up the left to shave a few extra yards off their second.
Personal preference - North, North-West, or North-East winds. Medium to medium high. Good luck! Tear it apart!
Judging Criteria –
1. Template Hole - #16 (Narrows)
2. Drivable 4 - #7
3. Par 3 > 230 - #10
4. Par 3 < 125 - #15
Honorable Mentions –
1. 4 Greens w/in 200 yards (#1,2,4,8)
2. Two Holes w/ a center line hazard (#6, 9, 12)
3. Template Hole -
a. Bottle - #3
b. Lions Mouth - #7
c. Redan - #10
d. Cape - #14
e. Short - #15
Published at 178 greens. Play perfectly adequate maxed out, but can be backed off. Greens can also be firmed up to really crank the difficulty up. Look forward to your feedback on this. Thanks!