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Sherwood Hills Golf Club is a strategic course that utilizes valleys,
bunkers, and ponds, all on a nearly flat terrain. Each hole is quite characteristic,
so it is very fun to play. Because it is links-style with very little
tall trees, wind passes easily though the course, making it is a very
challenging course, if players take into account the influence of the
wind, the distance of over 7,200 yards, and a lot of well-placed bunkers.
The fairways are wide throughout the course. However, the wider the fairways
are laid out, the wider the hazards and bunkers are laid just beside it.
Sherwood Hills’ greens are generally small and surrounded by the good
use of sand.
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A par four with a right bending dogleg. The ideal tee shot should be over
the right fairway bunker. The second shot needs to cross over a shallow
valley. |
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| A double dogleg that first slightly bends to the right and
then bends to the left. Off the tee, players will need a carry of 250 yards
if they want to overcome the bunker on the right side of the fairway inclining
to the left. A valley running along the left side of fairway and the green
will come into play on the second & third shots. Players should avoid
the deep bunkers to the left side of the green sloping from back to front.
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| A par five with a double right bending dogleg with a hazard
running along the right side. Long hitters can hit the green in two shots,
but may encounter some troubles, as they need to negotiate with the bunkers
protecting the front of the green sloping slightly from back to front.
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| A signature hole. A straight par four with both the tee and
second shots requiring an over-the-lake crossing. The tee shot needs the
distance on this long hole. The second shot is demanding with a greater
challenge due to the diagonally penetrating pond in front of the green.
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| A slight dogleg to the right. On the second shot,
players should best avoid the deadly long rough that is located on the right
side of the fairway. The third shot will require players to hit over the
long rough and a tall tree. |
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| A slight dogleg to the left. A carry of 250 yards
will be required off the tee to negotiate with a series of seven bunkers
lining up along the fairway. If players can hit over the bunkers, they have
big chances to hit the green in two. The green is deep & narrow, and
is surrounded by a bunker to its left and a shallow hollow to its right. |
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Another signature hole and a pretty par 3 over a valley. The undulating
green is guarded by two bunkers in a row in its front. |
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| A relatively straight and long par four with an
over-a-valley tee shot. On the second shot, players will encounter a potentially
troublesome lake obliquely placed to the front left of the green. This is
a hole that requires both distance and accuracy for players to hit the green
on regulation. |
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To get to Mount Malarayat, it is a 80-mnutet drive from Makati city.
The other Jack Nicklaus designed courses in the Philippines are Manila
Southwoods G&CC, Camp John Hey GC and Forest Hills GC. The 2017
edition of the Top 100 Golf Course of the World (top 100 golfcourses.com)
ranked this course as No.3 in its category of best 30 courses in Philippines.
As of 2015 there are a total of 100 courses in Philippines.
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A view from clubhouse