The Scoring School
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Hole Work-Up

Hole 6
Sleepy Ridge  ·  441 on the card
Par 4  ·  No. 1 handicap

The two lines the argument isn't the line, it's how far up you go

GPS view of a 302-yard tee shot leaving 143 yards, up the left side
Driver zone
302 + 143
Lands where it's 40 wide
GPS view of a 253-yard tee shot leaving 177 yards, straight at the flag
The play
253 + 177
Lands where it's 68 wide
428 y
Tee to today's pin  ·  card plays 441

Both routes solve to 428 off the GPS, so the line was never the real question. The corridor narrows the whole way up — and that is the question.

At 290 you land where it's 40 wide, with the 25-yard pinch just beyond it. At 250–260 you're still in the 68.

The fairway narrows the further you hit it measured off the map, converted to yards

Layup finishes hereFurther up the hole
Map measurement of 205.45 feet across the fairway at its widest
68 yd
205.45 ft
Room to play

Where a 250–260 ball finishes. Clears the 65-yard penalty gate with something to spare, and misses both ways are survivable.

Map measurement of 119.54 feet where the fairway squeezes
40 yd
119.54 ft
Driver finishes here

Well under the 65-yard penalty gate. Even in a perfect world that is not a driver number — 40 is the bare minimum for trouble you can play out of, and this isn't that.

Map measurement of 73.99 feet between the bunker and the native area
25 yd
73.99 ft
Out of the question

Bunker to native, further up still. In play any time it's downwind or firm — and nobody's pattern fits a 25-yard slot.

The call commit before you tee it

Tee shot
Lay up
250–260
leaves ~177
Aim
Normal ball, less club. Nothing manufactured.
Approach
~177. Water long-left, sand front-left. Center of green.
Never
Reach for driver because the yardage says so. That's how 40 becomes 25.
2025 Boys State  ·  Hole 6  ·  191 rounds
+0.53 field average 4.53 to a par of 4
15 birdies90 pars61 bogeys19 dbl6+

Make par and you gain half a stroke on the field without doing anything special — 45% of the field made bogey or worse here. One ball in the native is a double, and −1.47 erases almost three pars.

Your five rules all five land in the same place

1
Driver first, adjust down

You thought driver first. This is the hole where you adjust down.

2
65-yd penalty gate

Driver lands where it's 40 wide. Nowhere near 65.

3
40-yd gate

Pinches to 25 beyond that. Not a slot you challenge.

4
Your own shape

Same shape, less club. The dogleg is an aim, not a shot.

5
Don't force it closer

153 or 177 — neither is a wedge. Nothing to buy.

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