Hole #13 - Toilsome
Thirteen runs parallel to twelve and there the similarity stops. While twelve plays downhill, its neighbor turns around and goes up for 372 yards. While the twelfth green is “puttable,” the one at thirteen is confounds even the most talented flat stick artists. It is a combination of factors that conspires to make thirteen challenging. The entire hole plays uphill at a steady grade, so an uphill second shot is assured. The elevation disguises the exact hole location and, perched on its hilltop location, the green is subject to crosswinds. The hole is dead straight—unless the back markers are set on a recently built tee based on Tillinghast’s original 1929 plan; in this case, in it becomes a hard dogleg right.