Lake Merced Golf Club
Hole
5
Hole 6
Par: 4
Yards
Plates: 423
I: 410
II: 382
III: 348
IV: 307
HCP
Men: 3
Women: 5
Hole
7
Hole 6 Discussion

The sixth plays up the valley that the fifth crossed. The tee shot is fairly straight forward: most players will want to hit a gentle fade to their desired distance. The fairway is friendly and will funnel most shots away from the rough.

The green here defines much of what makes the hole interesting. The green moves generally back-left to short-right, however, there is a large hump in that sticks up in the left-middle. If the pin is behind this hump, players will likely need to hit a high shot, thus probably want to get as close to the green as possible. If the pin is in the front-left, players can probably approach with their most comfortable shot, but be careful of the false front. However, if the pin is on the right side it is very likely that players will want to play from the right side of the fairway because any roll rightward on the green could send the ball running off the right side altogether.