“This is the hole that I spend the most time observing because I’m often in the teaching bays next to the Pro Shop watching players take their seconds (or thirds!) to the green. One thing that long-time members know is that you can land a long-ish iron approach shot a little short and the ball will release up the hill to the pin – you don’t have to go direct to the pin with a short iron to get close. Plus, those two bunkers that sit at the front are classic Hampstead – they’re almost everywhere on the course and it shows that accuracy is the key to playing the whole course. Also, if you can draw the ball off the tee, you’re happy because this is not a hole for the slice – if you tend to hit it right, then maybe be shorter (3-wood or rescue club, not driver) and miss the trees. A shot from the rough is better than no shot at all!”