The 2nd - The Dyke, 411 yards
Trouble awaits errant tee shots. Heavy rough lines both sides of a narrow fairway and four bunkers come into play. Many players will play their second shots well right of the hole to avoid the deep pot bunker in front of the green.
The drive is blind from the medal tee but the right of the fairway
holds the threat in the form of bunkers around 210 yards and savage
gorse. From the tee Cheape's bunker may just be glimpsed in front
of a small mound level with the Black Sheds. Drive to the right
of Cheape's then take a long iron or wood to the green. The position
of the pin in relation to the pronounced transverse ridge dictates
tactics. Be sure to be on the same side as the pin. The rough
through the green can usually be risked.
The faint linear depressions running diagonally across the fairway mark the course of the tracks running from the sea ford of the Swilken burn to the Cartgate leading to the fields.
Big John says....
Although the safe line is to the left you will gain a lot by going over the bushes to the right. Leaving a much easier second shot. You are also better off finishing to the right of the pin leaving you an uphill putt.