Cliffhanger

This Nicklaus Design par-3 plays over an ocean cove to a green set back in the rocks and cypress trees of the Northern California coastline. Cliffhanger is intended to play as a very long par-3, but it can also be played from various distances.

As the hole shortens in length, the angles into the green increase in difficulty. No matter what tee is selected, strong ocean winds from the right will make it a challenge.

Hole Strategy

Hole designer: Nicklaus Design

Nicklaus Design senior design associate Chad Goetz talks us through his design process on Cliffhanger and discusses how the teams may approach it:

Chad says: "Cliffhanger features a long carry across a bay of the Pacific Ocean on the Northern California coast. This hole has many tees and can tip out over 250 yards, so players could be faced with a long tee shot on matchnight.

"The idea behind the design was players will have a hard wind blowing off their right shoulder in the virtual setting, which means they have to be careful controlling their shot into the green.

"There’s a little bit of a slope out to the right of the green that can be used to feed the ball toward the green but it may not roll all the way onto the green."