Playing the 12th hole is a very deceiving challenge here at Rivers Edge.\u00a0 This relatively short par 3 has seen some very big numbers written on scorecards after playing it.\u00a0 Any par 3 is tough when players cannot see the putting surface from the tee box but No. 12 seems to be tougher than most.\u00a0 Today we are going to give some tips on how to play this tough little test of a golf hole so that golfers won’t have to write 5s and 6s or worse down for their score on this gem of a par 3.<\/p>\n
From the tips this hole plays as long as 178 yards and it can be as short as 85 yards from the front tees.\u00a0 As most golfers play the white tees we will look at this hole from there.\u00a0 Playing anywhere from 130 to 145 yards from the white tees No.12 seems harmless on the card.\u00a0 Wrong.\u00a0 This hole is uphill and always plays longer than the yardage indicates.\u00a0 Generally, it is a one club difference, but when the pin is in the back of the green it can be 2 clubs longer.\u00a0 That is one of the reasons this hole is tough, club selection is difficult.<\/p>\n
Bunkers almost completely surround the putting surface.\u00a0 The bunkers in front and to the left and right of the green are deep and intimidating.\u00a0 When golfers find themselves down in one of these bad boys they are almost certainly looking at a big score.\u00a0 The trap\u00a0behind the green is large and leave players faced with a slight downhill sand shot if the flag is middle or front.\u00a0 YIKES!!\u00a0 Nobody wants that shot.\u00a0 So club selection and hitting this green off the tee is of paramount importance if golfers want to make par.<\/p>\n
Par is not guaranteed once on the putting surface off the tee either.\u00a0 The back to front slope and curved left side make for some tough putts to get into the hole or at least close.\u00a0 Any golfer that walks off this hole with a par or birdie has done some seriously good work!\u00a0 Their playing partners should congratulate them on the achievement.<\/p>\n
To make a tee time click on the Tee Times tab at the top of the screen or call the golf shop at 910.755.3434.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Playing the 12th hole is a very deceiving challenge here at Rivers Edge.\u00a0 This relatively short par 3 has seen some very big numbers written on scorecards after playing it.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11,18,22,26,27,30,35,37,41],"class_list":["post-2183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips","tag-brunswick-county-golf","tag-golf","tag-golf-course-news","tag-golf-information","tag-golf-news","tag-golf-tips","tag-myrtle-beach-golf","tag-north-carolina-golf","tag-rivers-edge-golf-club"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/playriversedgegolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rivers-Edge-Hole-12.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playriversedgegolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playriversedgegolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playriversedgegolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playriversedgegolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playriversedgegolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playriversedgegolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playriversedgegolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playriversedgegolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playriversedgegolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playriversedgegolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}