The 2nd resembles the type of women that GPW unfortunately is attracted to: tricky and full of pitfalls. Drundrum Bay and the beach are to the player's right, just a stones throw away. The more immediate problem is the drive, which is entirely blind. A low dune obscures any view of the fairway, which is slinky and narrow. A small white rock atop the dune, shown in the first picture, gives the player the line.
Once over the dune, things do not get easier. The second picture shows a cross bunker, which is located at the end of the fairway, 50 yards from the green. This bunker makes the drive all important. If the player hits the fairway off the tee, then lobbing a shot over the bunker isn't much of a problem. However, if the fairway is missed and the ball is buried in the rough, then the player must decide if he will challenge the bunker or lay up. The closer a player is to the bunker, the less of the green he can see. Two smaller baby bunkers, hidden from view, are found just yards beyond the mother bunker. Madness.
The green is 36 paces deep, perhaps only 20 paces wide. It is a very difficult target to hit, especially considering the second shot is likely semi-blind. Two bunkers are benched into the left side of the green, one of which unmercifully gobbled up GPW's ball and began a beat down of GPW, the likes of which he hasn't seen since his marriage.
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