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Hole #17
Hole #17 is a 472-yard par 4 and is the signature hole at Philadelphia Country Club. Players are faced with two options from the tee. Players can hit straightaway up the hill, leaving a long approach shot, or play over the bunkers on the right, leaving a midiron approach shot to the green. The fairway slopes left to right, so players will avoid the right side of the hole from start to finish. The green, which is protected by bunkers on both sides, slopes left to right.
Hole #4 – 1939 U.S. Open
This is a good two-shot doglegged hole to the right. A tee-shot placed to the left of the traps guarding the turn in the hole gives a player a level stance from which to play a spoon or long iron second shot to the long sloping green. The player attempting to cut corners will find a sharp down-hill lie and heavy rough; the distance is shorter, but it’s a dangerous play. After the player has played two good shots to the green he still has to cope with this large sloping green.