Here's a picture I snapped today walking off the green of the #2 handicap hole on my home course, Scothurst Golf Club in Lumber Bridge, NC. This is just to the left of the green, so you're basically looking back from your approach shot. The tee box is way over to the right, it's a 90* dogleg left guarded on the left by a creek and trees with the left side of the fairway sloping towards the creek. So if you want to try to cut the corner and make the approach shot shorter, you're taking a lot of risk with it. A safe layup with a 5 wood or 3 wood to the top of the hill, and you've got a 190 yard shot to an elevated green over water. It's a hole that relies on a properly placed drive and an even better 2nd shot.
