Hole #7 "Sneak"
Par 4
Stroke 5
Rewarding an accurate drive and a confident “blind” second shot, this par 4
features the most narrow fairway landing area for tee shots at Ridgewood. The tee shot
deceptively invites the golfer to aim at the flag stick with the usual result being a ball
in heavy right rough or blocked by a well-placed pine tree. But a newly added fairway bunker
increases the risk to longer hitters seeking to play in from the left rough. The tee box is
elevated and a good, accurate tee shot will leave a player with about a 160-yard blind
approach shot to a green that sits below the fairway. Avoid the many greenside bunkers,
short and left of the green, deep right, and along the right front corner and side of the
green. Too much boldness on the second shot results in a ball stymied beneath bushes behind
the green, or, even worse, out of bounds.