How The Owner Plays Redstone: Hole 6

Hi There,

Believe it or not… I walk the course.

Redstone is no joke. End to end, you’re climbing about 350 feet.
Push cart some days. Carry others.

After grinding up 4 and 5, you step onto the tee at 6 and realize something:

You’re lucky to be here.

Hole #6 from the blues is 402 yards.
From the forward tees? Still tough.

The landing area narrows, but after 4 and 5… this hole feels comfortable.
Dangerous thought.

Because on 6, you can convince yourself to just go after it.

Slightly downwind.
Trees mostly out of play thanks to a few windstorms.

Grip it. Rip it.

Find the fairway and you’ve done your job — because the second shot is everything.

I’m usually about 125 out, a touch right.
Avoid the mounds on the right and you’ve got a clean look.

Pin is back right today.

Now it gets interesting.

Front right bunker.
Sloping hill front left.
And a sneaky wet grass bunker middle-left that will ruin your day.

Miss left on the slope? You might get away with it.
Miss in that grass bunker? You won’t.

This is my favourite number — wedge in hand — so I get aggressive.

If you’re long, you’re dead.

There’s a left-to-right slope back there that leaves a downhill slider you want no part of.

Short is better.

If you’re feeling it, you go right at the flag and let it bleed right…
Leaving yourself ten feet uphill.

Perfect.

Now don’t get ahead of yourself.

You can be firm on this putt. Hold your line.

This is where people start thinking birdie… maybe even daydreaming.

Don’t.

Because at Redstone… there are no gimmes.

Cary, Owner