Like the 10th this hole is a challenge, a long par 4 with a low index, the ideal drive is up the left side of a fairway which slopes to the right and is protected by an open ditch running the length of the hole. The prevailing wind causes many drives to be caught be the ditch or even drift over it making the 2nd shot a challenge, with the right hand trap that guards the large figure 8 green difficult to carry. Sand blow from the beach has raised this fairway be a couple of feet over the years.