PowerPutt Hole Showcase: Freaky Tiki 9
Find out the Trick to one of Freaky Tiki's Toughest Par-4s
PowerPutt Hole Showcases are here, ready to turn your –10s into –15s and your –20s into new lows never seen! Kicking off the festivities is one of the few holes in the game where a hole-in-one simply isn't possible.
Freaky Tiki #9 is one of the best-designed holes in the game, and requires two very accurate shots to play it correctly. There are also two ways to actually play the hole. The first is to simply go around the water and bridge and leave yourself with a good look at birdie. While this if a fine way to play, using a different route can give players a shot at eagle and it's not as risky as one might think. It will, however, require a bit of practice.
If you're looking for that eagle, read on.
The first shot is critical, and there is somewhat of a trick to it. Just in front of the three tee areas is a dip/drop followed by a rather large mound. On the other side of that mound, the surface levels up slightly and then drops off. Hitting your shot too hard will force your ball to drop to the lower level, unable to go back. To have a shot at eagle, you must avoid going over that final edge. This is where the trick comes into play.
If you are able to hit the right speed, you can actually get your ball to settle comfortably after the big mound and before the drop. Connected to this decent sized groove is a bridge that leads over the large gap in the center and directly to the hole. Easy right? Not so fast.
Actually getting your first shot to settle in this area can be tough. Hitting with just the right amount of force is absolutely critical. Too little and you'll be back where you started. Too much and your eagle is lost.
By hitting your ball off of the wall on the left, you'll take a lot of the force off of your shot and send the ball going in more of a horizontal direction. You'll still have to be very precise with how hard you hit the trackball, but the room for error is much greater than going straight at the mound with the perfect amount of touch. If done correctly the shot should hit off the wall, roll over the mound, and stop somewhere in the groove before the drop off. From here, it's certainly no gimme for eagle either but you've set yourself perfectly.
The next shot is a long one, but should be relatively straight. Depending on where you are, you may have to deal with a slight break one way or the other. Regardless you'll be left with birdie at the very worst. Hit it across the bridge, sink it in the cup for eagle, and move onto the next hole.
It pays to try new things.
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