Sixth has a bark and a bite

“A POTENTIAL momentum breaker” is what Killarney pro David Keating calls Killeen’s par-three sixth hole.

“The pro tee is exposed, always a breeze coming at you from some direction, but when you look down the tunnel of trees to the sheltered green there will be no movement of the flag, no indicator. There’s no bailout here either, a stream front and right, trouble on the left. It’s not just the yardage, it’s the confusion.”

So we set up camp there early yesterday, waiting for the master of disaster. First group out were Scott Strange, Martin Wiegele and Graeme Storm, and of the three only Scott had anything going for him at that stage, on one under. Playing 205 yards yesterday, into a very slight breeze, the pin right-centre of the green, on a slight slope. Daunting. Scott had no problem with it though, four iron safely on, putt up to a foot or so, simple tap-in for par — his partners did likewise.