Official hole guide · Verbatim course-site wording · user-supplied
This straightaway par four provides options off the tee. Depending on the hole location at the green, players must choose which side of the fairway to challenge with their drive. Hole locations on the right side of the green should be approached from the left side of the fairway. Hole locations on the left side of the green should be approached from the right.
Hit the tee shot 195-205 yards from Blue to center the widest mapped first-shot window—approximately 50 yards across, leaving roughly 184 yards to green center.
Recon cue
Read the flag before the tee shot. Cross-court angles are the entire hole.
Primary danger
Wrong-side approach · guarded angles
Love405
Blue · playing tee384
White372
Gold350
The plan
Hole 8, from above.
AIM 195-205Window ≈50 yds wide
Bunker right · reach 220, through 245
Bunker left · reach 265, through 290
Bunker left · reach 300, through 310
Aim 195-205 · leaves ~184 to center
Imagery: Google Earth · Airbus / Maxar / Landsat-Copernicus. Carry and reach numbers are map-measured planning references calibrated to the official Blue yardage — the strip is a schematic scale, not a GPS readout.
Hole-specific video
See Hole 8 move.
Atlantic Dunes · Hole 8 · Mark Crossfield on-course seriesWatch on YouTube ↗