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Hominy Hill · Colts Neck, NJ · Hole 8

Hominy Hill Hole 8: The Long Uphill Par 4 (Take More Club)

390 uphill and the #4 stroke hole. Regulars will tell you it plays like the hardest hole on the course. The number lies; the hill doesn't.

Hole 8 · Par 4 · 390 yds (white) · Stroke index 4

“The long uphill four that plays like the hardest hole.”

⛰ The approach climbs uphill to the green
📏 390 that plays a club or two longer
● Smart target: extra club to the center
✕ Common miss: the flat number, short of the green
The mistake

Playing the flat yardage on an approach that climbs, then coming up short, again and again, into the front of the green or the bunkering guarding it.

The math

Uphill plays longer, so the raw number leaves you short. On the #4 handicap hole, that short-sided miss is exactly how the field turns a routine bogey into a double.

The correct target

Add a club (sometimes two) for the climb and aim at the center of the green, not the flag. Pin-high in the middle is a good result here; par is a great one.

Strokes saved

≈ 0.4-0.6 strokes on the card's toughest stretch, by taking enough club to actually get there.

“Uphill plays long: one more club, aim at the middle.”

Yardages are from the white tees on the official Monmouth County Parks scorecard; par and stroke index are course-wide. Strokes-saved figures are approximate expected-value ranges for a mid-handicap golfer (roughly 8-18), not guarantees. Aim guidance is general course management. For a hole's exact bunker and green detail, walk it with the yardage book.

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