(great drives ) " We've had maybe three people in the last 10 years who have fl own it to the green. " -Richard Anderson Ridgewood Golf Course & Country Club Longville No. 15 » par 4 » 209-286 yards Opened 1987 Manager Laurie Tabaka Superintendent Richard Anderson Architect Cal Bristow 0 ( Stroke Saver " Hit to the 100-yard marker. You can't cheat the hole. Every time they try to cheat the hole, I change something. " -Richard Anderson L ong ago, if you wanted to protect your castle, you'd build a moat around it. The same principle applies at the drivable par 4 at Ridgeview. Superintendent Richard Anderson has made several changes to toughen up No. 15-adding bunkers along the left to keep players from rolling off a side hill to the green and creating a smaller (3,500 square feet) peninsula green (water front, right and back) to discourage big hitters. " The distance is attainable, but the green won't hold, " Anderson says. " If you drive it, your ball trajectory is too low and it will skip off the green into the water. " Anderson suggests hitting to the 100-yard marker and taking a wedge into the fl at green. But beware, the approach is downhill and momentum could carry your ball into the pond-where your birdie chances are dead in the water. -Joseph Oberle ILLUSTRATION BY DEAN LAVATO www.mngolf.org Fall 2015 MINNESOTAGOLFER 5 PHOTO BY MATT SEEFELDThttp://www.mngolf.org