Martis Camp 16th Hole
Maris Camp Hole 16
The 16th hole, is situated in the 70 square-mile Martis Valley, in which the 2,177 acre Martis Camp embraces the essence of the High Sierra. This 314 yard, 16th hole, on the Tom Fazio Martis Camp Golf Course culminates on a 3 tiered shallow green. With a bold drive, one has to avoid the large bunker in the center of the fairway, and use the backslope to get your second shot neatly on the sloping left to right pitched green.
This short par-4 16th is said to be one of Fazio’s finest. The hole seduces the player into attempting bold play, resulting in a grand triumph, but the slightest miscalculation can have you also pulling hair out from one’s head.
The many majestic Jeffery Pine trees, seen in the foreground, are the areas dominate species of tree. The scent of the Jeffery pine can be almost sensed by just looking at this image. It vicariously can be described as reminiscent of vanilla, lemon, butterscotch, violets, and quite commonly, pineapple. The Jeffery Pine is also closely related to the Ponderosa Pine and is similar in appearance. One way to distinguish between them is by their cones, which take 2 years to mature. Each species has barbs at the end of the scales. The sharp Jeffery cone has scale barbs pointing inward, so the cone seemingly feels smooth to the palm of one's hand when rubbed down the cone. The Ponderosa cone scale barbs point outward, so feel sharp and prickly to the palm of one's hands when rubbed downward.
In either case, as perhaps also in golf, its best to maybe just avoid the barbs. Enjoy the smell of the fragrant air, and take life’s joys and pleasures all in stride. No matter it be the rain, the sun, the snow; or the eagles, a turkey, an albatross, the blow-ups, the birdies, and the bogeys, they are all part of life’s sensuality.
