Here's the tee shot from just above and left of the tee which sits slightly down the hill to the right of the pix.  Notice the small white 'aiming rock' in the left middle of this picture (left) which gives the player some target to aim at.


It's 255 yards though the fairway on the far right side with the ocean to the right of there and a cliff protecting any tee shot hit too far.
 

It's 285 yards through the fairway up the left side of it (towards the marshal in the red jacket (far left middle of pix)


The pro tee shot is aimed at one of two chimneys on a mansion on the hill (not visible in this pix) and is the safest target route.


The pro's will usually hit a 3 wood off this tee, unless it's into a significant wind, leaving them about 195 yards into the middle of this green.

This second shot  view is from the top of the cliff and to the right of the desired tee shot landing area to give you a more picturesque look at the forced carry over land and sea.


There's no fence at the top and this was once a point of a great tragedy some 20 years ago when two unfortunate golfers drove their golf cart over the edge here.

If you were to hit your tee shot to the right and still be on dry land, this would be the maximum carry over the ocean to get it home.


That left side tee shot gives you a more safe route and angle in, although it's still a high shot value play especially when into the wind here.


Your shot in from the top of the cliff here is anywhere from 205 to 220 yards into this postage stamp 8th green.

Here's a look into the green  (this cross bunker in the right foreground (pix left) is a forced carry to about 65 yards short of the green, should you miss club or 'wing' your long second.




It's not a bad idea to play to the front yardage when making your second shot play here or at least to under the pin. Reason being that should you miss it long to the left side of the green you would have a difficult sloping downhill chip from the rough there.



Even a birdie putt from the left side and 'above' the hole is a somewhat defensive putt because of the speed and left to right break from there.

Here is that view (pix right) of the 8th green from behind.  You can get an idea of the sloping left to right green.  You can have hit two quality golf shots and be just left of the green with plenty of work still left to make your par four!



The greens at this classic seaside links golf course are typically small and this ones no exception at 20 yards deep through on the left and only 23 yards through on the back right.



Four is the desired score on this hole each and every time you play it.  Birdies are possible for the playing professionals but it's not a real 'scoring' hole per se, but one that can really hurt you if you make a mistake.  It's basically just get your par and get on out of there!

Here's a good panoramic from behind and just right of the green looking back to the top of the cliff and second shot area there.



You can more clearly see here how a tee shot up the left side (right middle in pix) is the optimum and takes more of the ocean out of play.



You can imagine how this hole might play with a cold and strong left to right blowing at you as it can in this old clambake tournament!



There have been just as many golf 'horror stories' as success stories written about how hard this hole has played at times over the years.  And it's a classic if you ever get to play here and par it and then go home and tell your friends!