464 Yards, Par 4
Architect Alistar Mackenzie
The 7th hole at McCullough's is not only our signature hole, but also our most unique. Alistar Mackenzie, the original architect of Augusta National and Cypress Point, entered and won a hole design contest sponsored by Country Life Magazine in 1914, which he credits for spearheading his career. The hole was originally to be constructed at the Lido Golf Club in New York , but was never built there. We created it here on the recommendation of Golfweek's Brad Klein. As the biggest hole Stephen Kay has ever built, number seven's fairway is 159 yards at its widest point! The original hole design incorporated part of the Atlantic Ocean. Since that was not possible at McCullough's, we built a three-acre waste bunker to take the ocean's place. The hole's distance ranges from 380 to 480 yards, depending on how you play it. One can play to the waste area's island fairway on the left, or try to hit it over the island fairway and over the waste bunker to a large generous fairway, or simply bail out to the right and hoping for a one-putt to par the hole.