Hole 7 Belgian*
Par: 5 (Five)
Yardage: 467 yards from Black Tees
Course Rank: 15th in overall difficulty
Green Surface: 7,300 Square Feet
Distinguishing features: Gentle rise to elevated green. White sand bunker located mid-fairway on the left. White sand bunker guards the left front of the green. Many pines line both sides of the fairway.
Advice from the Pro: This is a very do-able par five if you stay in the middle. But it can be intimidating with houses and trees looming in on both sides. If you are worried, use an iron off your tee shot, you can easily make it with three shots to the green. You can even score a birdie, remember the area in front of the green will stop your ball, so no forward help. Clear this area for the best chances. Don't be above this flag, there is a serious downhill slope in most areas on the green.
On average the Belgian grows to weigh slightly over 2,000 pounds. The world's largest horse was a Belgian Draft named Brooklyn Supreme, who weighed 3,200 lb. and stood at 19.2 hands. Belgian horses are able to pull tremendous weights. At the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado, a team of two horses in the Heavyweight class pulled 17,000 pounds a distance of 7 ft 2 in. The team of Belgians weighed 4,800 pounds. At the Iowa State fair, the heavyweight champions in the pulling contest pulled 14,600 pounds the complete distance of 15 ft. The team consisted of one Belgian and one Percheron and weighed 3,600 pounds.
Belgian colors normally are a type of light chestnut sometimes called a "sorrel," with a flaxen mane and tail. Until the 1940s, the Belgian and the Brabant were essentially the same breed. Following World War II, the Brabant in Europe was selectively bred to be thicker bodied and heavier, while in the United States the Belgian was bred to be somewhat taller and lighter bodied. The main use was as a farm horse. Photo and article by Wikipedia.org
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