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title: "What is barranca ?"  
description: "What is barranca ?"  
author: "Akash Ahlawat"  
published: 2018-07-22  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47489/what-is-barranca  
category: "sports"  
tags: ["sports"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# What is barranca ?

What is barranca ?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Harshal Vispute

A '**barranca**' is a '**deep gully or arroyo with steep sides,**' according to the dictionary. In essence, it's a deep hole that's difficult to escape once you've fallen into it. **At Riviera Country Club**, these are the locations you don't want your **[golf](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47447/what-is-the-object-of-the-game-of-golf)** ball to be. **The barranca is used on several holes at Riviera Country Club**, the most renowned of which is the **par-4 13th.**\
**If the trees on the left between it and the fairway on the 13th hole were cut down**, the barranca might make the hole play like a **Cape-style hole,** allowing a player to bite off as much as they can while risking disaster by going into the barranca, which is effectively a hazard. The dogleg-left hole is protected by the barranca from being torn off too forcibly. \
If a player decides to go down the right side of the **split fairway**, the second shot on the **eighth hole** needs a carry over a barranca, while the **par-5 11th hole** also has a barranca in play, forcing a player to choose whether to lay up or go for the green in two shots. \
Wherever practical, **George C. Thomas** used the barranca to create decision points and force strategic choices. And saying barranca is a lot more fun than saying **canyon, pit, or ditch.**


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