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| Hole 1 |
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| A hard start. The second
shot is invariably blind. If not sure, take one club less to leave
a fairly straightforward chip on to the green. |
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| Hole 2 |
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| You will need your biggest
club here. A long drive up the left-hand side will give you a chance
to get home in two shots, but there is a ditch short of the green
to catch the Mis hit second shot or a bunker on the right if you don’t
quite make the green. |
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| Hole 3 |
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| Only 125 yards, but there
is a pond just in front of the green. Take enough club or you are
going to get wet. |
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| Hole 4 |
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| A good drive needed to clear
the trees lining the right hand side of the fairway to get to the
right hand dogleg. This will give a relatively easy second shot, but,
what ever club you think you need, take one more. |
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| Hole 5 |
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| A great driving hole. Keep
the ball up the right hand side and it should run down to the middle
of the fairway. If you are not going for the green in two, lay up
short of the fairway bunkers leaving a simple pitch into the green. |
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| Hole 6 |
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| Stroke index 1. The fairway
slopes left to right, so keep it left, but beware the out of bounds.
Out of bounds through the back of the green as well, so a bogey here
will feel like a par. |
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| Hole 7 |
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| Short par 3. What you see
is what you get, but make sure you end up on the same tier as the
pin. |
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| Hole 8 |
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| You can reach the green
with your drive, but will pay a heavy penalty for failure. A picturesque
pond and fairway brook short of the green will catch the unwary. |
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| Hole 9 |
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| Long swinging dogleg slightly
downhill. Your long second shot will need to carry the greenside bunker. |
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| Hole 10 |
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| Shortest par 4 on the course.
Lay up to the ditch and this will leave you with a short mid iron
to the green. |
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| Hole 11 |
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| Keep your drive left of
the marker post to hit the plateau. This will leave a short mid-iron
to an inviting green. |
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| Hole 12 |
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| Great par 3. Only one place
to be and that’s in the middle. Left or right and you’re
in sand. |
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| Hole 13 |
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| Take a mid to long iron
off the tee to leave about 130 – 150 yards. Take more than this
at your peril. You then need to keep the ball high right, but there
is a bunker lurking by the green to catch anything too wide. Too wide
right of the green and you’re out of bounds. |
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| Hole 14 |
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| As big John said "Grip
it and Rip it". Short par 5 so the only hole where a big loose
left or right shot is OK. |
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| Hole 15 |
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| Keep the drive up the left-hand
side, but not too far or you’ll be in the trees. Needs a good
drive though to get home in two shots. |
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| Hole 16 |
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| Decision time – Do
you take on the trees over the corner or play the dogleg. It’s
the difference of 180 or 120 yards, so it’s up to you. |
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| Hole 17 |
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| Long par 3. Bunkers left
and right so hit it straight. |
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| Hole 18 |
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| Good finishing hole. The
best line is the right hand but out of bounds awaits a slice. A tricky
second shot to a small green. |
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| Best tip is – whatever the yardage, when playing
a hole up hill, take at least one more club and trust your choice.
If all else fails – stand back and enjoy the fantastic views. |
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