Course Information: Hole by Hole with Pictures

18 Hole Par 72 5878 Metres

Tee Markers: Ladies - Red Mens - Blue Social - Yellow

Hole One: 481M PAR 5
The first hole is a straight away Par 5, but beware numerous dangers await, with OOB and hazard down the left side of the fairway and thick trees down the right side of the fairway will catch any way ward drive. The key to this hole is to put your ball in play, so even big hitters will need to think before they act on this hole. The 1st is a very tough starting hole so a par on this hole is always a great way to start your round.

Hole Two: 297M PAR 4
First of many dog leg holes that are a feature of the course. Tall Chilean Willows all the way down the left. A driver may be too long, you need about 200m to reach centre fairway at the dogleg. Which will leave a mid to short iron into a well protected green with bunkers at the left, right and back of green.

Hole Three: 393M PAR 4
This hole's a beauty. Rated the hardest hole on the course. To make the green in two, you need to hit 217m to carry the water channel. Aim at the poplars and fade the ball up the dogleg right. For most high handicappers a sensible approach is an iron laid up short leaving a long second shot into the green. The green is flat with a generous opening between bunkers either side, with another at the back. A simple chip shot if you're short for two. If you make par, take time to admire the pretty little pond with a She-Oak and a willow in the middle and water Lillie's enroute to the next tee. If you took triple bogey, this is a good place to drown your clubs.

Hole Four: 297M PAR 4
Another dogleg left. Tall Chilean Willows all the way down the left. A driver may be too long, you need about 200m to reach centre fairway at the dogleg which is a must otherwise you will not have a clear 2nd shot at the green. The green is again guarded by bunkers left, right and back. Strategy is the key to this hole.

Hole Five: 124M PAR 3
A straight forward short hole to a undulating green, the three bunkers leave a good sized opening at the front of this slightly raised green. Only a disastrous shot would hook badly enough to reach the Highway on the left and out of bounds.

Hole Six: 181 PAR 3
Another par three, the longest par 3 on the course and what a beauty! Your shot is uphill, over the water channel to a huge undulating green guarded by bunkers front left and front right. Any tee shot sprayed too far right will find some very well established trees. With the prevailing breeze off the water to your left, you'll probably aim a long iron or a lofted wood over the left pot from the back tee. Par on this hole Is a great score

Hole Seven: 350M PAR 4
A straight par 4 with three water crossings. You'll be playing away from the ocean towards a great mountain backdrop. Pine trees line the right off the tee. You should have no problem clearing the first water channel, and pulling up before the second. Don't hook, as water meanders down the left. A very bad slice may catch the water channel as it crosses the second fairway. Your second shot needs to carry a couple of ponds about 50m short of the green with bunkers left and right. Hence the reward for a long straight drive is you get to hit this shot with a nicely lofted club into a small narrow green with ant shot missed left penalised with a difficult chip shot back onto the green.

Hole Eight: 454M PAR 5
A beautiful risk and reward hole with a slight double dogleg, first left then right, takes you into the older established part of the course. Your tee shot is played over a little creek up onto a fairway which slopes right to left. Aim between the tall gums on either side of the fairway, a ball struck a bit right should come back to the middle. It's uphill to the green, and a good tee shot will allow you to cut the second dogleg and go straight for the pin with a big fairway wood. This is a large sloping green, protected on the left by a huge gum and a pot, with two small pots right. No easy putts here unless you lob your ball below the hole. This is a great birdie opportunity hole.

Hole Nine: 364M PAR 4
A slight dog left par 4, played downhill to a fairway which is bordered now by established trees and narrow rough on both sides. You can't see the landing area or the green, but aim your drive at the flagpole in front of the clubhouse. but stay away from the left hand bunker as the dam looks huge from there The fairway turns right slightly over the crest, and slopes down to the huge double green. It also slopes right towards the pond. Note the colour of the flag you're supposed to be playing to is red. Your second shot should come in from left to right to avoid the bunker front and centre of the green. Get close if you can, there's lots of three putt territory.

Hole Ten: 269M PAR4
The newest hole on the course is a great little par 3, with accuracy the key to this hole as the green is very undulated and is protected by 3 well placed deep bunkers to catch any way ward tee shot.

Hole Eleven: 354M PAR 4
Played from the top comer of the course, the fairway bends around to the left. There's a ditch and a road O O B on the right. Aim a drive at the light towers and try to shape your tee shot right to left or for the big hitters you can try to cut the corner of the dogleg going over the trees. As you approach the 150m mark, a beautiful green comes into view, with a cypress and a towering gum behind which seems to reach out over the green. There's a bunker on the left, so come in from the right. This greens slightly raised, making it a little harder to get onto, with any shots leaking to the right penalised with a difficult chip shop remaining.

Hole Twelve: 160M PAR 3
Nice looking par three with water running down the left to catch any bad duff or big hook. There's a little water crossing half way down the fairway. Uphill to the green, guarded by a big bunker left of the green which encroaches from the right. There's also a smaller bunker behind the green. This is a tricky, sloping green, not at all simple to get that birdie on. You now have to endure the hardest climb on the course, because the 13th is reached by walking up Albert St past the Show ground and Football Oval, and all true golfers hate a walk without the chance to hack out a few divots.

Hole Thirteen: 295M PAR 4
This is the most heavily wooded part of the course with older, lovely established gums. It's also a bit hillier. A blind shot from the tee, to a fairway which slopes both right to left and downhill in the landing area. Probably a long iron or lofted wood played just to the right and allowed to roll left is the go. A devil of a little bunker across the fairway in front of the large green complicates the downhill approach. Don't miss left or over the back, or you'll roll down the bank with a tricky shot back.

Hole Fourteen: 318M PAR 4
A fairly steep uphill dogleg to the right, with two huge gums in front of the ladies tee. A big gum on the left of the dogleg is your aiming point, with a fade to get closer to the green. If you're not sure you're going to fade sufficiently, play a three wood off the tee. You'll be pitching or chipping downhill to a flat green, guarded by a bunker on the left.

Hole Fifteen: 320M PAR 4
This is another blind shot to a fairway which runs downhill and slopes left to right into a water hazard that is quite reachable off the tee. This is where most hackers will probably cream the ball 230m dead straight. Be warned, even the little fence which allows you to retrieve most balls before they actually drown will save you here. Aim for the big gum on the right hand side of the fairway and hit a five wood or three iron with a draw right to left. If you can't do this, aim further left off the tee. Your second shot is downhill to the green. The pond on the right hand side is still a factor, with the fairway and green sloping left to right. Aim to just miss the bunker left of the green, or you run the risk of rolling into the one on the right, and don't run over into the one behind. I hope that's all clear.

Hole Sixteen: 447M PAR 5
A straight par 5 played from a slightly elevated tee with the water, and probably the breeze behind you. There are trees along the right off the tee. A ball duffed right will find the water channel, and a hook may find water left of the fairway at about 150m from the tee, or if big enough the OOB fence to the showgrounds. Aim for the big gum. You need to lay up your second shot, because water crosses the fairway twice before you reach the green. An approach shot dragged left will find a large bunker on that side of the green if you're lucky. If not, you'll be in the water channel beyond the sand.

Hole Seventeen: 381M PAR 4
The tee shot is over the water channel to a fairway that slopes right to left. There's not much penalty for a wayward shot here, with practice area on the right and the 8th fairway on the left so have a go with the big gun and try to reach the corner on this slight dogleg. The green is fairly flat, with bunkers both left and right.

Hole Eighteen: 351M PAR 4
A great finishing hole, and is similar to the 9th, being played from an elevated fairway down to the vast double green yellow flag this time. You need to keep your drive well left, as the fairway slopes down to the storage pond on the right. beware the fairway bunkers on the left for the longer drivers. If you're right you'll have a lot of water to carry with your second. The bunker in front of the green means you can't stay too well clear of the water without being in three (or four) putt territory on the wrong part of the green.

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