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Although long, this down hill, double dog leg pay 5 can be reached in two by the longer hitters. The perfect drive is left to right favouring the right, while the second shot must be played low and right to left from a down sloping fairway to take advantage of ground contours on the approach. This is a hole that truly rewards shotmakers.

Green contours are very gentle, but beware the waste bunkers flanking both sides of the second landing area.

If you are not confident on sloping lies, try to avoid them; play clubs that see you hit to the flatter areas of the fairway.

Hole location and your length will dictate your strategy here. Most strong hitters will lay back from the tee short of the left side sand bunker and the right side grass bunker.

A precision iron shot is then called for to hit the correct section of this undulating green. Shorter hitters should consider hole location and the predominant shape of their shots. This green can be approached from either side of the fairway around the two central pot bunkers. Generally speaking, those staying left, close to the lake edge will have easier approach and putting options. All should watch out for the unique ‘sinkhole’ separating high and low approach routes!

On the course’s longest par 4, long hitters are encouraged to really let loose off the tee. The 6th, one of the course’s widest fairways, is divided by a central fairway bunker and flanked by a steep fall off and waste bunkers the entire length of the right side. Depending on tees used and player’s trajectory, shorter hitters have to decide to play to the high or the (more dangerous) low road. Trees, bunkering and contours at the Green entrance are designed to reward approach shots from the right. Miss the green left for an easier up and down.

Pro Tip
When playing from waste bunkers, remember that you are allowed to ground your club, and take practice swings. Try practicing long fairway bunker shots with a lofted wood played with a slightly open face. This will create bounce and more margins for contact error allowing even slightly miss hit shots to gain reasonable distance. But don’t forget to allow for a slice!

Built with multiple teeing areas, the longest par 3 on the course requires a variety of shots Depending on tee and hole location and wind direction. With the hole cut back left, and tees back, green contours favour a running draw. Tees and hole on the right side mean a soft high fade is required.

Pro Tip
Look to use the whole width of the tee to simplify access to the hole. As long as you are comfortable with it, it is legal to even stand ‘outside’ the area delineated by the markers as long as the ball remains within.

Elevated tees accentuate the presence of wind, meaning this hole can be brute or a baby. There are clearly 3 options from the tee on this ‘S’ shaped hole with water left and right. The more one risks from the tee, the less water that needs to be carried on the approach and the more green is available to work with on the approach.
Only the longest and most aggressive will try to drive the green. The ‘middle risk’ route is over the first left fairway bunker leaving a short approach wedge to the course’s smallest green. Against the wind most will play to the wide right landing area leaving a short to medium iron played across the widest stretch of the lake.

Pro Tip
Know your game and know when to take a small risk. When playing too ‘safe’ to this green, erring long will mean water is still in play on the return chip!
As the late BBC commentator Henry Longhurst liked to say, ‘If you’re going to play safe, make sure you’re safe!

Dramatic elevated tees literally sculpted out of the mountain leave a beautiful but intimidating view of the narrow ninth fairway. The keys to this hole are wind and the large tree obscuring much of the left side of the fairway. Extreme elevation will obviously exaggerate the wind’s influence. Slightly hooked drives over the tend to get directed back into play by fairway contours, while drives erring right will be blocked out by trees and the rock face protecting the green entrance.

Though it looks friendly, this green is one of the trickiest on the course with a false front and more slope from back to front than first appears. As with all good shorter two shot holes, precision play is more important than length.

Pro Tip
Excessive backspin may see the ball roll back off the false green front here. Risking a drive as close to the green as possible may mean a short enough 2nd shot pitch to reduce spin rate and keep the ball on the green.

Though this is a very wide fairway, the ideal line is fraught with danger. The hole can be shortened in different ways when selecting the ‘low’ road. Take careful note of wind and yardage over the last of the left side fairway bunkers. Long hitters may be able to ‘fly’ these bunkers; short hitters who successfully skirt or draw the ball around them will catch extra roll from the down slope. For the less adventurous, stay on the ‘high road’, You must be prepared for a very long second shot from this right hand part of the fairway and may even have to lay up away from the water at the green’s narrow entrance.
The green has also been contoured to reward bold play. Approach shots played too safely short and right away from the lake will be left with fast chips and putts down towards the water!

Designer’s Tip
Look to where the water will drain to help you read putts, especially at the front right corner of the green.

Contrasting with the previous hole, Players should stay on the high right hand side of the 2 level fairway to make the approach on this short par 4 easier. Only the top of flag will be visible from the lower left fairway and a nasty pot bunker will be more in play from this angle of approach to this very small plateau green. The steep false front on the green means strong players may need to beware of too much backspin on their approach. In this case, land past the green center or spin may draw your ball back off the false front on this small plateau green. Erring long will usually leave an easier up and down!

Most players will benefit from using a running shot from the ‘putting’ hollows. Take a tip from the name! Use your putter (if not a fairway wood like a putter) from closely mown areas behind the green on this hole.

Risk reward options are there for all to see from tee. Long hitters should take on as much of the marsh and bunkers as they dare to leave a long iron into this par 5 green. But beware the sucker bunker at end of fairway!

2nd shots also provide playing options. Staying right, whether short or over the long waste bunker, will offer the easiest approach angle to green.

Know the realistic limits of your ability before selecting your 2nd shot route.