The Course

SCORECARD
PHOTO'S 1-9 PHOTO'S 10-18

 

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th

 

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Hole 1 Hole 2 Hole 3
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This is the approach to the 1st green. The best place to hit your tee shot is a fraction left of centre, and preferably past the right hand fairway bunker. If short of the bunker many lay up short of the little brook that's 117yrds short of the green. That's not the end either as this can be a 3 putt green.  - The 2nd tee, go for it or lay up - all depends on the wind. If laying up the best place is right of the bigger of the two trees that are in the 1st of the two ditches on this hole. Off the yellows, you'll need to drive just over 176yrds to clear the 1st ditch and ideally be on the right of the fairway, which will open up the green.  - After 2 tough starting holes welcome to the tee for the hardest hole on the course. First you need to get your drive over pond and ditch, but not too far left as there is a fairway bunker. If you can avoid all obstacles then you only need to decide on laying up or going for the green. If the wind is head on you'll be laying up.
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Hole 4 Hole 5 Hole 6
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This is the view from the back of the 4th Green, a two tier green. It's the 1st of two consecutive Par 5's. It's a tougher hole than it looks, the tee shot needs accuracy, the 2nd shot if long enough needs to avoid 2 fairway bunkers, then you'll need to finish on the right tier, but even then it's no easy putt.  - This is the view you'll have with a tee shot just short of the bunkers. Much longer off the tee you'll need to be left of the bunkers, but not too far left with out of bounds all down the left. With a good wind behind providing you hit a long ball this is a good hole to pinch a birdie or better, but with the wind against a par will be tough - This hole has changed for the better in the last year or so. Once upon a time you would need to be seriously left or right to find trouble, now the hole is slowly developing into a tough dog leg, that now has a small ditch halfway. Difficult to get on the 2 tier green in regulation, without a tough wind behind.
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Hole 7 Hole 8 Hole 9
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This is the tricky par 3 7th, the hole that has wrecked many a scorecard in its time. Anything right off the tee or approach if not on the green in 1, you'll be picking up a penalty shot for going out of bounds. Too far left, and you're in deep rough. This hole has an extended green. - The 8th, the 2nd easiest hole on the course if you're big enough and brave enough then driving this short Par 4 is possible. Miss hit that drive though, and a not too kind score can be made on this narrow green. The ideal shot is left or right of the marker post on the fairway.  - Hole 9 is a Par 4, 342 yards off the white tees, and former captain, Matt Maciejewski  recorded a superb hole in "one" here recently. The ideal tee shot is right of the left hand fairway bunker. It requires a fade shot or a very brave shot over the tree lined ditch.
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Hole 10 Hole 11 Hole 12
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The 10th is a toughish start to the back 9. The tee slopes from front to back. The best place to be is right of the marker post, though too far right and you're out of bounds. Your next shot needs to avoid the bunkers and ditch, and find the sloping right to left green, and even then you'll need to putt. - This is the the most difficult of all the Par 5's. If you can get your tee shot right of the left hand bunker you will get the chance to take the ditch on with your 2nd, otherwise lay up short at the bottom, and hope you can get your 3rd on to this very tricky green that has seen many 3 or more putts.  - This is the view to your 2nd Par 3 of the day. The best way to play this is on or just short of the green. Get it on, and you'll be putting for a birdie. Just short and you'll still have a chance of par. Too long left or right, you'll be lucky to escape 1 of the 3 bunkers.
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Hole 13 Hole 14 Hole 15
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This is a hole that your drive is in need of accuracy. Too far right there is either heavy rough, out of bounds, or a small cluster of trees, too far left, and you'll need to hope it's short of the ditch or avoid the rough. If in the rough you might need to lay up short of the ditch with your 2nd shot. - The longest hole on the course, and another hole that requires accuracy off the tee to give you the chance of grabbing a par or better. Too far left off the tee and you'll be blocked behind a tree lined ditch, too far right and you'll either be in the ditch or playing your next shot off the 3rd. - This is the shortest hole but it has its dangers. To get a par or better you'll need to be on this tricky 2 tier green in 1. Miss it right and you'll flirt with a bunker. Hit it left and either a bunker or the new section of the green will get you, and its not an easy putt from there.
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Hole 16 Hole 17 Hole 18
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This is a short Par 5 , but is difficult with a fairway that falls slightly from right to left, and 2 bunkers on the left that can grab even a tidy tee shot. It also has a narrow sloping green from back to front and if that's not enough a ditch in front of the green catches many out going for it. - This is the 2nd hardest hole on the course. It consist of a tough tee shot due to a ditch being in view, and unless you carry the main slope, you'll have a very long 2nd, which has a bunker protecting anything short on the left. The green is very tough, and slopes from left to right. - The final hole before the "19th". If you're long enough you'll have a chance of hitting the green in 1, or at least cutting out the small dog leg, and removing the danger caused by bunkers on the left and right. Get a good tee shot away and find the green with your 2nd and you should finish with a par. 
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