The Course.
Hole 1
A short but tricky opening hole. Longer hitters used to hit driver followed by a short pitch to the green, but now with a new bunker up the right of the fairway and gorse down the left driver isn’t really an option. Fairway wood or long iron placed down the left half of the fairway leaves an easier approach to a narrow green.
Hole 2
Par 3 measuring 180 yards from the white tees, nearly always with the wind into and from the right. Again a small green makes it difficult to find with a long iron or fairway wood for the shorter hitters.
Hole 3
The 3rd is a stroke index 1 hole with a slight dog leg to the left with the fairway sweeping down about 200 yards off the tee. The ideal tee shot is just left of the marker post and the slope should take the ball down the hill leaving you around 150 yards to the green. If you miss the slope then you’re left with a long second to a green which is bunkered around the front.
Hole 4
The 1st of the three par 5’s measuring 505 yards from the white tees. A straight drive is required as there is thick rough awaiting on both sides of the hole for the wayward shot. The longer hitters can go for the green in two if they hit a good drive but must watch out as there is a ditch running across the fairway about 30 yards from the front edge of the green.
Hole 5
A straight forward looking hole but trickier than you think hence its stroke index of 3. A straight drive required will leave a mid to long iron to the green. Distance control is important as an over hit iron to the green will find either the ditch or out of bounds.
Hole 6
The par 3 6th has recently been lengthened with a new tee for the white markers. An intimating hole with a pond and a large bunker front left of the green. A large slope in the front of the green will kill any ball landing just short leaving a tricky putt.
Hole 7
Long par 5 playing nearly always into the wind, with a slight dog leg to the right. A tee shot down the left half of the fairway will avoid the ditch which cuts into the fairway on the right. This will leave a long second shot with only the big hitters been able to reach in 2. Beware as out of bounds runs all the way along the right on this hole.
Hole 8
A short uphill par 4 with the green cut into a rock face. Fairway wood or long iron off the tee will leave you with an uphill tricky pitch of around 110 yards. Difficult to judge the length as you can’t see the bottom of the pin. Only the long hitters with the right wind will have a chance of knocking it on from the tee.
Hole 9
Elevated tee shot to a fairway which slopes to the left with trouble up the right and left. An over hit tee shot will find a large ditch and lost ball!! Play short of the ditch and your left with a 120 yard approach to the green.
Hole 10
A short dog leg to the left par 4 with trouble down the left. A tee shot placed on the right side of the fairway will leave a good line into a slightly elevated green with two bunkers guarding the front.
Hole 11
A short par 4 with thick rough lining both sides of this hole, punishing any wayward tee shot. A drive positioned down the left half of the fairway will leave a good line into a small narrow green. Missing the green left will leave a tricky chip shot.
Hole 12
Par 3 with a well guarded green at the front. One of the longest greens from front to back on the course making club selection tricky. Always take one more club than you think if the pin is positioned towards the back.
Hole 13
Dog leg right par 4 with a ditch running down the left side of the hole. Ideal tee shot to be positioned left half of the fairway which leaves a good line for your approach into the green. Once you’ve found the green safely the sloping green makes putting very tricky.
Hole 14
Long par 5 with thick rough and out of bounds down the left side therefore a tee shot up the right half of the fairway is ideal. This will leave you with a choice of either laying up short of the ditch in front of the green, or for the longer hitters going for the green. The approach to the green needs to be accurate as there is trouble all around this green.
Hole 15
A tough uphill par 3 measuring 168 yards from the white tees. As the green is blind from the tee it makes club selection very tricky. Anything short will roll back down the hill so always take one more club than you think. Anything slightly too big will come back of the banking behind the green.
Hole 16
Out of bounds tight to the left so the ideal tee shot needs to be up the right half of the fairway which leaves a good line into the un-bunkered green. Again club selection is important for the approach as it’s a two tier green with a drop over the back into a ditch.
Hole 17
A short par 4 with out of bounds running down the left with the wind nearly always blowing towards it! Can be driveable for the bigger hitters but a fairway wood off the tee will leave about a pitching wedge to the green. Don’t be short with your approach as there is a dip in front of the green which will gather your ball leaving a tricky chip.
Hole 18
A great finishing hole with the potential to wreck a good score!! Long par 4 with a slight dog leg left with out of bounds running down the left. Don’t be too greedy trying to cut too much off the corner. A drive up the right half of the fairway is ideal leaving a long iron or fairway wood into the largest green on the course in front of the clubhouse. Don’t be too bold as out of bounds is few a just yards over the back of the green. If you manage to hit the green then you will be left with a tricky putt as the green slopes heavily from back to front.