The Australian Golf Club

A relatively easy starting hole. Only the very longest hitters would consider taking on the corner bunkers and then only with a helping south/south westerly breeze. Keep well right with your second shot using a club that will keep you short of the right hand chain of bunkers. Ideally your approach shot should finish below that hole if the pin is in front half of the green. From above the hole an extremely slick putt will result.

A long narrow green from an elevated tee, which with varying wind conditions and pin placement can play from a short iron to a fairway metal club. Avoid the right hand bunker when the pin is back. The green falls away sharply to the left at the rear.

Long drivers can reach the water hazard (which is not in view) with a tail wind. Play to the right where there is ample fairway, avoiding the difficult left hand corner bunker. This sets up the best angle of attack to an obliquely set green. Lay up left if the water carry is too daunting. The two-tiered putting surface is fairly flat, sloping gently to the water on the lower level.

Club selection is critical to this shallow green fronted by water. The safest line is to the centre. The back left bunker shot brings the water hazard back into play.

Doglegging right from the tee, the corner bunker can be carried only by long hitters with a helping wind. The second shot should be kept well right on a right to left sloping fairway. The approach is to a narrow fronted green with well-protected bunkering. Putting from above the hole will require caution.

Stay well left of centre to avoid a natural bounce to the right, which will give you the most difficult approach to this green. The further left you drive the more inviting and easy the approach shot becomes to a two-tiered green.

From the Member's tee this hole is not long, however, the approach shot to a long narrow green is full of trepidation. Bailing out to the left to avoid the water leaves a difficult third, where a full range of options - putt, chip or pitch - is available.

A long hole into the prevailing summer breeze. The drive should be directed to the right side to obtain the best view of the green, which is partially hidden on the left side. This brings into play the right hand fairway bunker, which can be carried, in favourable conditions. The safe approach play is right and short to a green which is difficult to hold and protected front left by a deep bunker.

A very tough driving hole where the right hand side of the fairway ensures a clear approach to a green deeply bunkered on the left hand side. When the pin is back over-clubbing is the safest approach as the embankment behind the green invariably feeds the ball down to the putting surface.

A ball driven to the right side of this fairway will generally roll back to the centre of the fairway. The second shot is deceptive and an extra club is generally the correct choice. To run a ball onto this green will require a line left of centre to avoid falling into a deep depression, to the right of the green.

A very long, narrow and flat green. Careful club selection is required. The left hand bunker is set well back, so a miss to this side generally finds the grassy hollow and the easiest recovery spot.

A very good driving hole from an elevated tee. The dogleg left is protected on both sides with bunkers. The easier approach is from the right hand side, from where the two-tiered and deeply bunkered green is opened up.

The fairway bunker left is reachable by the longer hitter although this is the side to play from for the best approach to an elevated green, which will provide some testing putts if you do not finish in the correct quarter of the green.

A ball driven toward the left hand bank will invariably find its way back to the fairway. There is plenty of room to the left on your second shot to avoid the right hand depression and long deep fairway bunker. The third shot is deceptive and generally requires a stronger club than the eye tells you.

To a deep two-level green the tee shot is best played from right to left. A running shot on this line is generally effective.

A long drive is required if you want to challenge the green, which is set obliquely to your approach shot and is protected by very deep and extensive bunkering. The green is three-tiered and putting from above the hole is a test for even the best putters.

Arguably the best hole on the course. You are tested from the tee, where only a strong and straight drive will allow you to "go" at the pin. The green is again set obliquely to the line of play and precise club selection is needed to find the correct part of this long green and to avoid strategically placed bunkering. The green is relatively flat but has subtle breaks.

An ideal finishing hole which will test the ability of the longest hitters to get home in two. Generally a lay up second shot is the correct approach leaving an intimidating third shot to a deep three level green with water at the front and down the entire right hand side.