Mission Hills - Vijay Course

This medium-length par 5 plays slightly downhill to a well-bunkered green that's pitched from front to back. Reachable in two for longer players, the second shot must negotiate a pot bunker short and left of the green. A birdie opportunity to start the round.

Plays along water left of the landing area and right at the green. Drives pushed right will leave a long, second shot over water. The more the tee shot flirts with water left, the better the angle in.

Demands three well-executed shots. With water all along the right side and a 150-yard long beach bunker leading to the slightly raised green, this hole is one of the most difficult on the course. Par is nothing to be ashamed of.

A thinking man's short par 4. A sand and water run down the right side of the hole from tee to green. Play too safe to the left and a large, bunker-strewn mound completely obscures the view of the green. Instead, aim right to leave an open view. Long hitters may opt for the bold play of flying the mound entirely, potentially driving the green. The hole also offers a spectacular backdrop of the Mission Hills Hotel.

A long waste bunker down the right catches the player's eye on the tee. Approach the green with a left-to-right shot but make sure to carry the bunker short and left of the green. If worried about the deep bunker to the right of the green, bailing out to the left is not a bad option.

The shortest hole on the course features a wild, well-bunkered green set at the water's edge. Placement on the proper tier of the green is necessary to limit three-putts.

Protected along the entire right side by water, the seventh features a menacing collection of bunkers long and left off the tee. Play safe with your drive and you should still have a middle to short iron into the green.

A well-struck middle or long iron is needed to hold this deep, somewhat narrow green flanked by water and bunkers. Be very happy with a three here.

This long, left-to-right par 4 is bunkered at the turn and features a fairway sloping right-to-left. A long bunker runs from landing area to green, setting up a difficult carry for the second shot. The feint-of-heart can miss the green to the right and still have a good chance at par.

A long roundhouse, right-to-left hole that wraps around water on the left from tee to green. Playing away from the water will make the hole even longer. The green is atop a rock wall and fronted by bunkers. A two-shot hole for only the longest and bravest of players!

A more reasonable opportunity for an eagle putt. Turning left-to-right out of a chute of mounds and trees, the second shot must carry a long waste bunker to reach the green. A small pot bunker left of the green will influence shots, especially those trying to reach back left pin placements.

This hole's features a long, sandy waste area and is framed by forested hills. The putting surface is set at a left-to-right angle and favors a slight fade.

A double-dogleg par 5 with water right of the first landing area before it wraps left to a green nestled against a horseshoe-shaped bunker. Second shots should favor the right side of the fairway to leave the best approach.

Fire away from a slightly elevated tee to a peninsula green protected right, left and short by water. The rock-walled green complex has a severely undulating green and a wonderful backdrop of dense trees and panoramas of the golf courses.

A slightly blind drive plays over a pot bunker-protected mound to a landing area with bunkers left and a long waste area right that wraps around the green. Tee shots played out to the right will leave the best angle to attack the small green, while those played left will leave a slightly blind second hiding a severe depression short of the green.

This par 3 has a little of everything: length, elevation change, water, grass mounds and a pot bunker. Miss the green and you'll have your work cut out to make par, but at least the scenery is spectacular.

A long, uphill par 4 marked by a green protected left by a series of deep bunkers. There's room off the tee, but its length makes it a very demanding hole.

Finishing at the back of the hotel / clubhouse complex, this uphill, medium-length par 4 demands a long tee shot in order to set up a short iron second to the well-protected green. A deep bunker in front necessitates an exacting second shot, especially to any pins on the right side. A very strong finish to a challenging test of golf.