Tea Tree Gully Golf Club

If you don't land your drive near the right hand edge of the fairway the ball is likely to run down the slope and end up in the rough on the left. Trees may then block your path to the green in what is an otherwise straightforward hole.

There are trees to the left and scrub to the right, and its not much better in front of the tee; but this is still your best chance of a hole in one, (though you won't know you've got it until you climb the steep rise to the green).

You may have to restrain yourself so as not to hit your drive downhill into the creek. Then it takes a good fairway shot to finish on the right level of the green to give yourself a chance of an eagle.

Don't overdo aiming left off the tee to avoid going out of bounds on the right - or you'll go straight into the big pine trees on the left (or the bunkers of the 5th green!).

The hollow on the right bordering the creek is a favourite spot for amateurs! And then if you can't put backspin on your 2nd to the heavily bunkered and sloping green you'll have trouble parring this one.

The view from the men's tee over the small lake, past the ladies' tee and up the incline to the green is both beautiful and threatening. The encroaching trees and the uphill slope help to give this hole its low index, together with the hellish bunker complex guarding the right of the green - not to mention the rises and falls of the generally upward sloping green itself which make it vital to pitch short of the hole (preferably within two feet!).

A straightforward par 4, however make sure you allow for the slope to the left, especially on the green.

A straightforward par 3 from an elevated tee; however the dense scrub on the left and the sharp dip to the creek just below the tee are beckoning your fluffed tee shot.

Similar to the 6th, the men have to negotiate water from the tee. The dog-leg left from the tee is clear, but the 3 fairway bunkers can barely be made out. You can just see the 2 bunkers in front of the green.

First the fairway slopes gently into the trees to the right, then it slopes sharply into the trees on the left.

Grade B and C male golfers may well wonder how this hole can have such a high index!

Not for the first time a straight drive is recommended, although as in some similar situations there is chance to recover if you have a big enough slice or hook through or over the trees into the middle of the adjoining fairways.

Longest par 3 on the course. Generous green, slightly downhill from the tee, but look out for the bunkers back left and right.

Out of bounds on the left, and not far through the green. The pin is often hidden behind the line of trees on the right.

If you are not a long hitter this becomes a par 5 because you will most likely play round the dam rather than risk feeding the wet-suited divers.

Watch the out of bounds on the right (minding the cars and gardens), and aim for the longitudinal hollow straight down the middle.

The aforementioned dam is up to the left of the valley halfway along the fairway, while the tricky green is raised, long, narrow, sloping and two-level.

After you've hit a good drive half way up the hill, you will feel confident to attack the pin even if it's on the upper side of the green which is guarded by a terrifying bunker. In the bottom photograph we are looking back down the fairway with the pin on the lower side of the green.