Adelaide golf inc LIV Golf Tournament | Feb 2025

A gentle dog leg right welcomes the player. A good drive left of centre to avoid fairway bunkering along the right hand side will give longer hitters an opportunity to go for the green in two or lay up with a long iron. The shot to the raised green is hard to judge and, if to the left or long, can leave a difficult up-and-down.

A shortish par 5 where a solid drive will make this hole reachable in 2 shots. A tight line for the second shot to the area between the two bunkers guarding the green offers a definite birdie chance.

A tough par 3 surrounded by bunkers on both sides and two grassy hollows over the back. Club selection is difficult because the tee is protected from the southerly winds that can blow very strongly.

This hole has a blind drive to a narrow fairway with an out of bounds on the left. You can use anything from a long iron to driver to get over the hill. The challenging mid to short iron second shot is to a small green well guarded by bunkers with a dangerous swale on the left side.

A shortish par 4 with two big bunkers down the right hand side. Most players lay up at the neck of the fairway which leaves a short iron into a two tier green divided by a diagonal ridge. Bunkers guard the left side of the green.

Fairway bunkers on the left side catch the long tee shot while the tall gums guarding the right hand side require an accurately placed drive. The blind second shot normally played upwind needs careful club selection. Deep bunkers are positioned front left and right of the green.

A short hole with a green that has three levels. Any shot miss-hit or under-clubbed will end up in the front left bunker or down a deep slope front right of the green. An essential and satisfying green to hit but beware the long putt from the back to the lower level.

The fairway which dog legs left, slopes severely to the right making it hard to hit. You are faced with a blind second shot with a mid to long iron depending on the wind. The green is very small, raised and has two well placed bunkers short left and right.

Longer hitters will land their drives between the left fairway bunkers and the right hand side trees and burn. This will give you the opportunity to go for the green in two. The green is protected by a deep bunker front and a shallow bunker back left.

This is the first of four demanding par 4 holes, and is the hardest hole on the back 9. A well hit accurate drive is needed with trees on both sides of the fairway. A long iron upwind is usually required with bunkers surrounding both sides of the green.

A short par 4 with the tiger tee set up into a sand hill. A driver or three-wood will leave a short to mid iron into the green. One of the flatter greens on the course with a steep slope at the rear and bunkers guarding both sides.

A slight dog leg left where a good tee shot is essential. A precision second shot is required to the elevated green which is small, undulating, and provides many difficult pin positions. Better to err on the short side with the shot, rather than be over the back!

The most straight forward hole on the course and one where a long drive over a rise is well recommended. One of the few greens not built up but watch club selection as there is fairway short of the green you can't see. A bunker short right and grassy hollow over the bunker will catch any wayward shot to the right.

Perhaps the signature hole of Kooyonga. This wind blown par 3 has a sheltered tee, and an exposed green, rendering club selection exquisitely difficult. Deep bunkers surround the green with a steep slope over the back.

One of the hardest par 3's you will ever play. The green is elevated with severe slopes off both sides and at the rear. Two bunkers guard the left side while on the right, bunkers extend back from the green a long way. A par is well earned here.

The most difficult par 5 on the course. A good drive that avoids the left hand bunker will give you a chance to go for the green in two. To lay up on the left side with the second shot will reward the accurate golfer with a short shot to a narrow green, well surrounded by bunkers.

A stunning hole with a gentle dog leg to the left over a rolling hill. A good drive will clear the deep bunker positioned on the left side of the fairway. This will leave a short to mid iron shot with water covering the front right part of the green. Anywhere on the green is acceptable.

A short but tight dog leg to the left, where long hitters can take on the corner bunkers. The reward is a short pitch to a flat green with bunkers left and right. Laying up will leave you with a blind shot with a short or mid iron.

Recently redeveloped, the opening hole is a slight dogleg to the right. It?s important to keep your tee shot left of centre on the fairway to open up the green for your second shot. Your approach will likely be from a slightly hanging lie with the ball below your feet from about 150 metres. Savour the views when you get to the green.

The first short hole of the round plays uphill and generally into the breeze so you may want to take an extra club, but steer clear of the road on the right.

Ranked the hardest hole on the course, this tough par 4 used to be a par 5. It is important you aim slightly right off the tee to allow you to hit your second shot into what is a very undulating green which is guarded by a bunker on the right. The spot to miss the green is just to the left.

Straightaway par 3 with water on the right. The green is well protected by bunkers and not always easy to find. Allow for the left-to-right prevailing wind.

Dogleg left. You need to be slightly right of centre with the tee shot to avoid the fairway trap on the corner of the dogleg. The average player will probably beleft with an 8 or 9 iron into the green. Avoid going left of the green at all costs, as it is very difficult to get up and down from there.

Uphill par 5 with a bunker on the left and out of bounds on the right. This is a hole that even the better players might consider hitting hybrid off the tee for safety because direction is more important than distance. If you are feeling brave, you can get it on for two if you do take driver and hit it dead straight. The green is easy to find as long as you avoid the bunker short right.

Short dogleg left, better players can actually reach the green from the tee as it plays about 240 metres from tee to green going the direct route. With out of bounds left and a water hazard on the right the safer play is to take a mid-iron from the tee leading a wedge into the green. The putting surface is quite undulating, but this is a definite birdie chance.

Good par, don?t flirt with the water hazard right and aim straight down the middle with driver, 3 wood or hybrid. Having avoided the lone fairway bunker you will be hitting into an elevated, undulating green. There is a pot bunker back left and another deep bunker front right and anything long or left spells trouble.

Bit of a tricky hole. The fairway bunker on the right needs to be avoided if you hope to reach the green in two, so for average players its best to lay up about 180m off the tee. The two-tiered green slops from right to left and is protected by a bunker on the front left side

Longish par 4. With fairway bunkers right and left you need to be pretty straight off the tee, leaving anything from a hybrid to a long iron into the green. There is a bunker on the right of the green, so better to aim left.

Straightaway par 3, with a bunker front left. Avoid hitting it left, as it is almost impossible to get it up and down from there.

Dogleg right par 4. It?s only about 200m to the corner, so you may consider hitting a hybrid off the tee. Then it?s straight uphill to a green that?s bunkered on the right-hand side.

Good par 3 with bunkers on the right. You can leave it short and still have a relatively easy up and down.

Short par 5. Aim to hit it about 230m from the tee down the right centre of the fairway and thereby taking the two fairway bunkers on the left out of play. The second shot is uphill, but the better player can reach the green in two. There is a bunker to the left of a two-tiered green that slopes from back to front.

Aim left of centre off the tee to miss the fairway bunker on the right from where it is almost impossible to reach the green. That should leave you with a mid-iron to a well guarded green. The bunker at the front left you can see, but also beware the pot bunker back left that is not visible from the fairway.

Beautiful little par 3 with bunkers in the front of the green. Anything long over the back is unplayable, so correct club selection is vital.

Straight uphill par 4, anything slightly right of centre off the tee is great. You are hitting into a green that is bunkered short left and has a pot bunker back left that you can?t see from the fairway.

Par 5 to finish, with out of bounds all the way up the right-hand side. You also need to keep it left of centre to avoid the fairway bunkers down the right which come into play. From there, you can either have a go at the green, ensuring you avoid the bunker on the right, or lay up to leave your favourite wedge distance. A birdie chance to finish the round.

The fairway of this quite short opening hole curves between some gentle mounds on each side. In the mounds on the right side are two bunkers clearly visible from the tee. The long hitting player will need to avoid the quite long grass on either side of this fairway and to take care not to go into a tongue of rough extending across the fairway 280 metres from the tee. The green lies obliquely to the line of play and is guarded by a bunker on its front left side. As a south westerly wind is often assisting this hole, players may have difficulty, even with a short iron, placing their second shots close to the flag.

The fairway bunker on the left of the fairway is 270 metres from the tee. The hole has a very attractive large greenside bunker on the right 30 metres short of the green and two smaller bunkers on the left adjacent to the green. It is the direction and strength of the wind which will determine whether a birdie four is a realistic expectation. The railway line which extends down the left side of this hole is an integral part of the course. An errant shot coming to rest among the sleepers must be played as it lies or a penalty taken.

Often regarded as one of the best holes at Seaton, this is the only hole which remains faithful to the original design of Dr Alister Mackenzie. It has a green which can be described as being "leg of mutton" in shape. It has an oblique ridge on the left, while on the right is a knoll on the side of the green. Always surrounded by dense grass and rushes, it offers the possibility of an eagle 2 to the brave but with the possibility of a quite disastrous score. Norman Von Nida once took a nine while more recently in 1989 Colin Montgomerie required eight.

The crater which lies in front of the club tees presents little challenge to the Championship players. A new tee has been formed some 40 metres back. From this the player has a blind shot to an undulating fairway. Pine trees guard both sides of the crater and 240 metres from the tee on the left are two quite deep bunkers. To deter the adventurous there is another pot bunker a further 30 metres on. The right side of the fairway is heavily grassed and the fairway narrows sharply 280 metres from the tee. The green is relatively flat with a bunker on the left but there are some deceptive mounds on the right from which an accurate chip can be difficult.

A new tee 40 metres behind its predecessor brings the two existing right side bunkers into play as they are now 250 and 286 metres from the tee. The left side of this hole has been narrowed firstly by some quite deep grass and by increased mounding between this and the neighbouring sixth fairway. In these mounds are four bunkers which are quite invisible from the tee. The furthest of these is placed 290 metres from the tee and it narrows the neck of the fairway. The bold player with an assisting wind may attempt to play through this neck and be left with a wedge to the green. Prudence may dictate playing short of the bunkers. This presents a longer shot to the green which has a deep bunker in its right front edge.

This has always been a formidable hole from the members tee particularly when played into the generally prevailing wind. A new tee has added some additional teeth to the hole as the required tee shot from this championship tee will require a carry in excess of 230 metres. To the right are further mounds and some testing grass and rushes and another bunker 281 metres from the tee. The green is generous in size. There is a deceptive slope from the back of the green. Care is required with any putt from above the hole. Two bunkers on each side of the green complete a very fine hole.

The green is surrounded by small bunkers in the front and on each side while at the back are deep grassy hollows. This green was laid down when the course was first developed. It was then approached from a different direction, but the tee was later placed behind the sixth green from which members still play. A new tee has been made extending this hole to 167 metres . A head wind will add an additional challenge to a hole which is an icon at Seaton.

The player can choose to play short of a tongue of rough extending across the fairway from the right, 237 metres out. This side is reinforced by some steep mounds and a deep bunker. The left side is also mounded with two pot bunkers 240 and 260 metres from the tee. Alternatively the choice is a longer tee shot over the peninsula of rough to a narrow strip of fairway. This would leave a very short pitch to the green which slopes away sharply on the left and behind. The front right is protected by two mounds and a bunker.

A newly constructed bunker is 275 metres from the tee on the left, from which a gentle mound extends across the fairway to thick rough and a small stand of swamp oaks. On the right, the mounding has been increased and regular watering of the rough has encouraged thick growth, all of which enhances the two deep bunkers. Both sides of the approach to this hole are lined with bunkers which lie in wait for any wayward second shot by the player who may hope to get up in two. The green has a quite definite step in it and a putt from almost any direction requires close attention.

The fairway to this quite short par 4 is angled to the right over the hill. A pine tree on the left and long grass and rushes on the right will punish a wayward drive. At the bottom of the hill there is further area of thick rough to hinder a drive of more than 250 metres. A subtle choice of club and line is required to be in a position to play to this green. The green has an inverted saucer shape with some very demanding pin placements. An accurately placed second shot is most desirable.

This hole is regarded by most as Royal Adelaide's signature hole and still plays as Alister Mackenzie designed it in the 1920s. A strong tee shot is required to ensure an easier second shot onto the green set within a sand crater. Three fairway bunkers make this task more difficult. An interesting carry commencing 86 metres from the front of the green and features many native grasses. The green is protected by both a front left and a front right sand bunker and is framed by a stand of pine trees on the rear sand dunes.

This hole is played from an elevated tee. The green has gently undulating, grassed surrounds leading to low-lying swamps. A small bunker is on its front left hand edge. Into the prevailing westerly or southerly wind this is a testing par.

The hole is an acute dog-leg to the left. The left or inner side of the fairway has a heavily grassed verge separating it from low sandhills. The outer side has low mounds which are again well grassed. There is a bunker 30 metres short of the green and a left greenside bunker. The green has a pronounced slope to the right. A long well placed drive is essential to facilitate the playing of this very fine hole.

The new championship tee is situated on the far side of the railway line. This results in a magnificent championship hole where a 248 metre drive will be needed to carry the edge of a cluster of bunkers on the right. The second shot is played through a gap in the pine trees to an elevated green guarded by three bunkers. A deep swale before the green and another on the left side of the green complete a most demanding hole.

The stand of pines on either side present little difficulty to top players. The left side of the fairway is heavily trapped with a succession of bunkers which would require a carry of 270 metres but such a line would also encounter deep grass. Another bunker is also situated on the right with a mound across the fairway. Shorter and to the right there is punishing rough. Although a short par 5, the drive must be well placed. The green is lightly trapped with shallow bunkers.

This rather disarming hole is destined to test even the straightest hitter. The green which has some slight, but treacherous slopes, is complemented by a swale on the right and two bunkers on the left. It is a much admired but deceiving short hole.

More often than not this hole has the assistance of the wind. It is a potential birdie four or eagle three. The bunker on the right requires a carry of 255 metres. A very deep bunker on the left is 7 metres further on. A drive placed between these will be aided by the run you receive via the slope. The fairway here is narrowed by deep couch grass rough. The green is two tiered with a greenside bunker in front and another on the left. Any shot missing the green will most likely find more troublesome couch grass.

This hole will again require an accurate tee shot. The left side has three vicious little pot bunkers requiring a carry of 250 metres while on the right a deep fairway bunker is 230 metres from the tee. The rough on each side is troublesome and the fairway narrow. Nevertheless a long straight drive will be rewarded with a short shot of 80 or so metres to the green. There are two bunkers on the right of the green and a lateral water hazard on the left. This has been deepened and widened and planted with rushes. The slope between the green and the hazard is closely mown. Any shot to the left of the green may be in peril.