Curlewis Golf Club

A tight driving hole with trees left and right. Both the tee shot and second need to be left centre of fairway otherwise you may find yourself blocked by the trees lining the right hand side. The third shot is to an elevated saddle shaped green. A pitch shot landing on the front edge may well run back off the green, finishing 30 metres away at the bottom of the slope. Thick rough guards the back of the green.

A tee shot of about 200M down the left side will open up the green. The temptation to fire at the green from the tee can result in problems with thick right hand rough and bunkers guarding the corner and right hand front of the green. The front two thirds of the green slope back to front and right to left, the rear third falls towards the back of the green.

A short par four with great views over Corio Bay to the YouYangs. The bombers can reach the green, however, the hole's defences include out of bounds down the left, sloping rough and trees behind the green and bunkers guarding the right. The green slopes left to right and front to back. A ball finishing in the deep left hand bunker will result in a difficult sand shot with the green falling away to the right hand bunkers and should be avoided.

A par three rated number one on the course. 170M long but plays anything from a mid-iron through to 3-wood depending on the breeze. Distance control is a priority on this hole, the green slopes back to front with the front right hand third sloping severely to the right ? resulting in shots landing in this zone rolling off the green by some ten or fifteen metres. If the pin is on the front half of the green shots from the left hand bunkers can prove difficult with the green falling away from you.

A straightaway hole, the fairway narrows the further you hit it, trees both sides and the ground slopes to the left from the left edge of fairway. A tee shot of about 200M to the centre of fairway will provide easy access to a gently undulating green with subtle borrows.

The bombers can reach the green in two with drive down the right hand side, for the rest of us, a tee shot down right centre, avoiding water 210M on the right. Care is needed with the second shot with thick trees through the corner and trees and bushes lining the right hand side. The third shot is played to a green which slopes severely from back to front. A downhill putt on this green will prove difficult.

A tee shot to the top of the hill will provide a good view of the green, bombers can drive over the hill but need to keep the drive tight to the bunker on the left hand side at the top of the hill or the result will be a second from the trees on the right. As with the sixth, try to keep the ball short of the pin on the two tiered green, bunkers through the back of the green can provide for some challenging shots.

A mid length par 3 protected by deep bunkers with a small green. Hit the putting surface or prepare to make bogey.

Choices from the tee are to attack the corner or positional play to the right hand edge of the corner bunkers from where the ball will roll towards centre of fairway. Should you choose to take on the corner and fail, trees and heavy rough are waiting on the left and more trees on the right hand side. Positional play will leave you with a mid to short iron to an elevated sloping green. A ball played over the right hand bunker and landing outside the right edge of green and past the pin should result in the ball finding its way close to the middle of the putting surface. The green slopes substantially from back to front with some significant borrows.

A straightaway par four. The tee shot is over 100M of water with a string of bunkers along the left and a tongue of rough protruding from the right at about 200M. The choices from the tee are to carry the rough or play to position leaving a mid to short iron to the pin. The green is protected by a bunker on the left front and mounds and slopes on the right. The green generally slopes from back to front and right to left .

A tee shot of 220M plus, tight to the corner, will find you in good position to attack the flag, however trees and the inside corner bunker are waiting for the shot that does not quite make it. The safest line from the tee is left centre of fairway, rough on the right is to be avoided. The back to front sloping, undulating green is protected by bunkers short left and right and rough through the back. This exposed green is often affected by the wind - there are very few easy putts here.

The corner of this dogleg is two shots away for all but the big bombers, the best line for these two shots is left centre of fairway. The green slopes back to front with the front left falling away to the left side, a ball finishing in the middle of the green will provide a reasonable putt to most pin positions.

A long par three guarded by strings of bunkers left and right around the green, combined with an undulating green that slopes from back to front provides a challenging golf hole.

A tee shot left of centre will provide an easy second shot to a shortish par five, a shot down the right faces large bunkers at 200 ? 250M and tall trees on the line to the green from there. Second shot should be positioned with a view to the placement of the pin, i.e. Position on the right hand side of fairway for a left hand pin. The green is protected by left hand bunker and severe slopes throwing the ball to the right on the right front quarter of the green.

A tee shot to the right of the inside corner bunker leaves a long shot in, however water lurks behind the tree line just short of this pot. The right to left sloping green is protected by bunkers on the right front and left hand side. Middle of the green is a good option.

Bombers are known to take the tiger line to the green, be aware of the danger in this shot with both scrub and water down the left, a 220M tee shot centre left of the fairway provides for a short approach to an elevated green. A tee shot pushed to the right leaves a considerably longer uphill shot over the bunker protecting the front and right of the green.

A short par three requiring a tee shot finishing on the same level as the pin on this three tiered right to left sloping green. Left will find trouble with Out of Bounds within feet of the left hand bunker. A tee shot to the right centre of the green is normally the best option. Beware the downhill putt!

A great finishing hole which often plays much longer than its advertised meterage due to the prevailing wind. Water left and bunkers right demand a precise drive skirting the right hand pots for the long hitters, otherwise a tee shot to the right centre of fairway will provide the best approach to a green with more water on the left and bunkers front left and curling around the front and right hand side. Middle of the green is a good option.