STADIUM COURSE

Favour the right half of the fairway to open up the hole. A 3-wood might be the club, as the water on the left is only 234 metres away from the yellow tees.

Beware, the further you drive, the narrower the fairway becomes. Make sure you have enough club into the green - a severe slope pulls anything short back into the dell.

Reachable in two by the longest hitters, but dangerous for all since the green is set hard against a lake. Usually best to aim for the middle of the green, wherever the flag is.

Blasting away with a driver is not wise since the shot is blind and water lurks on the left. A shot onto the flatter part of the hill is perfect for a more controllable approach.

No real safe place to be apart from the green. If the flag is on the left, aim for the middle of the green and the slopes should take the ball towards your target.

The only real uphill drive. Aim for the big tree through the fairway, but be sure to work out your distance first, as the hole swings left and you can run out of room.

Time to open your shoulders? Two big hits might see you home, but if you can’t reach, it is best to play short of the traps close to the green.

Beware of going long as everything falls away around the back and right. But if the flag is on the top shelf you can attack the pin as there is plenty of landing room above the rise.

Tough, uncompromising, and the longest par-4 on the course. A severely sloping green will tax your putting touch too. Best to be front left and so putting uphill most of the time.

Newly re-routed as of February 2021, the hole has been transformed into a right-to-left dogleg, at 347m for the men and 263m for the women.

Teasing but not as difficult as it might seem. It falls 13 metres so it plays at least one club shorter than normal. The green may look small but you have at least 25 metres between the bunker and the water at the back.

The safest line is towards the row of five trees on the left of the fairway. If you don’t have enough distance, beware of the traps inf front the green, playing shorter might prove more profitable in the end.

The signature hole presents a fairly open tee shot so tee it high and let it fly. The challenge is yet to come as the green is very wide but not so deep. Keep your approach left if the flag is placed on the right side since the green falls away sharply towards the lake.

Longer hitters can carry the bunker on the right and the ball should feed down to the middle of the fairway, leaving a short iron in. Aim to be short left of any flag position to leave yourself an uphill putt.

The sensible line is to aim to finish short of the first bunker through the fairway, since only the biggest hitters can clear the corner. It is uphill all the way for the second so add at least one club.

There are no prizes for being short or right as the green and slopes sweep the ball away, but try to be under any hole to avoid a tough downhill putt as the green tilts from back to front sharply.

The sensible strategy is to aim to land your drive short and right of the fairway bunkers, since going left is bad news. Let the big slope help you move the ball into a back left flag position.

There is more room right than left, and if you are to miss the green, short right is not a bad place to be as an up and down from the sand is not that difficult.