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415 metre par 4
A long dogleg left around Spring Creek.
We open with the toughest hole on the course. Michael Clayton once described this hole as a good drive and a sand wedge. For the rest of us your drive needs to be long and straight to give yourself any chance of getting on in regulation. Your second shot (unless your ball is a family heirloom and you're laying up to the corner) is a hit across the river bend, a classic triangular hazard where the more you bite off the greater the risk and the greater the reward. The green is protected by two bunkers, a tree and of course, the river.
273 metre par 4
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The first of the short par 4's.
Your drive here needs to be accurate for any chance of a par. Anything right that doesn't land in the small fairway bunker is in the shrubs or long grass on the 3rd and anything left will require a shot over or under the Cypress trees that line the 5th fairway. The green is protected by several bunkers and a well placed mound just short of a length for anyone contemplating a chip and run approach.
156 metre par 3
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Requires a good mid iron shot to a raised green sloping back to front and guarded by 3 bunkers. With no protection the wind is always a factor on this hole. Tip: This green does not break as much as it may look.
463 metre par 5
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A wide fairway is the target for your drive and it is just as well as trouble awaits the second shot. A large fairway bunker on the right takes up half the fairway right where your second shot will probably land. You can lay up short of the bunker and pitch to an elevated green or try your luck, take on the bunker and hope to get on in two. The green is protected by a large, deep bunker left, a bunker on the right, and the steep approach.
396 metre par 4
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With the prevailing wind generally behind you, this tee shot is a chance to open up your shoulders and let one fly down a wide, straight fairway. Your second shot is to a flat green defended by bunkers front left and right.
396 metre par 4
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If the wind was behind you on the 5th then you're hitting into the teeth of it coming back up the 6th. Again, no real problems with your drive, but your second shot gives you some pause for thought. Though there are no bunkers on this hole, the elevated green has a narrow opening with a large mound on the left and a deep swale on the right. The smart play may be to lay up and trust your short game. The green slopes from back to front.
188 metre par 3
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The longest par 3 on the course. If you where hitting into the wind coming up the 6th, don't be fooled when you feel the same breeze on your face on the tee here. The wind is behind you and it is far better to be short than long on this hole. There is one bunker on the right and the green slopes back to front.
401 metre par 4
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A long dogleg right.
Time for a bit of courage or reckless abandon. With OOB down the right side and dense scrub down the left, a fair degree of accuracy is needed with your tee shot. Big hitters beware: too long can get you into the reeds inside the dogleg and you can kiss a par goodbye. The green is protected by bunkers left and right, another left and forward of the green. Another hole where it is better to be short of the green than long.
296 metre par 4
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The 2 fairway bunkers, one left, one right, dictate the terms on the tee here. Big hitters can try and carry the bunkers leaving a chip or pitch up to the huge elevated green. Others may decide to back off a little and leave the drive just short of the bunkers for a short iron approach shot. Tip: On your approach it is better to be long than short. The steep bank behind the green generally feeds the ball back onto the green. Short can have you hitting out of your last divot.
138 metre par 3
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Looks like a fairly easy par here but looks can be deceiving. The green slopes from front to back and right to left, with bunkers left and right. The real battle starts when you get to the green. The only safe putt here is 6 inches below the hole. Tip: What ever break you read: Double it!
374 metre par 4
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A blind tee shot through a narrow chute but the fairway is dead straight, though sloping right to left. It's the second shot that is going to take all your skill and finesse. The green is down hill sloping front to back and right to left with a deep, deep swale along the entire left side and to the back. To hold the green your shot must trickle on from the right side, anything harder and you are playing your next shot back up a hill that will quite happily return your ball to your feet.
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Standing atop an elevated and exposed tee with views to the surf at Jan Juc, you look down a long dogleg right. A gentle fade for the right handers is what is required, but don't let it get away from you as the Cypress trees on the bend are always keen to take any ball that strays. Your second shot needs to be down the left side, as the closer you get to the green the more the fairway slopes to the right. Anything down the right runs the risk of running into the trees. The green slopes from back left to front right with bunkers left and right. Tip: Definitely a green to play below the hole. Anything above the hole can have you staring down the barrel of a 3 putt.
135 metre par 3
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This par 3 is harder than it looks. A short iron shot down hill to a green that has a narrow front. Deep bunkers line the left side and the deep swale on the right has a habit of coercing well struck shots off the green and away down the hill. The green widens at the back, but if the pin is forward, it makes for interesting putting.
303 metre par 4
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Rated as the easiest hole on the course, the only danger with the drive is the dam in front of the tee. The fairway is wide with the left side sloping down to the centre of the fairway. The challenge with the second shot to the 2 tiered green is to get your short iron or wedge shot onto the same tier as the pin. There are bunkers left and right, but they are fairly easily avoided.
360 metre par 4
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From the tee you can't see the green as it is a sharp dogleg right. Your tee shot should be just to the corner. Anything too long could end up in the 2 fairway bunkers lurking there. Anything too short and you won't get a view of the green. Big hitters may want to take on the trees on the corner with a big fade, but that comes with it's own risks. The second shot is a mid to short iron shot uphill to a narrowish green with bunkers on the left. This is another green where below the pin is best.
383 metre par 4
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As you can't see the green from the tee, only the dam in front and a row of pine trees down the right, your target line is the Jan Juc Surf Lifesaving Club in the distance. The fairway slopes severely from left to right and doglegs to the left. Anything right can run away and won't come back no matter how hard you call. Lining up your second shot you can probably see the pin but not the green thanks to a small ridge. Choose your club wisely as too long can hit the down slope of the ridge and run you off the back of the green. Too short and the sloping fairway can feed your ball down to a bunker that is short and right of the green.
118 metre par 3
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This tee has the best views of any in the district as you can see from the opening page of this website. A short iron or pitch to a long narrow green with deep bunkers on both sides. It is very possible to zig zag this green with bunker shots until your round is ruined and acceptance speeches forgotten as your playing partners impatiently wait on the 18th tee.
451 metre par 5
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The 19th is calling, the bets have been doubled and you're looking for a drive that will bring you back next week. Your drive needs to be just left of centre to keep it on the left to right sloping fairway. The second shot needs to be long and straight up the left hand side to have any chance of reaching the green and staying on. Alternatively a mid iron shot and a well judged pitch or chip to below the pin can set up that par. Beware of going above the pin as this green may have other ideas about your par chances.
