1There is plenty of fairway to play to off the tee, but be careful, you may find yourself blocked out by a towering gum tree on the right side. A drive up the left side is the go, tThe big hitters may consider bombing the green from the tee and will be rewarded if they can avoid the bunker at the front and steep run off on the back right green.2Lateral hazards frame the fairway from the tee. Drives need to be accurate and long to set up for the approach. The green is relatively small and well-protected left with bunkers a3From the back markers the tee shot can be somewhat daunting. Billabong and forest on the right guarantees at least one stroke lost. A long ball shaped left to right is called for.The green is long, front to back. It is protected left and right with bunkers and a wicked fall-away at the back. Your approach shot will need to be assertive to take best advantag4Short Par 3. Opportunity awaits if you can dial in the right number – a mid to short iron depending on the pin placement. But be careful the bunkers are deep and there are plenty5This is a long par 5 with river on the right. Underrated, for sure. For the men the second shot is the key to scoring on this hole. If you are straight and long with your second, y6The challenge of this straight-away par 4 is its length. The tee shot must be well struck and in the fairway if you are to have any chance of reaching the green in regulation.7The fairway bunker 30 meters in front of the green determines strategy from the tee. After a strong tee shot into the ‘go-zone’ the bigger hitters may choose to fly this bunkerHowever the popular strategy is to lay up in front of this bunker and dare to steal a birdie with a precise wedge and one put.8Dogleg right. There is a certain risk and reward with the tee shot. A reserved tee shot to the left half will open up the green for an approach with a long iron.A bolder line down the middle/right will shorten the hole substantially leaving a short iron in but too far right or short will leave you well and truly blocked out.The green is large with big slopes to manage. The grassy depression in the front of the green poses a special challenge for your short game.9This hole requires some strategy to manage. The fairway is narrow at driving distance, but if you negotiate the tee shot successfully you will have a good lie and wedge in.Otherwise place your lay-up into the middle right of the fairway to open the green for a mid-iron approach. This is a long hole for the women who will be playing long irons and faiThe putting surface is steeply sloped from back to front and will call upon your control of speed for those final strokes.10The challenge is clear from the tee: a long drive up to and over the saddle in the middle of the fairway.Left rough and trees is a ‘no-no’ and difficult to recover from. With the tee shot successfully negotiated there is a short iron to a sloping green.Distance control with the approach is called for, especially when the flag is placed on the left hand side.12Par 5. This beautiful golf hole is bordered by billabongs left and right off the tee. The view of the green is framed by red river gums either side of the fairway at about 100 meteThese trees influence decisions for players in the ‘go-zone’. A daring second shot to the green will probably need some right to left shape to be successful. Bigger hitters migOtherwise the option of lay-up to the trees is a choice well made with birdie opportunity created with the wedge for your third.13Straight-away par four. A wide fairway should provide a good lie and a clean approach shot after your drive, leaving a mid to short iron in. There is a large gully on the RHS that The green is framed by white-barked gums that give this hole one of Kew’s most memorable vistas.There is a significant slope on the green from back to front. Keeping your approach shot under the hole will give you the best opportunity to score.14There is good space at the front/left to run the ball onto the green and into the middle. There is a shoulder on the right side of the green to hold your shot if you choose to fly This great par 3 hole has a classic Graham Grant design with a singular ‘short-side’ bunker on one side of the green and tight, undulating surrounds on the other sides – very17A glorious long hole, rated #1 on the card for the men. The tee shot must be long and straight to reach a space where the fairway opens to the green.Big hitters might consider a left to right shape. Mid to long iron will be required for the approach. The front of the green is open and a popular strategy is to run the ball up usThere is a significant slope diagonally from back left to front right that makes every putt a challenge.
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