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Spring Valley Golf Club-Melbourne in CLAYTON SOUTH, Victoria, AU in 3169
3169 (Click on a Hole to View Flyover of the Hole or View Hole Maps or View Scorecard or View Nearby Courses or View Gradebook or Wireframe Hubspoke)
1The opening hole is a fine medium length par four turning from left to right.The tee shot should, ideally be shaped the same way to avoid running through the left side of the fairway. Approaching the green bunkering is immediately apparent with a large dramatic bunker guarding the left of the green.
2This is perhaps the finest par four on the course and it is a classic dogleg to the left demanding a tee shot shaped the opposite way to the one from the first tee. Bunkers guard the inside corner of the dogleg and the closer one drives to the sand the better the line into the flag. Bunkers dominate and protect the right half of the green and This strategy is used time and again on the Sandbelt with the best example being the Seventeenth on the West Course at Royal Melbourne.3The first of the short holes is played across a flat piece of ground with a middle to short iron to a target that is the easiest to hit of the four short holes.The green, while quite large, is well guarded by bunkers on all sides. 4This is a classic short par four turning to the right around a beautiful fairway bunker on the inside of the dogleg.Longer hitters usually lay up with a long iron or a fairway wood to avoid running through the fairway and then pitch to the small green protected by bunkers left and right and a sw5The par three is a difficult green to hit because the green angles across the line of the shot.The perfect shot will turn from right to left to avoid the ball that slides to the right and across the green into the back right hand bunker.6The hole turns from right to left and plays downhill from the tee with the principle driving hazard being a bunker built at the top of the hill. Longer hitters who carry the fairwaShorter hitters should play wide of the fairway bunker but be aware that in being too far right off the tee that the green is undulating and protected by a bunker from the right si7The first of three par fives plays as a straight hole but the bunker placement here demands players are wary of sand with both tee shot and the long second up to the green. Bunkers await those who drive left from the tee and two bunkers short and right of the green make for a difficult shot because that intermediate bunker shot of between 25 and 40 meThe green gives the appearance of being raised, simply by a swale cut across the front of the green and continuing around the right side of the putting surface.8Ideally the drive should be hit to the right side of the fairway but be wary! Too far right off the tee and the player may not find the ball. The shot to the elevated green must be9This hole is the most difficult on the course and it’s quality is underrated simply because it plays across a gentle piece of ground.On a more undulating fairway this would be recognized as one of the finest holes in Melbourne simply because the architectural principle around which it is based is perfectly execu10Every course ought to have a difficult short par three demanding a precise short iron shot. This is Spring Valley’s and only the most accurate of shots find the target. Deep bunkers surround the green so saving par if the green is missed is difficult. This hole has attracted some criticism because it is severe but one wonders what its critics woul11The eleventh is a dogleg left over a hill with a bunker embedded into the left corner of the dogleg. The green is well protected by classic sandbelt bunkering which requires precise placement of the second shot.12The long 12th hole turns slightly from right to left. A well struck drive will open the green up for the second shot. For the shorter hitter water presents a risk short of and to t13A dogleg hole that demands an accurate tee shot being played. For the shorter hitter water presents a challenge before fairway bunkers also come into play.14Long par three and one of the best in Melbourne. The green is small and beautifully bunkered and only the finest of long irons will find the green here.15This terrific Par 4 plays long or short depending on the prevailing wind.Fairway bunkers catch those that hit too far left. From the top of the hill the player faces a daunting shot to a green that slopes heavily from back to front and across the green 16From the tee the player looks out into a dogleg hole with deep bunkers guarding the optimum line of play.For the shorter hitter there is plenty of fairway to the left but they are then faced with a long shot in.17Fairways bunkers taunt the player throughout this hole. It is not a long Par 5 but it does demand strategic play. Being a Par 5 it rewards great shot playing with a reachable green in two. The green evolves from the fairway and is well guarded by bunkers.18This finishing hole is a real beauty. From the tee the positioning of the drive is all important as the second plays uphill to a green surrounded by Morcom’s characteristically
Holes Distances in
Yards Meters
Hole: 1 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 5/5 Yards 0 377
365
366
0
Meters 0 345
334
335
0
Hole: 2 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 3/3 Yards 0 386
363
313
0
Meters 0 353
332
286
0
Hole: 3 Par: 3/3 Hcp: 17/17 Yards 0 150
135
120
0
Meters 0 137
123
110
0
Hole: 4 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 7/7 Yards 0 331
323
313
0
Meters 0 303
295
286
0
Hole: 5 Par: 3/3 Hcp: 13/13 Yards 0 155
145
139
0
Meters 0 142
133
127
0
Hole: 6 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 9/9 Yards 0 364
345
297
0
Meters 0 333
315
272
0
Hole: 7 Par: 5/5 Hcp: 15/15 Yards 0 479
467
436
0
Meters 0 438
427
399
0
Hole: 8 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 11/11 Yards 0 355
332
282
0
Meters 0 325
304
258
0
Hole: 9 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 1/1 Yards 0 412
400
387
0
Meters 0 377
366
354
0
Hole: 10 Par: 3/3 Hcp: 12/12 Yards 0 134
122
119
0
Meters 0 123
112
109
0
Hole: 11 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 14/14 Yards 0 332
324
323
0
Meters 0 304
296
295
0
Hole: 12 Par: 5/5 Hcp: 16/16 Yards 0 483
475
442
0
Meters 0 442
434
404
0
Hole: 13 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 10/10 Yards 0 348
341
324
0
Meters 0 318
312
296
0
Hole: 14 Par: 3/3 Hcp: 6/6 Yards 0 200
188
169
0
Meters 0 183
172
155
0
Hole: 15 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 4/4 Yards 0 381
369
332
0
Meters 0 348
337
304
0
Hole: 16 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 8/8 Yards 0 408
389
376
0
Meters 0 373
356
344
0
Hole: 17 Par: 5/5 Hcp: 18/18 Yards 0 477
465
415
0
Meters 0 436
425
379
0
Hole: 18 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 2/2 Yards 0 389
377
306
0
Meters 0 356
345
280
0
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