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Hole 1

Hole Name Paxton

From The Tee A gentle start, not to be underestimated. Long hitters can try to drive the green but invariably this is a rash decision, especially as the first hole of the day. Heather, trees and bushes encroach on all sides. The percentage play is to determine the pin position and play a positional club from the tee. If the pin is tucked right, favour the left half of the fairway, without concern for distance.

From The Fairway

On The Green A gentle start, not to be underestimated. Long hitters can try to drive the green but invariably this is a rash decision, especially as the first hole of the day. Heather, trees and bushes encroach on all sides. The percentage play is to determine the pin position and play a positional club from the tee. If the pin is tucked right, favour the left half of the fairway, without concern for distance.

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Hole 2

Hole Name Wellington

From The Tee As with the first, a certain level of restraint can be employed from the tee, take a club to get you in range of a short iron to the green and favour the left side of the fairway avoiding the bunkers as the natural contours of the ground will take you right. Then play your pitch into the green erring to the left of the pin rather than the right.

From The Fairway

On The Green As with the first, a certain level of restraint can be employed from the tee, take a club to get you in range of a short iron to the green and favour the left side of the fairway avoiding the bunkers as the natural contours of the ground will take you right. Then play your pitch into the green erring to the left of the pin rather than the right.

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Hole 3

Hole Name Trackside

From The Tee

From The Fairway A classic example of a tough par 4 that does not need bunkers. The ideal tee shot is down the left half of the fairway, leaving an angle of approach into the right-to-left slope of the green and not away from it. Longer hitters can go for a long drive, but a tad right and they are blocked out. Keep it snug to the left and shorter hitters should play conservatively, hoping for a good pitch and putt

On The Green

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Hole 4

Hole Name Birch Ridge

From The Tee

From The Fairway This hole rarely rewards a push for length from the tee, tapering to heather, bushes and trees. Better to take a club from the tee that places you in the left half of the fairway, away from the fairway bunker. This can leave a blind second shot, but trust your yardage and favour the left side of the green, as the lie of the land will sweep the ball round to the right. As with the first three holes

On The Green

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Hole 5

Hole Name Garnett's Gem

From The Tee Do not miss the green on the left. Take note where the pin is placed on the green as the position can make three clubs difference - better long than short here, especially if the pin is placed on the very front of the green.

From The Fairway

On The Green Do not miss the green on the left. Take note where the pin is placed on the green as the position can make three clubs difference - better long than short here, especially if the pin is placed on the very front of the green.

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Hole 6

Hole Name Ravenswood

From The Tee

From The Fairway The fairway slopes sharply right to left and can lead any tee shot slightly left of centre to be blocked out from overhanging trees or worse, in the fairway bunker. Faders can really enjoy this tee shot, but drawers and longer hitters must strive for position. The green slopes left to right and ideally suits a faded approach landing into the slope. Be precise with the yardage, as this is a long gr

On The Green

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Hole 7

Hole Name Armstrong

From The Tee Like so many of the early holes, the tee shot and approach are more condusive to a faded ball. Anything vearing left can quickly run into trouble or get blocked out. The approach shot is uphill and nearly always plays longer than the yardage, so ignore the sucker pin positions (back right and front left) and aim your approach for the centre of the green.

From The Fairway

On The Green

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Hole 8

Hole Name Lake View

From The Tee

From The Fairway A blind drive ideally played down the left half of the fairway with fade. Drawers of the ball should set up well left on the tee and skirt down the right side. A good drive opens up the green for a testing second that again suits a fade off the left half of the green.

On The Green

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Hole 9

Hole Name Freddie's Grave

From The Tee A great par 3. Pay close attention to the pin position. Anything middle or left and you should favour the right side. With a pin tucked right, a gentle fade into the middle of the green is a good option. Avoid the bunkers and resist pins tucked away. Middle of the green is always a good place to be.

From The Fairway

On The Green

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Hole 10

Hole Name Heather Drive

From The Tee A great hole that can reward brain and brawn equally. At last, long hitters will get the feeling they can wind up a little, an opportunity here to hit a high draw around the corner. But anything left is a reload and anything long and right will be blocked out. The smartest play is for the right side of the fairway, leaving a longer shot in. The green entrance is narrow and the left side must be av

From The Fairway

On The Green

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Hole 11

Hole Name Edgcumbe

From The Tee Long hitters can comfortably get home in two with two straight blows. But being the only par 5 on a tight course, this may be the first time a longer hitter has reached for the driver, which makes a birdie more of an achievement than first imagined. Shorter hitters should favour the left side of the fairway and position themselves for a short iron for their third. Ideally play your approach past t

From The Fairway

On The Green

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Hole 12

Hole Name Captains' Corner

From The Tee A blind tee shot that ideally should be threaded down the left side, fading back into the middle. All the trouble is down the right. If the pin is tucked back right, take advantage of the free space left off the tee, as you will leave yourself an open shot at the pin. A tricky green to read, the best approach is generally past the pin.

From The Fairway

On The Green

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Hole 13

Hole Name Fitzgerald

From The Tee A great par 3. Unless the pin is tucked hard left, you are best to favour a left side approach, as anything right will be gathered up by the deep bunkers that lurk there. Take sufficient club, as few players go long here. The tee is skewed away to the right, so tee off on the right side to ease alignment problems and to hit away from the right hand bunkers.

From The Fairway

On The Green

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Hole 14

Hole Name Upcott

From The Tee A hole with numerous strategies. Whilst long hitters can drive to a position leaving a short iron in, anything marginally right or left is inevitably punished or blocked out. Shorter hitters should play up the left side, leaving space to play over the silver birch that stands sentry on the corner. The percentage approach shot is long and right of the pin, leaving a putt or chip to a green sloping

From The Fairway

On The Green

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Hole 15

Hole Name Palmer

From The Tee A straightforward looking hole that tempts you to slam driver, but whatever club avoids the new bunkers on the left will leave a conventional approach. It is all too easy to be short with your approach here; the green is long, the prevailing wind into your face and there is an inconspicuous uphill slope all the way to the back of the green.

From The Fairway

On The Green A straightforward looking hole that tempts you to slam driver, but whatever club avoids the new bunkers on the left will leave a conventional approach. It is all too easy to be short with your approach here; the green is long, the prevailing wind into your face and there is an inconspicuous uphill slope all the way to the back of the green.

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Hole 16

Hole Name The Pines

From The Tee Another lovely par 3. With two bunkers down the right and the prevailing left to right breeze often felt on the tee can easily trick players into over doing their left sided approach. The tall pine copse running down the left side often brakes any wind, leaving players bemused as their ball stubbornly refuses to bend and finds the left bunker. Unless the pin is tight to the back of the green, agai

From The Fairway

On The Green

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Hole 17

Hole Name Road Hole

From The Tee

From The Fairway A good drive up the left side of the fairway helps get up in two and avoids the dreaded fairway bunker. The natural contours of the green slope left to right, so play for the left half of the green. What can be a fiendish green, ideally try to leave your ball below the hole for an uphill putt. If the pin is anywhere left, make it a priority.

On The Green

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Hole 18

Hole Name Nearly Home

From The Tee Nearly Home: A great finishing hole. The longer a golfer can drive, the more they should keep snug right off the tee, as anything left can leave a difficult approach over trees or sharply round them. The green is very long, so pay attention to the yardage and favour being up to the pin, no matter where it is on the green.

From The Fairway

On The Green

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