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Spring Valley Golf Club-Melbourne Golf Course Map /Spring Valley Golf Club-Melbourne Golf Holes Map
Spring Valley Golf Club-Melbourne Golf Course Review in Clayton South, VC in 3169
CLAYTON SOUTH WEATHER
Hole MAP
Hole 1
Hole Name
From The Tee The opening hole is a fine medium length par four turning from left to right.
From The Fairway The tee shot should, ideally be shaped the same way to avoid running through the left side of the fairway.
On The Green Approaching the green bunkering is immediately apparent with a large dramatic bunker guarding the left of the green.
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Hole 2
Hole Name
From The Tee This 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.
From The Fairway 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 those who drive right must fly their second over the sand.
On The Green This strategy is used time and again on the Sandbelt with the best example being the Seventeenth on the West Course at Royal Melbourne.
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Hole 3
Hole Name
From The Tee The 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.
From The Fairway
On The Green The green, while quite large, is well guarded by bunkers on all sides.
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Hole 4
Hole Name
From The Tee This is a classic short par four turning to the right around a beautiful fairway bunker on the inside of the dogleg.
From The Fairway
On The Green 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 swale at the front right corner of the green.
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Hole 5
Hole Name
From The Tee The par three is a difficult green to hit because the green angles across the line of the shot.
From The Fairway
On The Green 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.
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Hole 6
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From The Tee The 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 fairway bunker will have a pitch to the green with only a short iron.
From The Fairway Shorter 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 side.
On The Green
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Hole 7
Hole Name
From The Tee The 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.
From The Fairway 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 meters is one of the most difficult in the game.
On The Green The 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.
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Hole 8
Hole Name
From The Tee
From The Fairway Ideally 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 be precise as bunkers guard the left side and the slope of the green makes any chip shot a real challenge.
On The Green
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Hole 9
Hole Name
From The Tee This hole is the most difficult on the course and it’s quality is underrated simply because it plays across a gentle piece of ground.
From The Fairway 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 executed by Morcom.
On The Green
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Hole 10
Hole Name
From The Tee Every 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.
From The Fairway
On The Green 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 would make of the great fifteenth hole just down the road at Kingston Heath, which is one of the best short holes in the world.
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Hole 11
Hole Name
From The Tee The eleventh is a dogleg left over a hill with a bunker embedded into the left corner of the dogleg.
From The Fairway
On The Green The green is well protected by classic sandbelt bunkering which requires precise placement of the second shot.
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Hole 12
Hole Name
From The Tee
From The Fairway
On The Green The 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 the right of the green.
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Hole 13
Hole Name
From The Tee
From The Fairway A 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.
On The Green
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Hole 14
Hole Name
From The Tee
From The Fairway
On The Green Long 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.
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Hole 15
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From The Tee This terrific Par 4 plays long or short depending on the prevailing wind.
From The Fairway 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 which is guarded by deep bunkers.
On The Green
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Hole 16
Hole Name
From The Tee From the tee the player looks out into a dogleg hole with deep bunkers guarding the optimum line of play.
From The Fairway For the shorter hitter there is plenty of fairway to the left but they are then faced with a long shot in.
On The Green
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Hole 17
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From The Tee Fairways bunkers taunt the player throughout this hole. It is not a long Par 5 but it does demand strategic play.
From The Fairway 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.
On The Green
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Hole 18
Hole Name
From The Tee This 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 beautiful bunkers.
From The Fairway
On The Green
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