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It is a flat
links course with strategically placed, 128 pot bunkers across the course, hidden
mounds, and water hazards, which makes the layout really challenging. This kind
of links course is unique to Australia. All greens are raised and skilled approach
shots are required. The course layout is excellent, which will attract serious
golfers a lot.
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dogleg to the left along around a pond. The fairway is tight with the pond coming
into play when you hit the tee as well as the second shots, so accuracy is more
important than distance on this hole. The green is elevated with complex undulations,
which makes putting difficult when your ball is far away from the pin. |
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| A wonderfully designed par 3 with the
great bunkering. The bunkers are deep and imposing. You need to get on the green
in one shot and avoid the bunkers guarding the front of the green. Be careful
of the deceptive pair of bunkers to the front right, about 60 yards short of the
green, as it gives the appearance of the green being closer than it is. |
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| This hole
is straight at first and then curves slight to the right for the last 100 yards.
The fairway is narrow with well-positioned pot bunkers, so the accurate tee shot
is needed. 4 pot bunkers are well positioned in the landing area of the second
shot when you use a 3 wood, so you need to make a decision if you lay up with
an iron in front of the bunkers or bring the ball close to the green with the
fairway wood. |
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almost straight hole. The longer your tee shot is, the narrower the landing area
becomes because it is squeezed by bunkers on both sides. The view of the green
and the clubhouse in the backdrop is beautiful. |
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| A challenging
dogleg to the left. A lake and 3 pot bunkers on the left on the fairway come into
play on the tee shot. When you play shot from the tee, the second shot is really
difficult. |
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| A slight dogleg to the left, long & difficult par 4. An accurate tee shot is needed as the landing area is squeezed
by bunkers on both sides on this hole, too. The second shot is demanding because
of bushes around the green, even though no bunkers guard it, so the errant second
shot will lead to a double or triple boggy. |
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| A very beautiful as well as difficult
hole. This monster par 3 is actually 252 yards long However the strong head wind
prevailed on the day I played, so it was 40 yards shorter, otherwise, even many
pros won’t reach the green. This shorter 213 yards par 3 still requires a full
carry of 180 yards over a pond and 200 yards over 3 bunkers protecting the green.
Par is a good number here. |
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| A neat dogleg to the left with a lake on the left. Because there
are hazards such as water or pot bunkers on the left, you should keep right on
the tee and second shots in order to avoid troubles. The third shot need to pe
accurate as the small green is well protected by bunkers. |
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It takes 50 minutes from Brisbane Airport
and 25 minutes from Suffers Paradise by car. Accommodation is available. Yardage
sticks are in meters. Everyone can play from the back tees. A GPS golf cart is
very convenient to show distance and your exact position with respect to greens,
bunkers and water hazards. This is a home course of Peter Senior who has great
success not only in Australia but also in the USA.
The course was ranked 24th in Australia by Golf Digest 2006. The works
of Peter Thomson (Thomson, Wolveridge & Perret) in Australia include
the following: Moonah
Links - Open Course (ranked 14th) & Legends Course (ranked 37th),
The National GC - Ocean Course
(ranked 46th), Alice Springs GC (ranked 62nd), Twin Waters GC (ranked
68th), Camden Lakeside
GC (ranked 72nd), Sea Temple G&CC (ranked 94th), Riverside Oaks
GC, etc.
Their works in Asia include the following:
Hong Kong GC - Eden Course,
Clearwater Bay G&CC (remodelled), Beijing Links CC, Beijing Yaoshang GC, Shanghai
Golfking GC, Shanghai Binhai GC, Changsha Quingzhuhu GC in China, Tanah Merah
CC - Garden Course in Singapore, Bali
Handara Kosaido CC, Lombok
Golf Kosaido CC in Indonesia, Kelab
Golf Sultan Abdual Aziz Shah (KGSAAS) in Malaysia, Noble
Place GR&CC, Rayong
Green Valley CC, Royal
Chiang Mai GC in Thailand, and Kosaido Thomson, Nanbufuji CC, Zen CC, Thomson
National CC, Three Lakes CC in Japan.
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2nd Par 5 548 yards (3)