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The course
is carved through natural waterways and offers aggressive layouts. You need to
exercise good course management to avoid deep fairway and greenside bunkers that
amount to as many as 98 spreading the course. It also features that the green
conditions are good, and greens are fast, well undulated and slightly elevated.
Unless you read putting slopes carefully, you might have a risk of 3 putts. Not
just greens but also fairways have undulations. Overall, the course is challenging
but you feel tranquil playing here because you can enjoy the great nature. The
course has extensive wetlands、 so bird life is abundant.
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| A dogleg to the right. The second
shot is over a wetland. A large bunker on the right side of the green will come
more into play than the water. The layout of the slightly elevated green, the
deep bunker and the wetland is excellent. |
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| A signature hole over water and a
bunker. All of the left side is a lake and a long bunker is placed along the lake.
This is enough to take your breath away for this beautiful scenery and at the
same time it is a really challenging hole. |
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| A dogleg
to the left with the green swung to the right. A wetland on the left will limit
the landing area of each shot. |
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| A slight dogleg to the left. A series
of bunker on the left corner come into play on the tee shot. The green is well
protected by bunkers, so an accurate second shot is needed. |
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| A dogleg left, difficult par 4, although
it is not long. The left side of the fairway borders a lake. The longer tee shot
is, the narrower fairway becomes. Not only bunkers but also water hazards come
into play on both sides of the raised green. |
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| A dogleg
to the right. Trees on the right and left sides is guarding the fairway, it looks
like a woodland course. There is a wetland on the right of the elevated green.
The strategically placed bunkers and the wetland are beautiful. |
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| A very shot, sharp dogleg to the left.
The tee shot requires over water. A long hitter can hit the tee shot close to
the green. But it can also be a “sleeper” where unsuspecting disaster awaits. |
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| A spectacular par 3 over water. The green
is surround by water except for the right side. When you hit to the right side
of the green to avoid the water, a large bunker will catch your shot. |
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| A long, sharp dogleg to the left with
a wetland on the left. The tee shot is over the wetland. You need to hit the long
and accurate tee and second shots in order to hit the green in regulation. If
your tee shot is too far right to avoid the water, it will cause a very long shot
to the green. The green is elevated and guarded by bunkers. |
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It takes 1 hour and 20 minutes from Brisbane
Airport and 20 minutes from Surfers Paradise by car. A spa facility is next to
the clubhouse and its spa and massage have a good reputation. Charming houses
are built around the course. Anyone can play from the longest tees. Yardage sticks
are measured in meters. The course was ranked 40th in Australia by Golf
Digest 2006. The works of Greg Norman & Bob Harison in Australia include the
following: Ellerston (ranked 4th), The
National GC - Moonah Course (ranked 8th), Brookwater GC (ranked 19th), Club
Pelican GC (ranked 42nd), The Grand (ranked 51st), and Sanctuary Lakes GC (ranked
87nd).
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2nd Par 4 441 yards (2)