1st: Paxton
A gentle start but 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. If middle or center, favour the right to give a clear shot at the pin.

2nd: Wellington
As with the first, a certain level of restraint can be employed from the tee, favouring a club that places you down the left side but short of the fairway bunker. Longer hitters can hit past this, leaving a short pitch in, but a ditch runs menacingly down the right side and will catch anything leaking right. Try to leave your approach shot short and left of the pin for the easiest putt on a green that slopes back to front.

3rd: Trackside
A classic example of a tough par 4 that doesnt need bunkers.The ideal tee shot is down the left half of the fairway, leaving an angle of approachinto 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 for your par.

4th: Birch Ridge
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 3 holes, the 4th requires a patient game plan, to ease yourself into the round without uneccessary spillage.

5th: Garnetts Gem
A great par 3 that you cannot miss left. Make note of the pin position, as this can make a couple of clubs difference from front to back. When the pin is middle or front,favour a club that gets you up. When the pin is at the back, exercise restraint and play short of the pin, into the fatter part of the green, leaving an uphill putt that you can be bold with. The wind direction can be devilish to work out when standing on the tee, sowork out the wind direction when walking up the 4th fairway.

6th: Ravenswood
The fairway slopes sharply right to left and can lead any tee shot slightly left of centre to be blocked out from overhanging trees. 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 green and a lack lustre approach can leave a challenging 2 putt for par.

7th: Armstrong
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.

8th: Lake View
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.

9th: Freddies Grave
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. When the green keeper is in a grumpy mood, you will find the pin tucked in a space no more than 15 feet wide between 2 bunkers.

10th: Heather Drive
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 avoided at all costs. Unless the pin is at the very front, be sure to play sufficient club for your approach, as it is subtly uphill all the way. Par here is a great score, but it should not be sought at all costs.

11th: Edgcumbe
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 the pin for an easier putt back up the undulating green. A great opportunity to make up for the tough 10th.

12th: Captains Corner
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. When playing the 7th, try to make a note of the pin position, as this is a long green and its position can effect your choice from the tee. 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.

13th:Fitzgerald
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 bunker that lurks 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 that right hand bunker.

14th: Upcott
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 you can be bolder with to a green sloping toward you.

15th: Palmer
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.

16th: The Pines
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, again, play enough club.

17th:Road Hole
A good drive up the left side of the fairway helps get up in two. 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.

18th: 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.