SOUTHLAND golf CLUB
254 Sandy Point Road
Otatara RD 9 Invercargill Phone:(03) 213 0208 Email:[email protected] Website:www.nzgolfcourses.co.nz/southland |
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course layout
FRONT 9
HOLE 1 (par 4)
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A fairly short par four, but don’t go too far left or right. A drive to the slight ridge across the fairway sees you about 150-100m out from a large green. If the prevailing wind blow hard this hole becomes a monster and a five is a good score.
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HOLE 2 (par 4)
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A fairly short downwind dog leg par four but full of trouble. The landing area for your tee shot is quite wide, but if you miss it conditions are perilous for both the ball and your score. Many golfers hit irons off the tee. The prevailing breezes are behind you on this hole which makes it 'feel' easier, but although it's a short par four, it's the number 1 stroke hole on the card. A very undulating green.
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HOLE 3 (par 3)
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Oreti Sand's version of the famous 'Postage Stamp' at Royal Troon. Paul McGinley, 2014 European Ryder Cup Captain says the Postage Stamp at Royal Troon is his favourite hole: "Because it's not about length, it's about control and, depending on the wind, it can vary. That eighth hole is a test for everybody whether you're a short hitter or a big hitter or a middle hitter. The postage stamp-style hole (2 or 20 comes to mind right away) provide difficult short-short iron shots, because the target is quite small and elevated with trouble lurking close by, and there is not much room for error”
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hole 4 (par 4)
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Mt Anglem provides the backdrop and the name for the 4th hole, a longer par four with a gentle dog leg right which also faces the prevailing wind. The landing area is big, but the second shot requires the skill of a surgeon if you find yourself well back from the green and the wind is blowing. Another tricky green with undulations
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hole 5 (par 5)
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A par 5 with plenty of room to land the ball but a narrowing approach means little room for error if you try a long shot in. The average golfer needs to make it a three shot hole. A long gently sloping green, the slopes are steeper when the pin is well back left.
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hole 6 (par 3)
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A short downwind par 3 but the green falls away to the left, right and behind. There is also trouble behind and too the right, it’s best to be slightly short if anything and chip onto what is a fairly easy putting surface.
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hole 7 (par 4)
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A drive to the top of a ridge gives you a view of the green and a shot of about 150m in. Longer drivers need to keep it straight. A narrow green and this hole plays crosswind a lot.
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hole 8 (par 5)
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A long par 5 which turns gently right. There is quite a bit of room for the tee shot, keep it centre, the second shot goes through a point where the fairway narrow so keep it straight too. Then you have a shot into a large green without too many problems.
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hole 9 (par 5)
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A slight dog leg left from the tee to a large landing area, but don’t bite off too much. Like lots of our holes there is nothing but trouble if you miss the short grass. There is a bit of room for the second shot as well into a large two-tiered green, and it’s easy to three-putt when the pin is well back.
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BACK 9
HOLE 10 (par 3)
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Playing across the prevailing wind, you often cannot feel the strength of wind from the tee so need to think carefully about the trajectory of your shot once it gets in the air and close to the green. A few undulations around the green leave some slightly tricky chipping positions if you don’t find the putting surface.
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HOLE 11 (par 4)
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A long par four which dog legs slowly right, this hole plays down the prevailing wind which shortens it but it’s brutal when the wind changes around. The landing area for the tee shot is quite large, but an area of dead ground tricks a lot of players who leave their second shot short.
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Hole 12 (par 4)
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A straight forward par four with tons of room, but this plays into the prevailing wind so sometime you are left with long seconds into a green that slopes slightly from the back, and left to right. Ideally your tee shot is up the right side of the fairway.
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HOLE 13 (par 4)
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A longer par four again but usually the wind is behind. Your second shot is into a narrowing approach with trouble especially on the right; the green has some gentle undulations which make certain pin placements difficult
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HOLE 14 (par 5)
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A short-ish par five but again this is often into the wind, and it makes accuracy the prime requisite for the first and second shots. Close to the green a couple of bunkers protect the green from wayward approaches.
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HOLE 15 (par 4)
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A longer par four with a large landing area but you need to be slightly left to get a clear view of the green. Stand of pine on the right can block a clear shot down the right side of the fairway. The green slopes from right to left, and a mound protects the green from anyone trying to run a shot onto the right centre of the green. Don’t be above the hole if the pin is on the left centre, it become hard to two putt.
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hole 16(par 4)
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From the white markers it's hard to see the 16th green. Willows growing in the pond block your view, but the line is shown by an isolated wind-bowed pine in the middle distance. That's the aiming point if you want to hit the fairway. Don't hit the tree if you can help it, but if you can get you tee shot somewhere within 20m left or right of that tree you have a pitch of about 90m into a green with adjacent bunkers and water. Many golfers make a hash of this shot for some reason and walk off with 5 or more on a hole that looks much more docile.
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hole 17 (par 3)
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The white tees are 135m from the 17th green and this is all carry over long rough then a pond, and this looks fearsome when the wind is up. But there is a space to land a ball short and slightly right of the front of the green, and much more open short grass directly right of the green for the wary golfer to land the ball and try to get up and down. But it's much more satisfying to land on the dance floor and have a birdie putt. From the tips at 176m, the shot into this green looks quite terrifying.
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hole 18 (par 4)
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A good par four finishing hole which quarters into the prevailing wind, you have more room on the left than it looks but ideally you flirt down the right side to shorten the slight dog leg. Playing into a large green with a slight tier, there is a dead ground again and that second short is further than it looks.
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