Author: Raquel Castillero Maturana

This par four (dogleg left) enters the wooded section of the course. The tee shot requires more accuracy than distance, the main goal being to avoid the bunkers on the right side of the fairway. Once you reach the fairway, the approach shot to the green is tense because of hazards on either side, but with a short iron you should have a good chance to trim down your score.

This long par three requires a long, accurate tee shot to avoid the bunkers that line the long green. No half-measures here, but veer too far away from the centre line and you will be hard put to save par.

Course designer Greg Norman’s preferred hole. A demanding uphill par four with a dogleg to the left, where players need to be on their game to avoid the seven bunkers that surround both tee and green. The tee shot must search the fairway taking into account the steep right-left slope, and the second shot has to combine the adequate line and distance to reach the green. Recovering from failure to reach the green is quite a challenge.

Magnificent par three demanding a strong, high tee shot to pass the front bunker defending the narrow green, set slightly higher and in diagonal to the tee.

The beauty of this spectacular par five with a dogleg to the right is exceptional. From the tee on high, players must cross a riverbed and then, depending on the tee shot, get over or around a huge pine tree on their second shot. The approach to the green involves a steep incline that players must bear in mind to avoid getting trapped in one of the many deep bunkers along the way.

After three tense holes (Holes 6, 7 & 8), the course gives players a breather with this straight-ahead, feasible par five, where players with good swings can reach the green or its vicinity in two, leaving them with a good chance to subtract a shot or two from their scorecard. The right side of the fairway from the end of the tee shot to the green is lined with bunkers. The last three of these form the letters AGN, standing for “Architect Greg Norman”.

Perhaps the course’s most complicated hole, again surrounded by forest on both sides, it takes a long, well-centred tee shot to minimise the distance of the approach shot to a small green well defended by 3 bunkers and the surrounding pines.