Hole 1
Course Guide
Hole 1. Par 4. 329 metres.
Hole 3
Probably the ‘friendliest’ of par 4’s at Manly Golf Club
to open your account and settle any nerves. A solid
drive from this elevated tee to the centre or right hand
side of the fairway, short of the fairway bunker is your
best option, leaving a short iron or pitching wedge to
a large double-green, shared with the 17th hole.
Hole 2. Par 5. 505 metres.
A long Par 5 where a lay-up drive or long iron from
the tee is the smart play to be just short of the water
hazard that crosses the fairway. Left of the centre is
the line to avoid fairway bunkers on the right side.
Your second shot is then a long iron or fairway wood
down the middle, but try to avoid Peter Thomson’s
signature ‘pot bunker’ that is strategically placed in
the middle of the fairway just short of the green. Your
approach shot to this ‘table top’ green should be left
and under the hole as anywhere long will find trouble.
Hole 3. Par 5. 461 metres.
Hole 4
This signature Par 5 is played as a ‘3 shot’ hole
demanding strategic play as it’s the first of 3 double
water carry holes. Your tee shot is a lay-up down the
left centre of the fairway to avoid the bunkers and the
first water hazard. Your second shot is a mid-iron to
the right side of the fairway leaving you with the best
angle in to this small tricky green.
Hole 4. Par 3. 157 metres.
The first of four Par 3’s that features an elevated
undulating green. Going long or short left is to be
avoided as the green is heavily bunkered front and
back. Regardless of pin placement, the smart play is
to the front centre of the green.
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