Course Guide
Hole 15
Hole 13. Par 4. 330 metres.
Hole 16. Par 4. 368 metres.
This signature driving hole from the most elevated point
of the golf course, offers risk and reward. For the longer
hitters, the option is there to carry the fairway bunkers
but the smart play is just right of centre and short of
these bunkers. This challenging green is hard to hold in
two – bunker protected in front and elevated. Accuracy
with your second shot is highly rewarded. This green is
quite a small target with pronounced undulations running
away from the middle making it one of Manly’s toughest
greens to manage well.
A par 4 dogleg that plays ‘left to right’ that requires
a strategically well-placed and weighted drive, left of
centre. Shaping the ball ‘left to right’ from the tee will
be rewarded but being too long and straight will be
penalized by the water hazard that is located through
the fairway. A well positioned drive will leave a short to
mid iron into a tight and narrow green that is heavily
protected by bunkers on the right edge.
Hole 14. Par 4. 378 metres.
The par 4 14th invites a drive into open space, tempting the
long hitter to flirt with the waterway that dissects the fairway.
Finishing just shy of this is your best option and leaves
you a mid to long iron approach shot as your second. The
green is well protected by a front bunker and being on the
long side with your second is the smartest play.
Hole 15. Par 3. 127 metres.
The 15th is a short par 3 but requires pinpoint accuracy.
The green here is protected by deep bunkers, left and
right front edge and with the water hazard immediately
behind – it’s all about getting the yardage right.
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Hole 17. Par 5. 509 metres.
A ‘gun-barrel’ straight par 5 that calls for two good
straight woods to leave you with a short to mid iron
approach as your 3rd. Your tee shot is over the dam –
long and strong with a ‘right of centre’ line as your best
option. If you manage to avoid the fairway bunkering
with your first two, your third shot is to a large and
bunker protected double green.
Hole 18. Par 4. 328 metres.
A great finishing hole brings you back to the clubhouse.
Accuracy with your drive or long iron is the key here. The
smart play is straight and short of the right hand fairway
bunker. Your second shot is a short iron or pitching
wedge to this elevated and sloping green. With bunker
protection on either side and to the front, the safe play is
to the back half of the green.