TIPS ON HOW TO PLAY LE MEILLEUR HORIZONS
Blue stakes lining fairways 200 metres to centre of green.
White & Green stakes lining fairways 150 metres to centre of green.
Yellow stakes lining fairways 100 metres to centre of green.
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FRONT NINE
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Hole 1
A straight away hole
with elevated green, bunkers on the left and large mounds on the right.
The tee shot is a straight forward drive down the centre. The second
shot is deceiving usually requiring one club more than you think. The
green is 45m long so it requires precise club selection leaving a mid to
long iron. The green slopes from back to front quite steeply. A bogey is
not a bad start. Dangers: O-O-B
left of the fairway bunkers. |
Hole 2
A slight dog-leg
left with fairway bunkers on the left. This hole requires a driver off
the tee leaving a mid to long iron for your second shot. All the trouble
is on the right for your second shot - the place to miss it is long and
left over the green side bunker. The green is cut in two by a ridge on
the left running from front to back. Dangers:
O-O-B left, lateral water hazard left and right. |
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Hole 3
A slight dog-leg
left with a large mound tempting the longer hitters. Beware of the pot
bunker short of the mound and the bunker on the right is there to catch
a drive that runs to far. The tee shot requires a placed driver with a 3
wood or long iron for the longer hitters, leaving a short iron into the
green. The green is guarded by bunkers short left with a ridge runs
across this two-tiered green. Dangers:
lateral water hazard left. |
Hole 4
A slight dog-leg
right with bunkers on the right set to catch the long hitter trying to
cut the corner. The play for your second is to lay up short and left of
the bunker on the right to give you a good look at the green. The bunker
is 10 metres short of the green so trust your distance. Large green with
two tiers. Dangers:
Lateral water hazard left of the fairway. |
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Hole 5
A short par 4 with a
bunker on the left with water beyond it. Bunkers on the right making you
keep the ball straight. The tee shot requires a 3 wood to set you up for
a short shot into this short but testing hole. The green slopes towards
the water. Dangers:
water on the left. |
Hole 6
What you see is what
you get! A straight forward Par 3 with a two-tiered green with water
left. You could need at least two extra clubs into the wind so beware. Dangers:
water on the left, lateral hazard on the right. |
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Hole 7
A slight dog-leg
right with a long bunker on the left. The driver is required aiming at
the bunker on the left and fading the ball back to the centre of the
fairway leaving a mid to long iron into the green. The green has
two-tiers - the best place to miss is short left. Make a Par here and
your friends will remember you forever. Dangers:
O-O-B left, lateral hazard right. |
Hole 8
A deceiving
hole...the bunker in front is 10 metres short of the putting surface,
the green has two relatively flat-tiers. Don't be left - don't be right
- don't be long. If you hit to the left of the red pole take a point of
entry drop, hit right of the pole and a reload is your best option. Dangers:
lateral hazard right and behind. |
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Hole 9
A straight away hole
with bunkers left and right. The water start just past the bunker on the
left and runs the rest of the hole down the left. For the long hitter
the green is reachable in 2 with right wind. For the rest laying up 50
to 100m short is the best option. Greens don't get much bigger than this
guy. The target is somewhat unique, four tiers meet the player, a two
putt here and move to the next tee! Dangers:
O-O-B & water left. |
BACK NINE
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Hole 10
A dog-leg left with
ample room to the right off the tee. A driver down the left centre
avoiding the fairway bunker on the left. Always go an extra club for
your second shot in calm conditions, the green is very long from front
to back. Dangers:
water left off the tee, lateral hazard right. |
Hole 11
A slight dog-leg
right requiring a driver off the tee with a fairway bunker on the right.
Your second shot will require a mid iron with plenty of accuracy -
Beware of the valley of doom! All putts on the green slope to the water.
Dangers:
water left, lateral hazard right. |
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Hole 12
Great Par 5. A
Double dog-leg left then right, bunker on the left guarding the corner.
# wood off the tee is the play for position. Lay up for your second if
in doubt - fairway tightens noticeably 100 metres out from the green.
The green is very long with sloping left to right. Dangers:
Out-of-bounds (O-O-B) skirts the cart path left, lateral hazard right. |
Hole 13
A long green with
numerous bunkers short left and right characterise this great hole. Long
and left is the desired place to miss the green with a relatively flat
green. A mid to short iron is required. Dangers:
Left of the cart path is lateral hazard, steep bunkers to the right of
the green. |
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Hole 14
All the best!
Dog-leg right with fairway bunkers left. Tee shot here is crucial, the
hole tightens 200 metres from the tee. A tee shot to the right blocks
you out for your second and left leaves you with a long iron out of the
bunkers. Position is the key so 3 wood off the tee leaving a mid iron to
the green. A large sloping green awaits you with bunkers left. Dangers:
lateral hazard left and right, water left of the green. |
Hole 15
The hole requires
precision as the green sits at a tough angle from the tee. Added to this
is the water factor. Having to make it across the water before tackling
a well protected green. The green is two-tiered and elevated green
surrounded by bunkers with a huge bunker on the left. If you make three
from in there, 'go play golf for a living'! Always go an extra club in
calm conditions. A relatively flat green. Dangers:
Steep face on bunkers left. |
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Hole 16
A slight dog-leg
left requiring driver off the tee with fairway bunkers left. Two options
for your second - lay up on the upper level 100 from the green or go for
the green and risk meeting the green-side bunkers. The target is a
generous two-tiered double green with the 10th hole. Dangers:
Lateral water hazard left and right. |
Hole 17
A slight dog-leg
left with a dual fairway with centre bunkers. Tiger line is over the
left fairway bunker with a draw for the long hitters with the driver,
the safe play is to the right of the bunkers leaving you a good look at
the green. Both lines will result in a relatively short shot to the
green. Dangers:
Lateral water hazard left, water over the back of the green. |
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Hole 18
A straight forward
short hole with copious amounts of water. From the tee it offers a
generous landing area with bunkers on the left requiring a 3 wood for
safety. Second shot is crucial - your ball feeds right once on the green
if you're not already in the soup. The green has three tiers - all putts
break towards the water. Dangers:
water right, O-O-B left. |
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