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Bay Golf Club welcome all golfers to our lovely course.
The following
information and tips are designed to help you play our course better.
Some holes can be viewed by clicking on the photo link.
Hole 1
- Par 5
(Men
456m Ladies 421)
A straight-away opening hole where a second shot should be positioned
to the right to avoid a large tree guarding a generous green, bunkered
on both sides.
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Hole 2 - Par 3
(Men 150m Ladies 117m)
A fine example of the old school architecture. A comparatively small green
with a large cross bunker and full length bunkering on both sides. Plenty
of room at the back, but southerly and westerly winds can cause added
difficulty.
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Hole 3 - Par 4
(Men 346m Ladies 346m)
A left-handed dog-leg hole, with a generously wide fairway, but play can
be into the prevailing wind. Ground falls away sharply around this green
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Hole 4 -Par 4
(Men 360m Ladies 280m)
A tight right-handed dog-leg. The tee shot is played through a narrow
gap between trees. A sliced drive can cause disaster, finishing in trees
and deep rough, with further trees and a bunker to negotiate. Behind this
green the ground falls away to the 9th fairway
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Hole 5 -Par 5
(Men 463m Ladies 427m)
The easiest par 5 on the course. Two straight shots and a short approach.
Green guarded by a deep bunker on the left. Fall-away at left and back
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Hole 6 - Par 3
(Men 118m Ladies 118m)
Elevated tee shot to the undulating green, again guarded by a cross bunker,
and with four other bunkers circling the back half. A clump of macrocarpa
and out-of-bounds on the right creates interest
Hole 7 - Par 4
(Man 307m ladies 279m)
A dog-leg to the right. Out-of-bounds, with trees and rough, runs the
whole way from tee to green. A drive to the left half of this fairway
opens up the full depth of the green.
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Hole 8 - Par 4
(Men 329m Ladies 282m)
This picturesque hole has a pronounced two-level green, with a back drop
of trees, and bunkers to either side, with a generous fairway. The pin-position
can dictate the choice of line for the drive
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Hole 9 - Par 4
(Men 378m Ladies 378m)
A good four, with undulating fairway, to finish the first half. Macrocarpa
trees in the left rough ccm intrude on the line of play. There is a fairway
bunker short to the right of the green, with two more behind, and one
runs full length to the left side of this green. Borrow here can make
putting tricky
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Hole 10 - Par 4
(Men 283m Ladies 283m)
The shortest par 4 hole, slightly curved to the left. A chance here for
the long hitter, but bunkers on all sides make for tight pin placements
Hole 11 - Par 3
(Men 173m Ladies 133m)
Tree-lined on the left from tee to short of the green, with fall-away
behind. Bunker set into the right hand corner. Westerly winds can affect
this tee shot
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Hole 12 -Par 5
(Men 457m Ladies 399m)
5 The longest hole. Boundary fence runs from tee to green. The drive should
be to the left to open up the hole for the second shot. Any second shots
hit to the right may kick under the trees. This large green is protected
by particularly hungry bunkers.
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Hole 13 - Par 4
(Men 336m Ladies 276m)
The first of what is known as "The Triangle," where an accurate drive
pays off. Boundary fence and trees line the right-hand side, tall trees
above heavy rough are on the left, into which fairway ridges may deflect
the ball
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Hole 14 -Par 4
(Men 308m Ladies 254m)
This hole forms the base of the wooded Triangle. It has a very undulating
narrow fairway. The right-hand boundary fence is a danger to the drive.
The steeply sloping green is sighted over a dip with out-of-bounds close
behind, A bunker is halfway up the green on the left and also on the right
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Hole 15 - Par 4
(Men 376m Ladies 315m)
The driver faces the same problems as before on this south side of the
Triangle. The left-hand side of the fairway opens the green for a second
across a deep dry donga, which makes distance deceptive, to a long undulating
green bunkered on both sides
Hole 16 - Par 4
(Men 339m Ladies 319m)
A widish fairway with trees and rough on both sides. Can play long in
a southerly. A drive to the right makes for an easier second across a
gully to an elevated steep green, bunkered left and right, with a big
drop over the back.
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Hole 17 - Par 4
(Men 379m Ladies 379m)
Left-hand dog-leg with boundary fence down the outer side, drawing close
in to the green. To cut the corner courts trouble because of trees and
rough. Target green bunkered on both sides.
Hole 18 - Par 4
(Men 358m Ladies 303m)
Plenty of room on the left, but a gully with rough and tall trees down
the right, with a boundary fence behind. A safe line for the tee shot
can be the flag pole on the Clubhouse. Target green protected by fairway
bunker on the left and bunkers either side of the green, with a big drop
over the back and left side.
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