The Coast Golf Club is a challenging 18 hole championship course. Open to the environment, each day can present a new challenge. A mix of tight drives and heart breaking greens ensures a challenge for players of all levels.

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 Hole 1: Par 4

 

The first appears to be a straight forward par 4, depending on the wind will generally play longer than the card distance. The fairway is slightly offset at the halfway mark with a visible water hazard on the left. Be wary of the pond and OOB extreme right. The wind plays a big role in how The Coast plays, as you will find out when you step out onto the exposed tees and greens.

Blue- 372m, index 3

White- 366m, index 2  

Red- 365m, index 2


 Hole 2: Par 5:

 

Hole 2 presents you with a fairly short Par 5. It plays downhill, allowing you to get a little more distance for your shots. The angle from the tee may cause an overshot drive to carry to the left-side hazard. An elevated, narrow green protected by 3 bunkers, can make shots missed left or right of the green very costly.

Blue- 449m, index 18

White- 445m, index 18

 Red- 393m, index 11


 Hole 3: Par 5 

 

Newly redesigned hole. Green is tucked away downhill with bunkers either side. No room behind as is perched on the clifftop. Beware OOB left (practise fairway) and ravine on par-3 4th eats into driving line right. Also for consideration the prevailing breeze in summer is from the north-east, often up to 30 knots or more, making this hole 2 clubs or more longer.

Blue- 462m, index 15

White- 458m, index 16  

Red- 408m, index 3


 Hole 4: Par 3

 

From tee to green this par 3 hangs over the coast line and is one of the most scenic holes that you will ever have the pleasure to play. For the Coast, it would be only paralleled by the 14th which also hugs the coastline. The strength and direction of the wind is the primary factor in selecting the correct club to carry the ravine and hit the green.

Blue- 183m, index 7

White- 139m, index 13

Red- 115m, index 15


 Hole 5: Par 4

Another scenic hole with a generous fairway that runs between a large dam and ocean clifftops. Landing zone can often obscure the view of the green due to undulation. A large green, bunkered left and right awaits your approach shot.

Blue- 395m, index 6

White- 365m, index 6

Red- 330m, index 5


 Hole 6: Par 5

The 6th hole is the longest on the course. Playing uphill all the way makes it seem even longer than its recorded distance. Bunkers in mounding to the right of the fairway 100 metres out are obscured. Green slopes significantly from the back.

Blue- 483m, index 10

White- 482m, index 9

Red- 429m, index 4


 Hole 7: Par 4

A new par-4 hole designed by James Wilcher completed spring 2007. Cascading tees can obscure a tight fairway with loads of trouble left (OOB across a lateral hazard) and right (bush). Line and length is just left of large tree. Lateral hazard crosses fairway at low point 150m to green (so lay up). If laying up on top section of fairway beware of camber into hazard right. Large, long green nestles behind sand trap above obvious horror of giant dam. Beware hazards long and left. Roadway and boundary fences punish wayward shots with OOB. A toughie.

Blue- 403m, index 2

White- 391m, index 1

Red- 374m, index 1 


 Hole 8: Par 3

 

Hitting back toward the clubhouse, the 8th is a challenging par 3 which transverses a fairly steep gully. New back tee lengthened hole. Select your club to carry the full distance. Danger lurks left, balls will run toward the water hazard, and right, the road and carpark is OOB.

Blue- 180m, index 9

White- 164m, index 14

Red- 106m, index 18


 Hole 9: Par 3

 

From the tee, you must carry a dam (which is out of play except for an extremely poor shot) and make the full carry up the hill to what can only be called the most wicked green on the course. Hitting the front of the green may see the ball return down the hill, so be up and straight. For overstruck shots, OOB creeps in to the left and pathway on right is not to be crossed as rugged terrain awaits.

Blue- 160m, index 14

White- 157m, index 10

Red- 136m, index 16


 Hole 10: Par 4

Although a short hole, it will present problems for poorly directed tee shots with OOB on left and hazards on the right of fairway. A small 2-tiered green demands an accurate approach shot.

Blue- 274m, index 13

White- 258m, index 11/28

 Red- 243m, index 14


 Hole 11: Par 4

A dogleg to the left runs uphill makes this hole play longer than carded distance. From the tee you find yourself staring straight down to the a dam which guards the inside corner of the dogleg. A narrow landing zone set at an angle invites overstruck shots to run into thick scrub. Front of green slopes back to fairway, so be up or a long chip back awaits.

Blue- 312m, index 12

White- 310m, index 8/26

Red- 344m, index 12


 Hole 12: Par 3

Another all-carry hole. Back tee is perched amongst coastal heath and requires length as well as accuracy into the prevailing sea-breeze. The shorter tees cannot be underestimated as the extra carry up the hill adds a club. Left and right misses are severely punished.

Blue- 172m, index 8

White- 141m, index 15

Red- 129m, index 13


 Hole 13: Par 4

Ranked the hardest hole on the course, you could be forgiven if you wondered why when you are standing on the tee. The fairway seems reasonably wide, enough to be forgiving to all but the loosest of shots, except for the nasty out of bounds which runs up the left side of this hole. The ocean cliffs to the right act as a lateral hazard that progressively encroaches on early width provided.

Blue- 402m, index 1

White- 378m, index 3

Red- 378m, index 10 


 Hole 14: Par 4

The 14th Hole would have to be one of the prettiest holes on the course, enjoy the scenery even if your ball meets a watery grave. A series of tees are perched on the cliff face and your shot needs to carry the bay, down to the clifftop fairway which is quite a bit lower than the level of the tees. Angle of approach is the key to this hole, so be as far left as you dare. The green is perched at the end of the cliff face and protected on all sides.

Blue- 392m, index 4

White- 345m, index 4

Red- 294m, index 7


 Hole 15: Par 3

The final par 3 of the course is the 15th. An exposed, elevated tee affords magnificent views; "It doesn't get any better than this!" is the inscription on the memorial to former member Steve "Fish" Buchan, tragically killed in the Bali bombings. The medium-length hole has a green protected on either side by fairly shallow bunkers.

Blue- 170m, index 17

White- 158m, index 12

Red- 120m, index 17


 Hole 16: Par 4

Another short par 4 greets players who step up to the 16th tee. But what you will immediately notice is 'where is the hole'. This hole runs down the same steep hill that the par 3 12th runs up. The tee is set far enough on top of the hill to completely obscure the green and your main concerns will be where to hit your drive. Creek in front of green must be avoided.

Blue- 322m, index 11

White- 319m, index 7

Red- 267m, index 8


 Hole 17: Par 4

If you thought the 16th fairway was well hidden from the tee, then the 17th is nearly as obscured. The left section of the fairway tempts a shot avoiding those all too familiar bushes which run in front of the tee area, but the fairway also slopes significantly from right to left. Your approach requires carry across a ravine to a narrow green with severe trouble left (cliffs) and right (OOB).

Blue- 364m, index 5

White- 320m, index 5

Red- 269m, index 9


 Hole 18: Par 4

 

As you walk to the 18th tee you have a feeling of being on the home straight. The 18th green in front of the clubhouse is protected by the main pond (the 9th fairway is OOB). An assisting sea-breeze may cause long hitters to over-hit into the bushes, whereas a southerly may leave a blind second from the fairway alongside Little Bay beach.

Blue- 277m, index 16

White- 275m, index 17

Red- 331m, index 6