The Valley

The first hole is named after former Lady President Zara Bolton. Zara Bolton is 349 yards long, with a drive that must be accurately placed over a ridge to reach a small valley leading to the green, which lies low and is surrounded by sand hills.

This is a dog-leg to the left from the tee. A hook or pull is severely punished but a drive to the right opens up the sloping green for the approach shot.

From the elevated tee position the green presents an ideal short iron to a small target with a deep bunker left.

The tee shot is played over a ridge into the War Hollow, which stretches for over 300 yards. The green sits below a high hill, atop which lies the tee box for the famous “Calamity Corner” on the Dunluce course. If you make a par here, be satisfied.

Once again playing into the War Hollow, you’ll find the elevated green at the end of a narrow strip of fairway, with a bank at the back that rewards a bold approach.

The drive is uphill along a narrow fairway nestled between two sand dunes. The green lies at the end of another long, narrow valley, and much trouble awaits any shot that strays off target.

It is a slight dog-leg left with a narrow entrance to a small green which is cradled between sand dunes.

It is a rolling double dog-leg with a narrow entrance to the green which is cradled between sand dunes.

The ninth is a pitch from a high tee position to a green bunkered on both the right and left.

The drive is through a narrow neck in little sand dunes. The second shot is across the War Hollow to a small green guarded by a bunker on the left and a grass hollow right.

The thirteenth runs parallel to the previous hole to an armchair green surrounded by sand dunes. This hole requires two long straight shots.

A slight dog-leg to the right. The drive is through a narrow valley to an open fairway. The approach shot has to skirt the pot bunker on the right to find the small green.

The green is narrow, with rough behind. It is also guarded by a high sand hill at the front left and bunkers to the right.

Keep your drive to the right as there is plenty of trouble to the left. The green is guarded by a sand hill on the right.

The first of four new holes… This one requires a well struck mid to long iron to avoid the two bunkers and find this undulating green.

This hole plays through a narrow neck of sand hills and down a valley to an elevated green, guarded by two bunkers, sand hills to the left, and a drop at the back into a large hollow.

Reopened after nearly 100 years, this strong par 3 typically demands a long iron or fairway wood to reach the gathering green.

An accurate drive is required from this new elevated tee to find the narrow fairway. The approach is through a narrow valley to the home green which is full of subtle undulations.