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Holes 1 to 6

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Hole 1, Horse Shoe, 380 yards, par 4
Named after a depression in the middle of the fairway, 240 yards from the tee, to where the great lady player, Cecil Leitch, was reputed to drive regularly. The fairway looks intimidating, with thick heather and gorse up the left, and rough sandy ground up the right. Hitting the fairway is important to have a good chance of making the green; a line up the left is a bonus. The second shot is over a low plateau that hides the pin, skirting a sand hill on the right, before gathering down to a blind saucer-shaped green.

Hole 2, The Close, 315 yards, par 4
A short par 4 from an elevated tee, dog-legging right. There is plenty of space up the left but a brave line up the right, over a ridge of sand, will leave a short pitch and the chance of a three. The green is in a dell with steep sides of heather, gorse and broom preventing friendly bounces, and pot bunkers guarding left and right.

Hole 2, The Close

Hole 3, Criffel

Hole 3, Criffel, 352 yards, par 4
Dog-leg left. The drive is through a saddle between two sand hills, from where the fairway curves down and left, before it rises again to a plateau green on the side of a hill. The correct line from the tee is up the left, skirting some horrible rough sandy ground, with the reward of a short pitch into the face of a sloping green. The safer line up the right from the tee, risks a longer iron from an uneven lie, and brings into play the small bunker to the right of the green. A safe shot to the back of the green has to be followed by a tricky down hill putt.

Hole 4, The Mill, 372 yards, par 4
The blind drive is from a high ridge of sand hills, over the marker post, towards the Flour Mill, and down into a valley. No great damage will be done to the pulled drive on to the grassy sides of the ridge, except maybe an awkward lie, and a blind second. The ideal line, straight and far, allows a view of the narrow, angled green that slopes away from the fairway. A high pitch needs careful judgement to get close, with the option of a percentage pitch and run. there are no bunkers, but the steep slopes down from either side of the green demand a precise recovery.

Hole 5, Solway, 482 yards, par 5
A genuine three-shotter when the wind blows, with the prospect of a four in mild conditions. Take a minute to admire the view over the Solway across to the Galloway hills, then breathe relief that the distant championship tees are not being used. The drive, from a high tee, is to an angled fairway close to the shore. Plenty of space to the right, but the correct line is to the centre of the fairway, ideally favouring the left. This gives a more welcoming shot towards a green that is well bunkered on both sides.

Hole 5, Solway

Hole 6, Natterjack, 182 yards, par 3
The tee for the first of the short holes is back on the ridge of sand hills, firing down over the old railway track to an undulating green that is guarded by bunkers on both sides and a small hillock to the right. Rare natterjack toads are reputed to breed near the pond on the left.

Holes 7 to 12 ~ Holes 13 to 18