A drive down the left-centre to the crest of the fairway will set up a second shot to a green set down into the dunes. There is a large waste area to the left front of the green and a deeper, steep-faced waste area to the back.
Unreachable in two shots for most of the field. Players must avoid several deep waste areas right of the fairway. A good lay-up will leave a pitch to a relatively flat, but exposed and elevated green.
The widest fairway gives way to one of the narrowest approaches. The green is guarded closely on the right by a canal, with dunes and thick native grasses framing the left and rear.
Maybe the most difficult hole on the inward nine. The players must decide just how far down they will try to carry the canal. It continues down the entire right side of the hole.
The course turns back to the east and plays directly along the beach. A tee shot missing this severely exposed and elevated green will leave a severe uphill chip. An extremely deep and dangerous waste area is on the left.
The tee shot must find the fairway to set up a mid-iron into a green running diagonally away from the player to the right. Waste areas lie left and back right of this small green.
The tee shot is over a pond to reach a terraced fairway that is higher to the right side. A long, shallow waste bunker guards the second shot to the right, with another deeper one guarding the left side.
The most famous hole on the course. The target over the lake appears narrow with two deep waste areas to the left. Colin Montgomerie won it with a double bogey in his singles against Mark Calcavecchia in the 1991 Ryder Cup.
Still with the Atlantic as a backdrop, the fairway falls away to the right. Longer players may have a significant advantage if they challenge the right side. The elevated green is open from the right and runs away to the back left.