Holes 10 - 18 (back nine)

Hole No. 10 - Oaks, Par 4
Year 1
  • Move white marker back 10m
  • Even out tee
  • Develop 2 optional tees for blue and white for dogleg left in front of clubhouse....
  • Plant extra oaks on right side of fairway (check with other owner re shading).
  • Plant extra oak on left side (on green side of existing large oak)
Year 10
  • Remove old right oak if it hasn't fallen down
  • Mow for more of a dogleg left.
  • Add fairway grass bunker around removed oak.
Logic
  • Optional dogleg tees changes the character of hole
  • Stops play down 14 (speeds up play on opening hole)
  • Looks great from clubhouse.
  • Extra oaks on right side will catch some balls and speed up play.
Hole No. 11 - Opihi, Par 4
Year 1
  • New yellow tee over the creek (plus 40m) or extend back towards creek.
  • Develop new blue tee to right (shift fence)
  • Add trees to right and left of fairway.
  • Experiment with mowing.
Year 3
  • Add mounds/grass bunkers
Logic
  • This hole lost much character when the willow tree fell.
  • This hole has large landing areas
  • This hole can easily turned into slight dogleg right
Hole No. 12 - Te Ngawai, Par4
Year 1
  • Move white tee marker back 10m
  • Continue with blue tee back14m or across irrigation race?
  • Move fairway across right 1 cut from 100m mark
  • Add large mound/s to left front of green
  • Add deciduous tree/s to front left of green (similar to front right of No. 2)
  • Narrow fairway on left of hole 13 i.e. adds more rough to disadvantage poor tee shot
Year 2
  • Remove 2 left side gums.
Year 3
  • Add grass bunker or mounds to kill left entry to green.
Year 8
  • Remove right side gum.
  • Add mounds where needed.
Logic
  • This has been a problematic hole because of the gums.
  • By lengthening hole and rewarding play from the centre and the right makes the gums irrelevant (brings grass bunker into play)
  • By introducing much more trouble to left front of green will make entry more difficult than at present.
Hole No. 13 - Gums, Par3
Year 1
  • Add large and long grass bunker and mounds to right front of green.
  • Kill right entry to hole with deciduous trees from green to tee.
  • Plant deciduous trees to protect No.15
Year 3-10
  • Remove gums as the hole develops
  • Extend green back left i.e. kidney shaped
Logic
  • Again, same as no 12 i.e. makes gums irrelevant.
  • This is already a long par 3
Hole No. 14 - Willows, Par5
Year 1
  • Add willow where previous one fell on clubhouse side of creek.
  • Add 180m marker
  • Shift mound in front of green to the right where it was originally meant to be to give straight run up fairway onto green.
Hole No. 15 - Crossing, Par4
Year 1
  • Add 8m to tee for new blue
  • Plant extra trees on left between creek and green
  • Mow fairway to edge of hazard (experiment)
  • Trim branches on tree in front of tee
Year 2
  • Move all tee blocks back 10m
Logic
  • A signature par 4 allowing several tee shots bringing into play all the natural features.
  • Takes mostly out of play the ball loosing conifers
  • A simple change to make a big difference
Hole No. 16 - Veterans, Par3
Year 1
  • Extend green back 1m
  • Extend green forward 3/4m
Year 2
  • Raise fairway immediately in front of green approx. 2 feet to edge of creek so it can be seen from the tees or scalp off brow of fairway (or combo of both.) or plant scrubs on corners of creek.
Logic
  • This should be our signature par 3.
  • The hazard does not offer intimidation from tee because it cannot be seen
  • The raised edge of the creek or other suggestions will do this..
  • Extending green as previously done offers a 3 club length difference as this cannot be done from tee
Hole No. 17 - Waterloo, Par4
Year 1
  • Develop kidney tee (white) to the back left (in front of existing blue tee)
  • Develop blue off edge of No. 15 tee.
  • Plant out left side of dog leg. To kill entry to left of green.
  • Mow new shape dogleg.
  • Add extra mounds to left entry of green.
Year 2
  • Remove right gum beside bridge
  • left fairway grass bunker
Year 5
  • Remove left side gums (maybe leaving 1or 2)
Year 8
  • Remove last gums
  • Remove left conifer over bridge IF needed.
Logic
  • Make this into a left dogleg as originally planned. i.e. Front mound on green and 220m mounds on the right.
  • Moving the tees helps lengthen and develop this hole.
  • This would be a short genuine risk reward hole.
  • Bridge already defines hazard.
Hole No. 18 - Finale, Par5
Year 1
  • Plant extra trees on left side of fairway near creek.
  • Plant one or two trees on right beside of oregans near the scruffy conifer.
Logic
  • Tee landing area is wide on the left.
  • Conifer at the creek could easily be further destroyed with next snow storm.
  • This is a good finishing hole.