The Course: Holes 13 - 18

Hole 13

Thirteen has some of the features of the third hole. It has water but that should not come into play, although the bunkers right nearly always do.

The similarity is in the second shot which must be carried all the way to avoid hungry bunkers right and the bank to the left.

Hole 14

Fourteen looks just like one of the great seaside par fives. It seems to snake through the dunes. Bunkers and rough are just where they should be and you need to be well past the right hand bunkers and in the gap to try to go across bunkers and rough to a very well protected green.

Follow the correct route and a par should be yours.

Hole 15

No bunkers on a short hole.

True, but fifteen is well protected by large undulations on the green and again the setting looks like a links with "dunes" either side of the green.

Hole 16

Looking downhill, the tee shot on the sixteenth is inviting and you are best a little left, as the out of bounds is only just right of the bunkers which themselves will almost certainly cost you a shot.

The approach to a very shallow green needs to be precise as the hollow short right will gather you up and down in two from over the back is a rare feat.

Hole 17

Back to a parkland setting for seventeen and what a good hole. The tee shot must be placed to find a sculptured fairway. Don't take on the carry on the left of the big tree as there is no reward as the rough is thicker down the left and the hole does not dogleg as much as you might think.

The second shot from the fairway is inviting and who knows perhaps a rare birdie can be had.

Hole 18

The eighteenth, a truly great golf hole. The far back tee at eighteen is seldom used and probably just as well because as finishing holes go, this one frightens the life out of most sane people. The tee shot probably has a touch more room than you would think, but not that much.

The second lay up is easier the longer the drive, as the fairway narrows menacingly, but even the bold lay up has to miss a bunker. Now all you have to do is get across that lake and you can tell of your five at the 18th at Collingtree Park. Take plenty of club, loosen the grip and watch your little white friend sail into the middle of the green.

You have done it and it is no mean achievement to finish this hole.