8th -The ground from tee to the green is decidedly broken, with little hollows, small whin bushes in front and large ones along the left; really bad tee-shots are generally punished severely. The eighth hole produces quite a few bogeys, but is simple compared with most others here. Just in front of the green, often in direct line with the hole, is the almost inevitable little hill with a small and fairly deep bunker in the face. The contours around it promote the arrival of balls in the sand. Another bunker well to the right presents very little threat. The line is directly at the flag if you are sure of reaching the green, but otherwise it is safer to play on the highest church steeple. 10th -There is a group of bunkers about 100 yards from the tee, at a point where whins on the left give way to a stretch of heathery rough, and where four whin bushes may catch drives of between 220 and 250 yards. There is a single bunker about 220 yards out which gathers a long drive if it is slightly right; the twin Krugers await wild slices in the direction of the ninth tee.
Those with the power to drive the tenth green, gain advantage over shorter hitters. Their second shot is a very delicate pitch to the pin on a raised green which slopes away from them. Getting the distance right is difficult even for a professionals, the further down the green the pin is. But the old course is unique in that every golfer has the same chance of noting the homeward pin positions mainly by looking left on the front nine, especially on all these double greens. Most local players do this automatically.
