As a warm-up hole the first looks fairly easy, straight and a reasonably short par 5. Being OOB down the full left side, trees and shrubs all the way on the right and sloping gently left to right for most of its length this hole will keep both lefty's and righty's on their toes. Add in the large tree to the right of the fairway and a large bunker guarding the right half of the green, you know you have to start well.

The second at Maclean Golf club is a short par 3 and is one of the newer holes on the course and again everything to the left is Out of Bounds. The tee is tucked into the trees over looking the two gullies you have to carry to the green set on the facing slope. The green is protected to the left and right front by two deep bunkers and steep slopes to both sides.

The third at Maclean Golf Club is a tree lined flat fairway that dog legs gently to the left. The large gum tree on the left at the inside of the dog leg should be avoided and from there it is a relatively straight run to the large green. The green is protected by two sand traps on the left front quadrant and steeply sloping undulations to the right and rear. The green itself slopes gently from the back to the front and is longer than it is wide.

The fourth at Maclean has a gently sloping right to left fairway which has a slight dog-leg to the left and is lined to the right with trees and the left with small trees and shrubs. At about 100m out the fairway dips down onto a flat approach to the raised green. The green is bunkered left and right with steep slopes to both sides and slopes from back to front with a quite pronounced ridge running across the centre.

The fifth at Maclean is a dog leg right from an elevated tee down onto a flat guarded on the left by a fairway bunker. To the right is a steep slope with large trees and to the left are small shrubs, all of which can cause trouble. After the dog leg, on the left are large trees and the right has a waterhazard that can come into play as well as large trees. The rather flat green is protected on the left side by two shallow bunkers and to the back a slope into rough ground with flat ground to the right.

With a dam on either side close to the tee the sixth then leads through a fairly narrow opening up hill to a broader flat section all lined with large native trees. The flat section contains a dog leg left leading up to the green. The green is bunkered to the left and right front and slopes slightly from back to front.

The longest Par 3 on the course the seventh has trees and shrubs on both sides of a down sloping fairway with a green that slopes gently from back to front. The back of the green is steeply graded down to heavy rough and both sides taper up to the front of the green.

The eighth at Maclean while not being the longest Par 4 on the course is made to seem so because it is uphill all the way. The Tee is tucked back in the trees on the banks of a dam with trees keeping the right side of the fairway honest but go too far left and you are in a hazard. After the drive you have to negotiate the dog leg left which is guarded by more trees. The green at the top of the hill is trapped to the left by two bunkers and slopes from back to front making down hill putts very interesting at times.

The Thistle off the tee is looking straight at the club house down an avenue of large trees. The fairway slopes gently right to left and the first half is up hill over a rise. While you can see the green from the tee the last half of the fairway is hidden down in a shallow gully and then up to the green which has a large bunker covering most of the left side and a steep slope to the back. The green has a pronounced back to front bias. Do not over club on your second as the path in front of the clubhouse and beyond is OOB.

Why the Thistle Hole? Pay your dollar to the starter and if you are nearest to the pin on your second shot you get the prize.

Our shortest Par 4 the fairway is again an avenue which tends to keep things tight and with a left to right slope thrown in the second shot can be a challenge. The green is covered to the left by both large overhanging trees and a bunker while the right slopes steeply down to light rough and shrubs. The green is two tiered with a pronounced ridge running across the putting surface.

The 11th is the shortest hole on the course but if you do not hit the green it usually spells trouble. Too short and you are in the water that lays across the front of the green, even if you do make it to the front of the green there is sandy rough and a steep up slope to contend with. Too long and you have to contend with steep humps that make stopping a ball coming back onto the short wide front sloping green a challenge.

Only 3m shorter than the longest Par 4 we have but plays longer due to the slight uphill gradient all the way to the green. A flat fairway again lined with large trees for the full length makes straight hits a must. Across nearly the full width of the front of the green is a large bunker which makes the choice to go or lay-up a difficult one. The large green with some heavy undulations makes for some very challenging putts. This hole deserves its index 1.

From the tee on the 13th you are confronted with heavy scrub on the left down a steep slope onto some flat with a dam again on the left and large trees on the right. The second shot is blind over a rise with a slight dog leg to the right and a large tree encroaching on the right at the turn. The fairway here is well guarded on the right by shrubs and a copse of small trees while to the left is heavy bush and another dam. Here the fairway also has a right to left slope and shallow gully runnning across it to make a flat stance a rarity. In front of the green to the left is a large flat area but the right has a deep bunker and severe undulations.The left hand side of the rather long green has another dam covering its full legth. The green itself has a back to front bias with enough ups and downs to keep you honest.

The 14th starts with a drive out onto a broad flat fairway with shrubs on the right and water to the left. Big hitters can get into trouble running out of fairway with the sharp left dog leg. After the turn it is up hill past a large tree on the left to a flat, both sides of the fairway has trees and bush and the left slopes steeply down into heavy scrub. The large green is protected on the left by a steep slope and two bunkers, one to the left front the other midway along.

The 15th at Maclean is a challenge in that it is a fairly narrow fairway flanked on both sides by heavy trees and bush with a large tree encroaching on the left at the start of the dog leg. Once passed the dog leg it is down hill to a narrow section with water to either side about 30m shy of the green. The green is heavily guarded to the right with two bunkers and on the left are steep rises and slopes and then water. The green itself is large with a back to front slope and some pronounced rises and falls.

The 16th from the tee looks easy enough with a dead straight flat fairway with trees to the left and a few shrubs to the right. It is the next shot that causes all the strife - layup or go for it. The green is basically on an island with a creek across the front which flows into a pond which guards the left. To the right is a narrow causeway between the creek and another pond and a sand bunker to the right front of the green - at times a saving grace. The rear of the green has another water feature. All sides of the green have steep slopes which help channel your ball into the water, the green itself slopes gently from the back to front.

The 17th at Maclean is a picturesque killer of a hole (23 strokes is the current record). The golfer is faced with a full length water carry to a raised green with out of bounds to the left for the full distance. All sides of the green are steeply sloped with heavy grass cover. The putting surface has a swale running half way across the green to the right (Death Valley) making for some difficult putts.

The longest hole on the course, the finishing hole at Maclean is out of bounds to the left for the full length. From the tee it is uphill to the left dog leg which has trees to both left and right. From there the fairway is dead straight all the way to the green with a gentle right to left slope to about the 100m mark from which it is relatively flat. The green itself is large and flat with a bunker to the left, reasonably flat to the right and a slope to the rear with OOB near the shed.