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1. THE HUMMOCKS: The FIRST measuring 290 yards is played up an incline to a double-tiered green guarded
by a large bunker on the right hand side. Trees sparsely line both sides of the fairway.
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2. BANKSIDE: The SECOND is probably the trickiest hole on the course. The fairway slopes from the left to right,
with a long narrow green cut into the slope, some 382 yards from the tee.
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3. THE SWITCHBACK: From the THIRD tee the whole course opens out magnificently. The tee and green are on a similar
level, with a wide valley in between. Playing much longer than its 424 yards, this hole is the most challenging on the course.
The green, which is set into trees, is also guarded by bunkers to the right.
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4. THE FUNNEL: The 266 yard FOURTH has a narrow drive through trees to an elevated wide fairway. A small copse
of trees and a bridle path can catch a long drive. A gusting wind often makes the shot to this undulating green deceptively
difficult.
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5. THE TEA TRAY: The FIFTH although only 158 yards, is probably the best short hole on the course. It has
a deep bunker cut into the right half of the green with a further bunker guarding the left and a smaller bunker just
beyond. An "out of bounds" fence stretches down the right hand side. Any wind makes this a very testing hole.
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6. THE PIT: The SIXTH hole is a 423 yard left-hand dogleg. A brave drive over hawthorn, gorse and a disused quarry
can cut off the dogleg, leaving a short iron to the green. The safe line leaves a much longer shot to a large
green cut into a bank.
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7. THE SPINNEY: The SEVENTH is a delightful hole, played from an elevated tee to a green 377 yards away.
The drive has to avoid two deep faced bunkers, and a wood deter all but the brave from cutting the dogleg to the right. Trouble,
in the form of gorse, trees and a bunker, surrounds the green, which has been cut sharply into the bank.
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8. THE HIGH BANK: The EIGHTH is an interesting short hole of 170 yards. The tee shot across a valley can be
deceptive. Three pot bunkers guard the front of the elevated green which has been cut out of an escarpment, over most of its
width. The high bank at the back encourages a bold shot.
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9. THE VALLEY: The NINTH is a spectacular golf hole which would not be out of place on the west coasts of Scotland
or Ireland. The fairway sweeps through a valley with bushes on the left and a wood to the right. Having threaded two good wood
shots this 492 yard par 5 has a large green which receives a well struck ball graciously.
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10. THE POND: Following the same valley, the 382 yard TENTH is a most attractive and challenging hole. Choose
your line to either the left or right of a copse of trees that mark the centre of the fairway, some 280 yards from the tee!
The second shot is played to an elevated two tier green that is guarded by a wood to the right and a hidden pond, a lateral
water hazard, to the left. Beware of being too bold - beyond the fence at the back of the green is " out of bounds ".
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11. WARREN'S REST: To reach the ELEVENTH fairway a good drive is needed to clear a steep escarpment.
The second shot is blind to an elevated green some 314 yards from the tee.
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12. SHORT BREAK: The TWELFTH hole plays for its entire 346 yards alongside the South Downs Way, which is " out
of bounds ". Try to approach the green, which is cut very close to the out of bounds fence from the left hand side of the
fairway.
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13. THE SKATING RINK: Playing to the slightly elevated, sloping and undulating green makes the 223 yard THIRTEENTH
the most difficult par three on the course. Definitely a par three and a half.
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14. THE LONG HOLE: The 540 yard par 5 FOURTEENTH played into the prevailing wind can be a real " tiger ".
The fairway sweeps along the top of the escarpment with a slight right to left slope. The green is cut into the hill and guarded
by cross bunkers some 40 yards short of the green.
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15. CHANCTONBURY: The prevailing southwest wind makes the drive at the 383 yard FIFTEENTH the most difficult
on the course. The South Downs Way marks the " out of bounds " down the right hand side of the fairway. The two hawthorn trees cut out an easy route to the left. The narrow green is guarded by a bunker to the right.
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16. JACK AND JILL: Crossing the South Downs Way to the SIXTEENTH tee opens up the views to the north. A dogleg
of 393 yards, this hole can be played either by carrying the pond to the right, or by the longer route to the left. Either
way a good drive is needed to bring the well guarded green within reach. The practice area to the right of the fairway is " out
of bounds ".
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17. THE WEALD: From the 366 yard SEVENTEENTH tee the views are the best on the course. The famous windmills
Jack and Jill watch over your drive to a fairway that doglegs to the left. " Out of bounds " down the right will
certainly catch a drive heading towards the Sussex Weald, which sweeps away to the North Downs several hundreds of feet below.
If a "safe" line, aiming at Chanctonbury Ring, is taken, a fairway bunker blocks the way. The green with its superb
backdrop of a deciduous wood is guarded by a sand bunker on the left.
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18. THE WHITEBEAM: The 337 yard EIGHTEENTH, a right hand dogleg, is played from an elevated tee to an undulating
fairway. The second shot is played to an elevated " holding " green guarded by a cluster of bunkers, one on the right and two on the left. Heavy rough, trees and " out of bounds " deter a short cut to the green.
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