West Lakes Golf Club

West Lakes Golf Club: Originally called Riverside Golf Club, West Lakes is located just a kilometre or so north from its Adelaide sandbelt neighbours, Royal Adelaide and The Grange.

The golf course at Riverside offers another enjoyable and challenging round played in a partly open, partly tree-lined parkland environment. The course's sandy subsoil ensures plenty of firm, fast-running fairways, as well as stylish, sharp-edged bunkering that is variously found at the front, back and sides of the greens.

The mix of straightaway and doglegging holes are never overly wide, and will require accurate driving, otherwise you'll be playing recovery shots from under the trees or adjoining fairways.

A liberal scattering of round-topped maritime pines, tall eucalyptus and several other tree varieties provide the holes with good definition. Although not characterised by significant elevation changes, West Lakes is not without its dips and hollows, rolling mounds and small hillocks, which add interest to several holes.

Pick of the holes: the par-4 14th gives you plenty to think about, with water making a rare appearance as the fairway bends round into a slightly elevated green. The same small pond also threatens at the snaking par-5 9th, which makes a sharp right turn as you approach the heavily bunker and tree defended green.