Sandridge Golf Club (Dunes course)

Sandridge Golf Club (Dunes course): In the quiet tranquillity of Kiwanis-Hobart Park, Sandridge Golf Club boasts two excellent quality golf layouts. The longer, tighter and oftentimes more challenging Dunes course is used for top-level competition play and most clearly displays the underlying sandy ridge which gives the Club its name.

In addition to many expansive sandy waste areas, both nine-hole loops on the Dunes layout involve significant brushes with water. The front-nine (with water absent on only three holes) contains the testing island-green par-3 6th.

The fabulous sand-based back-nine (played closest to Florida's east-coast sand ridge) boasts a great stretch of closing holes, characterised by an occasionally undulating, linksy openness.

From the doglegging par-5 12th through to the closing good-length par-5 18th, expansive sandy waste areas and two good-sized lakes conspire to punish errant drives and approach shots. Although blessed with abundant sand, but perhaps influenced by speed of play considerations, bunkering is relatively subdued around the nicely mounded greens.

As with its companion and also well-maintained Lakes course, the Dunes benefits from a very natural, house-free setting, where a combination of woodland, wetland and exposed sand areas create a very attractive golfing environment.