A birdie chance if you play your cards properly. Keep your drive left of centre, or arrow straight between the trees left and right. Unless you have Tiger's coil, anything right tempts danger and a lost ball. Two good shots should leave a short pitch into a large, raised green. On the sloping, undulating dancefloor, dare take your two putts for granted and you may be staring at three jabs and an ugly six.

3rd Hole - GREENLEA 360 yards Par 4

Downhill drive, uphill approach. The ominous white stakes of out-of- boundsville await a sliced tee-shot, and the wind is often left-to-right too. But the fairway is plentiful and welcoming. A good drive sets up a short iron into a large green. You won't be able to see the bottom of the pin, so club up and make sure your approach surmounts the mini-valley at the green's front.

4th Hole - CAMPSIE VIEW 341 yards Par 4

If you start to enjoy the stunning views of the Campsie Hills too much, then you are staring at bogey or worse. Good course management on this short par four presents ample chance of birdie. Long hitters may fancy going for the green, but anything faded will be gathered by the wind and sent into the trees or neighbourhood gardens. Take a 3 wood or long iron down the middle, leaving a wedge into a generous target. Go long with your approach and you'll be reaching for the Hamlets.

5th Hole - MACKIE 193 yards Par 3

Par here is a good score. The tee is protected by surrounding forestry, so you won't feel the wind which is likely to be stiff into your face off the left. Club up -- depending on wind strength you may need something long in your hand. Aim for the left of a large green, although coming up short presents a straightforward up and down.

6th Hole - BERRYKNOWE 369 yards Par 4

A good tee shot sets up a decent birdie chance. Aim for the left centre of the fairway to shorten the hole. Bunkers and trees await anything straying too far rightwards. Bunkers also await any errant approach, but the green is large and flat.

7th Hole - DRUMSACK 415 yards Par 4

A tough par 4, demanding a long, straight drive to bisect the glaring trees on left and right. A burn across the fairway is just desserts for a duffed drive and the wind is often directly against. Take plenty of club with your uphill approach. Anything beyond the pin leaves a treacherous downhill putt. Four blows at this hole is never too shabby.

8th Hole - AUCHENGEOCH 367 yards Par 4

Short par four, stroke index 18, so attack for birdie. A large downhill fairway means you can let go from the tee. A decent drive, usually down wind, leaves a short approach. It's best to be on the right of the fairway, as the pin is often protected by a magnetic bunker front left. Beware the aforementioned wind: there's a hidden bunker at the back, while shankers will get wet. A large, flat green allows you to assault the pin going for birdie.

9th Hole - PEAT HILL 325 yards Par 4

Another short par four to end the outward nine. The fairway is as wide as the Grand Canyon, but a tee shot too far right risks heavy rough or OB, and bunkers trap hooks. Your approach should be short but will be uphill and invariably into the wind, so make sure you don't dodge morning porridge. The putting surface is big enough, but anything too long means a difficult up and down.

10th Hole - ROOKERY 287 yards Par 4

Another great birdie chance. Keep the tee shot straight or you'll catch overhanging branches and your ball will end up in jungle territory. A big drive can make the green, or you can lay up with a long iron or wooden spoon. Keep your approach below the pin as the green slopes towards the fairway. A downhill putt on this green tests the steeliest nerve.

11th Hole - STEY BRAE 401 yards Par 4

The back nine starts to toughen up here. A straightforward tee shot over the hill, but don't hold back or you'll have a long uphill second shot to a tiny target. The green's protected on each side with deadly sand traps, so accuracy with your approach is paramount. Par or better permits a private smirk and a jaunty walk to the next tee.

12th Hole - GARNKIRK 278 yards Par 4

A terrific risk/reward hole. From the back tees, longer hitters can go for the large green, leaving an eagle chance. The more conservative golfer can play a long-medium iron down the hill, leaving a simple pitch to the putting surface. Beware of the burn and two sand craters awaiting anything short. Go for birdie here. You may need it as you consider the 13th....

13th Hole - AULD HOOSE 449 yards Par 4

Crow Wood's signature hole. Its majesty can be overlooked though, because one bad shot and things get ugly. Aim for between the line of bushes up the left and the large tree on the right of the fairway. Anything right is fine, but makes an already long hole even longer, as it doglegs left. You need to be long from the tee but don't swing too hard: anything too far left is gone forever, and you'll be reloading. Take plenty of club with your approach to a raised, generous, green, but don't pull it or you are risking a volumous bunker or worse still: OB. Par or better allows you to skip joyously to 14.

14th Hole - SCLAFFERS 343 yards Par 4

Just like the 13th, if you pull or hook from the tee, then you are out of luck and out of bounds. Watch for the bunker on the left which will snare any mild draw. But there's plenty of room up the right, and a reasonable drive will leave a short approach. When you pitch in, avoid the huge bunker protecting the right and front, and don't go long or you're in the jungle. The undulating green means no putt can be taken for granted.

15th Hole - GATESIDE 164 yards Par 3

It looks a small target from the tee, but the green is big enough. A mid-short iron should be enough but give it plenty welly, as you don't want to visit the bunker protecting front left. 

16th Hole - HUNTER 328 yards Par 4

A definite birdie chance here. Keep your tee shot right and it will bound down off the hill, leaving a short pitch in to the green. Anything too far left will be in water, or will leave your approach obscured by trees. Big hitters can attempt the green, but watch for the burn guarding the front. The green's fortress is in the shape of several pot bunkers. Leave your pitch below the hole or your downhill birdie chance may turn into gruesome bogey.

17th Hole - HILLSIDE 382 yards Par 4

If the wind's in a mood, this is a challenging par four. There's no real danger from the tee, unless you duff short into the burn. But your approach can be anything from a short iron to a wooden club depending on wind and muscle power. The green is large but uphill, so take plenty of club and swing hard. Errant approaches left or right leave you in sand. Par is always a good score here.

18th Hole - AVENUE 517 yards Par 5

A vintage hole offering the chance of damnation OR redemption. A decent drive anywhere but pulled left sets you up perfectly. A duck hook will end up in the members car park and the post-round drink will be embittered. If you hit it far, you can make the green in two as long as you avoid the beautiful tree dominating the fairway's left side. Lesser mortals should get home with two shots and a shortish iron. The green is flat and kind, the only real danger being long. Putt out, hit the clubhouse bar and haste ye back!