Fairways at Oubaai are generally wide with large landing areas but don’t think this makes it an easy course to score on as strategically positioned fairway and greenside bunker complexes deftly increase the degree of playing difficulty.

The signature hole is the par three 17th, played downhill to what, in modern course design parlance, is termed an “infinity green” with the sparkling Indian Ocean as a backdrop. If conditions are kind, it should be relatively straight forward to avoid the four bunkers protecting the green to card a three here, but if the wind is up on such an exposed cliff top, who knows what score might be posted.