Jack Nicklaus's playing tips for a successful game

10th - Par 4
The Golfer may want to hit a fairway wood off this tee to place their drive between the bunkers protecting both sides of the fairway. Water is very much in play on the second shot as it lays in front of the entire green and fairway pad to the right of the green. Precise placement of the second shot is required on this small but well contoured green.

11th - Par 3
With the green sitting at the base of an old quarry and with water protecting the entire right side of the hole, an accurate mid iron is required on this beautiful Par 3. With the green measuring almost 40 metres in length, club selection is critical.

12th - Par 5
This downhill tee shot of over 14 metres, with a bunker in the middle of the fairway setting up a split fairway strategy, and with water protecting the right side of the entire hole, may be the most dramatic tee shot on the golf course. A well placed drive right of the bunker but keeping out of the water leaves the golfer the option to reach the green in two. If the golfer cannot reach the green in two, the second shot is best played as close to the water as their nerve allows. Whether they can clear the large bunker at the second landing area or not; the right side of the fairway leaves the golfer with a much better angle into the green.

13th - Par 4
This short Par 4 will play more difficult than it measures as it plays up to 15 metres uphill depending on the tee position. A deep bunker protects the right side of the hole for those golfers trying to cut off as much length as possible. Be sure to take an extra club or two when hitting to the green to compensate for the uphill.

14th - Par 4
Although there are no bunkers on the tee shot, a good tee shot works best favouring the left side of the fairway. With the green angling and pitching hard from left to right, a fade is best played to the left center part of the green with out bringing the deep greenside bunker into play.

15th - Par 5
A generous fairway awaits the golfer off the tee on this long Par 5. With water protecting the entire left side of the hole and bunkers protecting the right side, placement is critical. The best angle into the green on the third shot will depend on the location of the pin. Front and left pins are best attacked from the right side of the fairway and pins in the back of the green require shots from the left side of the fairway. The putting surface of the front half of the green is contoured like an up-side-down bowl.

16th - Par 4
This long Par 4 plays even longer being over 6 metres up-hill. A strong drive avoiding the deep bunker on the left and right of the landing area is needed. With two bunkers left of the green and one right, an accurate long iron or fairway wood is needed to find the green in two.

17th - Par 3
The longest of the Par 3's at St John, a long iron or fairway wood is required to reach the green. Like many of the approaches, strong side pitches in the approach help feed the ball into the green, but tee shots hit astray will find one of the multiple bunkers protecting both sides of this green.

18th - Par 4
Many more matches will be won on this hole with Par than lost to birdies. Off the tee the golfer has the choice to hit a career drive to carry the bunkers protecting the inside of the dogleg, leaving much less club to the green and a much better angle, or they can play more conservatively avoiding the bunkers, but leaving a longer shot with much more difficult angle to the green. The green is well protected with bunkers, thus demanding both strength and accuracy for the second shot on this difficult long Par 4.