The Lakes is a regular home of The Australian Open and is one of Australia's best courses. It's an open parkland course filled with dramatic and penal bunkering and plenty of water hazards which definitely come into play. The fantastic review by Mark White below comprehensively covers each of the holes, so I shan't repeat, other than to differ in one area and say I quite like the contrast between the nines.

In my opinion this course is harder than NSW, The Australian, and even Carnoustie in terms of championship layouts I've played, but maybe that's just part and parcel of not being a single figure golfer. I enjoy the layout and challenge of The Lakes but have never scored well on the three occasions I've had the opportunity to play, especially on the back nine. Still, I've never put as many in the water as John Daly there...