The course still opens on a curving, reachable par-5, what was the former 10th, and as such the old front and back nines have been inverted (it used to be parkland nine first, open nine second). A deep channel bisects the hole and will catch the longer drives, but it’s a scoring chance at two or three shots into the green.

The 2nd brings back the touch of oenophilia. Without much fairway in view, the drive has to carry the vines of the Brokenwood Graveyard Winery, where they grow one of the most admired Shiraz in the country. The main considerations on the approach are all to the left: a small bunker, and a larger water hazard, that are bad news for any errant pull.

The 3rd and 4th shape as the round’s first tough spot, with a long, well-bunkered one-shotter followed by a very long par-4 (439 metres from the tips), with out-of-bounds down the right and one of the more impressive green sites on the layout. The 5th is the scene of another substantial change – formerly a dramatically uphill par-3 with a don’t-be-short front, the hole has been turned into a 260-metre par-4, with the tee stretched back alongside a water hazard. The new hole will certainly provoke debate, even if it’s hard to find many golfers who admit to liking uphill par-3s. One thing that commends this hole, however, is even after a layup, the second is no gimme – off an upslope, sometimes with no view of the putting surface.