The first hole at Tam O' Shanter has trees lining both sides of the straight-away fairway. The green is guarded on both the left and the right by large trees, and there is a yawning bunker just in front of the right-hand side of the green that comes into play from the right side of the fairway. The green is narrow and very deep (45 paces deep), and slopes from left-to-right, as viewed from the fairway. This sloping is more pronounced in the front half of the green. The ideal tee shot will finish in the left-center of the fairway, providing the optimal approach angle to the pin.

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Green 301 235 570 426 368 405 544 183 410 White 275 175 550 405 358 390 484 145 398 Par 4 3 5 4 4 4 5 3 4 Hdcp 13 17 1 3 11 7 5 15 9 Red 265 165 510 378 306 300 461 135 324 Par 4 3 6 5 4 5 5 3 4 Hdcp 13 15 1 3 11 7 5 17 9                     Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Green 398 367 535 499 152 342 329 302 171 White 391 330 496 476 115 321 298 275 165 Par 4 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 3 Hdcp 4 10 2 6 18 8 12 14 16 Red 358 312 426 464 95 256 255 215 160 Par 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 3 Hdcp 6 8 2 4 16 10 12 14 18