Pete Dye is straight into his stride with the opening hole that includes three distinctive bunker styles, railroad ties and classic course strategy.

Despite being the shortest of the part-threes on the course, golfers will find this uphill hole poses a fascinating challenge.

Accuracy is everything on this par-four where a conservative approach can pay rich dividends.

With an elevation drop of more than 20 metres from the tee to the fairway, this par-five is reachable in two only for the very best of golfers.

A great hole at which to test your shot-making, abilities. Clusters of trees flanked by railroad ties mean you’ll need to skillfully maneuver your way from tee-to-green.

Another tough examination as golfers are challenged to pit their skills against bunkers, ominous chasms…and even more bunkers.

Nestled into hillside, the slender green provides one very narrow target. Trust your swing!

Brain rather than brawn is required at this short par-four that will test even the most savvy of players.

A visually dramatic par-three with a long tee-to-green bunker and a greenside protected front-left by a large pot bunker and mound hiding half of the green. To save par from the chipping areas around the green requires considerable creativity.

Take careful aim at this small target of a green surrounded by an awesome backdrop. The key question is how to avoid the eight bunkers that encircle the putting surface.

Your best iron shot will be needed here to a perched green that slopes right-to-left, has a depth of 12 metres and is surrounded by three clipping areas and a deep pot bunker.

Look out for this partially hidden green nestled between a series of mounds and a fairway dotted by bunkers, flanked with railroad ties.

Arguably the most challenging hole on the course as every shot challenges the golfer to push themselves to the limit. Inspired by one of the defining features at England’s Royal St. George’s Golf Club, this hole has its own version of the gigantic ‘Himalayas Bunker’.

A variety of hazards, including a green surrounded by six bunkers, await on this picturesque hole.

It’s temptation time with players able to consider trying to drive over the enormous, railroad tie-laden waste bunker that guards thei entire right side of the hold.

Golfers will be tested on all fronts as the only place-other than the green-to find relative safety is on the undulating chipping area short and left of the putting surface.

A mighty test of a golfer’s ability, Power and placement are required in equal measures if you’re to have any chance of reaching the green I twol shots.

High above the 17th hold of the Faldo Course, this marvelous par-five features multiple Dye images, including a 120-yard long bunker, small pot bunkers, tie-faced bunkers, as well as the deepest bunker on all 12 courses , left of the green. Before that, prepare yourself for one of the most daunting tee shots in China.