Ocean Ridge Plantation (Leopard's Chase Golf Club): Ocean Ridge Plantation is the land of the Big Cats. With courses bearing the names and paw prints of the Lion, Panther, Tiger (and a Jaguar on the way), the Leopard is one of the newest arrivals, bursting onto the scene in early 2007. Leopard's Chase is an exciting, visually impressive and constantly challenging design, which is set to become a revered name among the cats, particularly once it has had time to bed in a little. A limited amount of real estate will be built around parts of this course, but it is hardly likely to disturb the alluring features of this handsome newcomer. There is plenty of variety and creativity in Tim Cate's design, with water, sandy waste areas, wire-grassed waste areas (beware snakes !) and woodland taking it in turns to line the good-width fairways. Substantive and often deep bunkering also joins in along the way, especially beside the firm, fast and undulating greens. The three front-nine par-3's all require you to carry or potentially flirt with water; the two on the back-nine both require carries over swamp. The five par-5's are equally challenging, not least the tough 11th, where the swamp gets no less than three chances to swallow your ball. Your round will hopefully finish in style, providing you safely negotiate the difficult long par-4 18th, and stay out of the greenside rock pools and waterfalls. A bit of a mauling may await any golfer who tries to blast his or her way round this bold and demanding course, especially without giving due regard to the Leopard's key defences - sand & water, and water & sand.