The 35 acres of lakes at Capital attract more than 100 species of birds and water is a feature on 12 holes, starting in front of the 2nd tee. From a playing point of view, however, the main consideration is the bunkers which run out from the right, across the line to the green. This forces a decision, whether to lay up short with an iron or take the advice that John Daly wrote on his bag displayed in the Clubhouse "grip it and rip it". For the brave, there is a hidden pot bunker in the middle of the fairway 110 metres short of the green awaiting the seemingly perfect drive. From the pure Santa Ana couch fairway the view is stunning, over a massive bunker running up to a green backed by a majestic mound, a row of small trees and the sky.