Saujana Golf and Country Club, designed by Ronald Fream, is widely regarded one of the top courses in the region. Carved from a historic oil palm plantation, the course is regularly listed in the top 100 golf resorts in the world. The tournament will be played over the Palm Course, dubbed the "Cobra" for its testing and challenging play. The par-three second, played over a huge ravine to a two-tier green, has been voted the most difficult hole in the country.

The layout winds its way through hilly terrain, lined all the way by tall imposing palm trees ready to penalise a wayward shot. Steep slopes, snaking swales, and fast greens make the course a tough test.

The second may have been voted the most difficult hole in the country but the 459-yards par four sixth is ranked stroke index one. This long, uphill hole offers a narrow fairway which slopes away from palm trees on the right towards thick vegetation and a pond on the left. The green is then guarded by bunkers on both sides.

The eighth, known as the "Stadium Hole" because of the amphitheatre-like ravine which forms the inside of the dog-leg, has another tight fairway, as does the 11th, flanked by palm trees and out of bounds.

A long, straight drive threaded between the trees on the left and mounds on the right should catch the downslope for added roll on the 15th but the downhill approach has to be played over a menacing lake which cuts into play from the left in front of the green.

The 18th is a magnificent closing hole. Measuring 575-yards this par five has a generous but bunker infested fairway which slopes from left to right. From the landing area play veers right and uphill. Westwood’s play-off challenge last year ended when his attempt to reach the green in two wound up lodged in one of the many palm trees on the right of the fairway.