The fairways at Guindy are flat and fast and encircled by the out-of-bounds race track. The greens are lush and well maintained and also strategically located, mostly along the track. Hazards on the course include not only thick roughs, bunkers and water tanks, but unpredictable obstructions like the race horses on their workouts.

The first hole on this course is an easy looking par four at 415 yards. It, however, takes a calculated and well lofted drive to avoid the bunkers placed on the fairway, 130 yards from the tee. The second hole is
an easy par three at 170 yards. with a tricky green, at a gradient of almost 30 degrees.

However, the most sporting hole on the Guindy course is the third at 512 yards, par five. The hole dog-legs dangerously to the left around a large water tank. The first and second shot call for a straight and long drive, the third half chip over the tank brings the green in view. The green on this hole is wickedly trapped by a bunker in front and a rough in the rear, and needs a wheel chipped ball to drop on the centre of the green.

The Guindy course, easy as it may seem, requires a firm hitter and a sure putter to tackle the tough fairways and fast greens. The player is allowed two preferred fairway lies on the par fives and one on a par four. 

The well laid cosmopolitan course has been redesigned by Peter Thompson with a liberal use of lateral water hazards. The first hole is a 371  yards, par 4, dog leg around a water tank. It's best to use a three iron to place the ball at the elbow, which will give you an easy approach shot. Like most of the greens on the course, the first is also thick and slow, and requires firm and sure putts.

The fifth hole is a test even for the seasoned golfer. A 432 yard, par four, it has the tightest fairway, with a thick row of trees running along on the left and an out-of-bounds fence to the right. The first drive has to be lofted well over the trees to fade into the fairway.

Within the city a number of sightseeing attractions abound. These indude Kapaleeswarar, an ancient
Shiva temple and the largest in Madras; Santhome Cathedral Church, named after St. Thomas, built in the
14th and 15th centuries; Fort St. George, built by the East India Co in 1640 AD, the first bastion of British
power in India; the Theosophical Society, set in a tranquil spot on the banks of the Adyar river; and
Kalakshetra, devoted to the reviving of classical arts, founded by Rukmani Devi Arundale in 1936.