tomewer
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Hello,
I'm hoping it's okay to paste my review of Warley Woods from my blog (here's the original post: http://www.tomewer.com/warley-woods-golf-course/). Here it is!
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It’s good to get regular reminders of the incredible depth of the game of golf.
This game is not just about hitting a ball in a straight line, and the more golf courses I play, the more I realise that.
Take today’s golfing destination as an example: Warley Woods. It is a modest 2,646 yard nine hole course, but that doesn’t mean it is without its challenges. The biggest course-specific challenges I faced today were:
I kept thinking to myself that it would be impossible to play this course gracefully until you had true control over the ball. Sure; I have no doubt that half decent golfers could go around this course with healthy scores (the holes aren’t exactly long), but it might not look very pretty.
In reality, this course requires a level of control over the ball that your average golfer is not blessed with. On three separate occasions I hit the ball short of the green, only to see it bounce high, run across the green, then off. With so many greens raised up, getting anywhere near the pin with a chip once you’d run off the back was quite a challenge.
That’s because I have zero control over the ball. It’s enough for me to hit it relatively clean and straight; applying backspin or whatever else is a bridge too far.
That fact is reflected in my score: 55. It would have been 110 if I’d played the course twice – not a terrible score for me – but far too complimentary (due to the short holes).
In all honesty, I’m not sure that Warley Woods is for me. It just doesn’t ‘feel’ right; perhaps because of the hilliness. Something a little flatter might suit me better for the time being; not to mention the fact that it’s an unusually short course, and therefore not representative of ‘real’ golf.
It’s a shame, because it is the closest course to my home (about a ten minute drive), but I think the search must go on.
I'm hoping it's okay to paste my review of Warley Woods from my blog (here's the original post: http://www.tomewer.com/warley-woods-golf-course/). Here it is!
---
It’s good to get regular reminders of the incredible depth of the game of golf.
This game is not just about hitting a ball in a straight line, and the more golf courses I play, the more I realise that.
Take today’s golfing destination as an example: Warley Woods. It is a modest 2,646 yard nine hole course, but that doesn’t mean it is without its challenges. The biggest course-specific challenges I faced today were:
- Slopes. Every hole was either up or down hill (often quite sharply), and the greens undulated to match.
- Speed. The fairways were rock hard and the balls bounced an absolute mile, especially when facing downhill.
I kept thinking to myself that it would be impossible to play this course gracefully until you had true control over the ball. Sure; I have no doubt that half decent golfers could go around this course with healthy scores (the holes aren’t exactly long), but it might not look very pretty.
In reality, this course requires a level of control over the ball that your average golfer is not blessed with. On three separate occasions I hit the ball short of the green, only to see it bounce high, run across the green, then off. With so many greens raised up, getting anywhere near the pin with a chip once you’d run off the back was quite a challenge.
That’s because I have zero control over the ball. It’s enough for me to hit it relatively clean and straight; applying backspin or whatever else is a bridge too far.
That fact is reflected in my score: 55. It would have been 110 if I’d played the course twice – not a terrible score for me – but far too complimentary (due to the short holes).
In all honesty, I’m not sure that Warley Woods is for me. It just doesn’t ‘feel’ right; perhaps because of the hilliness. Something a little flatter might suit me better for the time being; not to mention the fact that it’s an unusually short course, and therefore not representative of ‘real’ golf.
It’s a shame, because it is the closest course to my home (about a ten minute drive), but I think the search must go on.
