Cernunnos
Journeyman Pro
Actually it doesn't come across all golf snob... well maybe a little. But I for one understand & apreciate & to a great extent agree with your logic, as if I were visiting an area I've not been before & traveled a long way I'd either want to play the best, or get the best deal, but either way it'd need to be a course I want to play.
Had I been with anyone but my missus when we went down to Devon & Cornwall & if funds had allowed I'd have wanted to play Royal North Devon & StEnodoc Church Course over many of the others down there.
As for comparing the two courses, well Beau Desert is also on my to play list & I've not managed to get around to playing. Though I do see that they do a 36 hole rate at £60, which makes it £30 a round effectively. Thing is Branstons greens due to the underlying subsurface drain well & the greens are usually in excellent condition. So chances are the two corses are probably closer in the quality stakes than you might think, not a million miles away from the quality of greens I've experienced at Belfry PGA, sometimes nicer too.
Branston is a good course & probably one of the better local bets imo, so maybe a but unsung so to speak, but everyone looks for different things. Burton (Bretby) Golf club comes highly recommended, many say its better than Branston G&CC. TBH, it'd have to go some way to do this, but I know from people I know that in Summer Bretby's greens can come very close to lightening fast in the ilk of US greens by the ratings I've been quoted by people I know who are members there. But of course they will naturally big up their own course.
I do know they've been doing work around Branstons course of late & am unsure as whether this has been finished or not, so unless I were to pop down today & play & let you know what's currently the situation I'd say if you want to play Beau Desert, then play it. & your post has certainly not been taken the wrong way.
I'm not currently in a position to afford full Branston Membership & its a toss-up between several local ones, but knowing how it plays it does set the bar very high. rofl.
Anyway, Good shootin'
Regds
Paul
Had I been with anyone but my missus when we went down to Devon & Cornwall & if funds had allowed I'd have wanted to play Royal North Devon & StEnodoc Church Course over many of the others down there.
As for comparing the two courses, well Beau Desert is also on my to play list & I've not managed to get around to playing. Though I do see that they do a 36 hole rate at £60, which makes it £30 a round effectively. Thing is Branstons greens due to the underlying subsurface drain well & the greens are usually in excellent condition. So chances are the two corses are probably closer in the quality stakes than you might think, not a million miles away from the quality of greens I've experienced at Belfry PGA, sometimes nicer too.
Branston is a good course & probably one of the better local bets imo, so maybe a but unsung so to speak, but everyone looks for different things. Burton (Bretby) Golf club comes highly recommended, many say its better than Branston G&CC. TBH, it'd have to go some way to do this, but I know from people I know that in Summer Bretby's greens can come very close to lightening fast in the ilk of US greens by the ratings I've been quoted by people I know who are members there. But of course they will naturally big up their own course.
I do know they've been doing work around Branstons course of late & am unsure as whether this has been finished or not, so unless I were to pop down today & play & let you know what's currently the situation I'd say if you want to play Beau Desert, then play it. & your post has certainly not been taken the wrong way.
I'm not currently in a position to afford full Branston Membership & its a toss-up between several local ones, but knowing how it plays it does set the bar very high. rofl.
Anyway, Good shootin'
Regds
Paul
