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Just back this morning from a 10 day trip to the USA.
My dad and I were lucky enough to secure tickets for the tournament days of the Masters, so we booked a 4 day trip to myrtle beach after it to round it off.
Augusta is quite simply the most aesthetically pleasing course I've ever been on,,it's stunning, the condition of the fairways and greens is out of this world!! The thing that I found most surprising about it was the width of the fairways though, they are very generous!! Wide at most parts, but mega steep, the 10th and 18th are like ski slopes!!, the greens are like upturned soup bowls miss it by an inch and you could end up 50 yards away!!
Just sat at a few greens and tees the first day and watched a few groups come through, then walked the course the second day and followed Rory, his patience looks extremely thin, he looks a bit fed up all the time just now.spoke to his missus at the side of the 13th green where she was walking round supporting him, very pleasant lass.
Stood in the pouring rain to watch Adam Scott winning, the rain was just as bad as we get here in Scotland , lol. The quality of cabreras shot into the 18th under that pressure was outstanding.
Onto myrtle beach the day after the masters finished, played 4 rounds, grand dunes resort was first-course was in reasonable condition, had quite a lot of water on it, big ponds with gators! Lol pretty tight track with narrow fairways and small greens. My dad liked this as it wasn't as long as the other courses.
Played tpc myrtle beach next day, I liked this course, greens were hard and fast, quite tight again with lots of water and gators, 18 is a cracking hole, the grass on the tees was a little long but no major complaints about the condition of it. Played of the blue tees and it played just under 7000 yards if I mind right.
Played true blue next day nice tees here, this is where I played with 2 members playing for their handicaps, they had great practice facilities here, but to much sand here for my liking , some of the bunkers were as big as the fairways, greens were good though, par 5's are real par 5 here, if you are going to get on the putting surface in 2 you're going to have to hit 2 cracking shots.
Last round was caledonia and this was the pick of the bunch for me, almost every hole was a cracker, beautifully laid of track in great condition, greens were a bit slower than true blue but super smooth roll and very receptive when pitching onto them. Just the perfect mixture of sand and water on this course.
All my rounds were 5 hours though as the distance between greens and tees can be quite long, Deffo not a walking course.
My dad and I were lucky enough to secure tickets for the tournament days of the Masters, so we booked a 4 day trip to myrtle beach after it to round it off.
Augusta is quite simply the most aesthetically pleasing course I've ever been on,,it's stunning, the condition of the fairways and greens is out of this world!! The thing that I found most surprising about it was the width of the fairways though, they are very generous!! Wide at most parts, but mega steep, the 10th and 18th are like ski slopes!!, the greens are like upturned soup bowls miss it by an inch and you could end up 50 yards away!!
Just sat at a few greens and tees the first day and watched a few groups come through, then walked the course the second day and followed Rory, his patience looks extremely thin, he looks a bit fed up all the time just now.spoke to his missus at the side of the 13th green where she was walking round supporting him, very pleasant lass.
Stood in the pouring rain to watch Adam Scott winning, the rain was just as bad as we get here in Scotland , lol. The quality of cabreras shot into the 18th under that pressure was outstanding.
Onto myrtle beach the day after the masters finished, played 4 rounds, grand dunes resort was first-course was in reasonable condition, had quite a lot of water on it, big ponds with gators! Lol pretty tight track with narrow fairways and small greens. My dad liked this as it wasn't as long as the other courses.
Played tpc myrtle beach next day, I liked this course, greens were hard and fast, quite tight again with lots of water and gators, 18 is a cracking hole, the grass on the tees was a little long but no major complaints about the condition of it. Played of the blue tees and it played just under 7000 yards if I mind right.
Played true blue next day nice tees here, this is where I played with 2 members playing for their handicaps, they had great practice facilities here, but to much sand here for my liking , some of the bunkers were as big as the fairways, greens were good though, par 5's are real par 5 here, if you are going to get on the putting surface in 2 you're going to have to hit 2 cracking shots.
Last round was caledonia and this was the pick of the bunch for me, almost every hole was a cracker, beautifully laid of track in great condition, greens were a bit slower than true blue but super smooth roll and very receptive when pitching onto them. Just the perfect mixture of sand and water on this course.
All my rounds were 5 hours though as the distance between greens and tees can be quite long, Deffo not a walking course.
