Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
Managed to get a game in at Blackmoor yesterday with Rich, Leftie and JustOne.
You are going to love it!
Old, established course which was in beautiful condition bearing in mind the time of year and the weather we have had recently. The greens in particular were superb, immaculate condition and running true with lots of subtle borrows on them. I can imagine they will be quite "nippy" in the Summer...
Quite a few of the holes favour a fade (if you're a right hander) but Leftie seemed to navigate his way round there pretty well, and he's not reknowned for being a "drawer" of the ball! A good batch of par 3's, all different lengths. Just a shame I play par 3's like a complete tosser.
Quite a few water hazards feature on the course, with a few ponds and ditches that you don't always see from the tee.
Lots of heather, which will be a lot thicker come June and some very clever bunkering. I only visited two bunkers, and whilst the sand was quite wet and heavy (to be expected) it was a nice consistency, not the "builders" type you find on some other courses I could mention!
The only thing you will need to watch out for is that some of the holes are quite close to each other so making sure you play the right one is a "must"...Rich had mentioned this before we teed off, and obviously was there to steer us in the right direction. But all of the holes are well signposted, you just have to make sure you read them!
Very welcoming clubhouse, with one of the nicest bacon sandwiches I've ever tasted. The Chilli con carne afterwards was quite tasty too, and James chips were great!
As I say, a very enjoyable course and one which I'm very much looking forward to playing again....
With Redwood unfortunately pulling out, latest attendance sheet looks like this...
DEFINITES
1 RICHART
2 SMIFFY
3 SNELLY
4 REGION3
5 MEDWAYJON
6 CAPTGRAY
7 LOSTTHEPLOT
8 PIEMAN
9 RICKG
10 POKERJOKE
11 RICHARD C
12 SAWTOOTH
13 LEFTIE
14 SyR
15 FULL THROTTLE
16 GOLFANDMOREGOLF
17 MURPHTHEMOG
18 ROB2
19 ODDSOCKS
20 JUSTONE
21 HAPLESSHACKER
22 TXL
23 HOMERJSIMPSON
24 AZTECS27
25 BOBMAC
26 TEEGILRL
27 FUNKYFRED
28 ROBOBUM
29 LIG
30 SNEDS
31 MOONRAKER
32 JAMMYDODGER
33 ZNUFFZZ
34 EASENGRACE
35 JACETHEACE
36 SNAPHOOKEDWEDGE
37 IMURG
38 PN-WOKINGHAM
39 SWINGER
40 SEV112
41 COOLHAND
42 THE CROW
43 ADEMAC
44 GOLFMMAD
45 FEARY
46 SCIENCEBOY
POSSIBLES
1 MASHIENIBLICK
You are going to love it!
Old, established course which was in beautiful condition bearing in mind the time of year and the weather we have had recently. The greens in particular were superb, immaculate condition and running true with lots of subtle borrows on them. I can imagine they will be quite "nippy" in the Summer...
Quite a few of the holes favour a fade (if you're a right hander) but Leftie seemed to navigate his way round there pretty well, and he's not reknowned for being a "drawer" of the ball! A good batch of par 3's, all different lengths. Just a shame I play par 3's like a complete tosser.
Quite a few water hazards feature on the course, with a few ponds and ditches that you don't always see from the tee.
Lots of heather, which will be a lot thicker come June and some very clever bunkering. I only visited two bunkers, and whilst the sand was quite wet and heavy (to be expected) it was a nice consistency, not the "builders" type you find on some other courses I could mention!
The only thing you will need to watch out for is that some of the holes are quite close to each other so making sure you play the right one is a "must"...Rich had mentioned this before we teed off, and obviously was there to steer us in the right direction. But all of the holes are well signposted, you just have to make sure you read them!
Very welcoming clubhouse, with one of the nicest bacon sandwiches I've ever tasted. The Chilli con carne afterwards was quite tasty too, and James chips were great!
As I say, a very enjoyable course and one which I'm very much looking forward to playing again....
With Redwood unfortunately pulling out, latest attendance sheet looks like this...
DEFINITES
1 RICHART
2 SMIFFY
3 SNELLY
4 REGION3
5 MEDWAYJON
6 CAPTGRAY
7 LOSTTHEPLOT
8 PIEMAN
9 RICKG
10 POKERJOKE
11 RICHARD C
12 SAWTOOTH
13 LEFTIE
14 SyR
15 FULL THROTTLE
16 GOLFANDMOREGOLF
17 MURPHTHEMOG
18 ROB2
19 ODDSOCKS
20 JUSTONE
21 HAPLESSHACKER
22 TXL
23 HOMERJSIMPSON
24 AZTECS27
25 BOBMAC
26 TEEGILRL
27 FUNKYFRED
28 ROBOBUM
29 LIG
30 SNEDS
31 MOONRAKER
32 JAMMYDODGER
33 ZNUFFZZ
34 EASENGRACE
35 JACETHEACE
36 SNAPHOOKEDWEDGE
37 IMURG
38 PN-WOKINGHAM
39 SWINGER
40 SEV112
41 COOLHAND
42 THE CROW
43 ADEMAC
44 GOLFMMAD
45 FEARY
46 SCIENCEBOY
POSSIBLES
1 MASHIENIBLICK
