It can't be me, surely ?
I think it was Smiffy a few weeks ago who suggested I tried Waterhall GC for a friendly round after work on a Friday with a couple of occasional players from work.
Cheers mate, got me like a kipper, there.
Wide fairways he said. True. But stray off them and the rough is as punishing as you need on a much tougher course. The wind wasn't high, but could make 2 or 3 clubs difference on many of the holes. Lost 4 balls through either pure bad shots, or half decent shots taken by the 'breeze'
But two things really chewed me up and spat me out.
One
The length. It was only 5500 yards. So why then did my legs feel like they'd walked a marathon ? Has to be the most knacked I've felt, even allowing for the fact I've not managed many full rounds. Some of them hills were unbelievable.
Take the 9th for example. 233 yds par 3. Ok, but it's 230 that the ball has to go, us golfers have to walk 200 yards down into the valley, then up the other side another 200 yards. And it was that steep I was regreting not having any crampons with me.
And two
The greens. For a course on the South Downs they were sloooow. No complaints about how true they were. Although they could do with a bit of tlc, it is a cheapo muni, so a few blemishes were to be expected. But on the back 9 I couldn't reach the hole. Obviously that has to go down to me for not being a good enough putter, but I ended up hitting the damned ball so hard I had no control over length at all. Either 6 feet short, or 8 feet long. Could not lag one for a million quid. 24 putts on the way back, alone ( just the one 4 putt in with that lot
).
Overall, what can I say ? The course beat me. Nigh on humiliated me, tbh. My legs are still throbbing now. Yes it was cheap, yes I enjoyed it in some kind of masochistic way. But I can't see me rushing back.
Anyone think I've got it wrong ?
I think it was Smiffy a few weeks ago who suggested I tried Waterhall GC for a friendly round after work on a Friday with a couple of occasional players from work.
Cheers mate, got me like a kipper, there.
Wide fairways he said. True. But stray off them and the rough is as punishing as you need on a much tougher course. The wind wasn't high, but could make 2 or 3 clubs difference on many of the holes. Lost 4 balls through either pure bad shots, or half decent shots taken by the 'breeze'
But two things really chewed me up and spat me out.
One
The length. It was only 5500 yards. So why then did my legs feel like they'd walked a marathon ? Has to be the most knacked I've felt, even allowing for the fact I've not managed many full rounds. Some of them hills were unbelievable.
Take the 9th for example. 233 yds par 3. Ok, but it's 230 that the ball has to go, us golfers have to walk 200 yards down into the valley, then up the other side another 200 yards. And it was that steep I was regreting not having any crampons with me.
And two
The greens. For a course on the South Downs they were sloooow. No complaints about how true they were. Although they could do with a bit of tlc, it is a cheapo muni, so a few blemishes were to be expected. But on the back 9 I couldn't reach the hole. Obviously that has to go down to me for not being a good enough putter, but I ended up hitting the damned ball so hard I had no control over length at all. Either 6 feet short, or 8 feet long. Could not lag one for a million quid. 24 putts on the way back, alone ( just the one 4 putt in with that lot
).Overall, what can I say ? The course beat me. Nigh on humiliated me, tbh. My legs are still throbbing now. Yes it was cheap, yes I enjoyed it in some kind of masochistic way. But I can't see me rushing back.
Anyone think I've got it wrong ?
