Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
Paul_Stewart
Tour Rookie
Hounslow Heath - they had a par five where for a year, it was 160 to the green from the burnt out car on the edge of the fairway.
Ansty (Leicestershire) - utter dog track - and the guy who runs it is the biggest jobsworth in the history of man. How anyone goes back there having had the misfortune to deal with him is amazing.
Horton Park (Epsom) - bunch of fields with some tees and greens - 17 of the 18 holes have a problem with their design and the other one is bland and boring.
Thames Ditton & Esher - appalling 9-hole course on public land - never has the 8.20 to Waterloo looked so appealing.
Wimbledon Common - the most officious marshals in Britain and public walking all over the place in search of the Wombles.
Ansty (Leicestershire) - utter dog track - and the guy who runs it is the biggest jobsworth in the history of man. How anyone goes back there having had the misfortune to deal with him is amazing.
Horton Park (Epsom) - bunch of fields with some tees and greens - 17 of the 18 holes have a problem with their design and the other one is bland and boring.
Thames Ditton & Esher - appalling 9-hole course on public land - never has the 8.20 to Waterloo looked so appealing.
Wimbledon Common - the most officious marshals in Britain and public walking all over the place in search of the Wombles.
There's a few I wouldn't rush back to, one of which saw me lose 5 balls plugged in the centre of fairways, but I'd go back to each one of them for a good game with friends.
To be fair those marshalls are Rangers employed by the authorities and nothing to do with WCGC or London Scottish but I agree they can be over zealous. The public are the biggest nuisance as they have right of way and boy, don't some of them know it!
MadAdey
Money List Winner
?????????? That's a great course with some fantastic holes on. The opening hole and what is considered the toughest par 3 in the UK are fantastic.
Prefer t play this course over the old course, a proper old links course that's a test of your golfing ability.
both courses you have mentioned actually take some plotting to get round, not just a case of open your arms up and rip a driver every hole.
ScienceBoy
Money List Winner
Any course that puts money too far ahead of the condition and members.
OR
A course which only uses length and/or deep rough as a defence. Golf is meant to be enjoyable, why just set out to punish and demoralise anyone who has the slightest hint of a poor shot in their bag at every turn?
The best courses I have played have well maintained rough, you are penalised only by a loss of distance and control for your next shot. Not penalised stroke and distance!
Any course can be good with a little care and attention to its members/customers and not try to be the course people think they want, just be the best course for them.
OR
A course which only uses length and/or deep rough as a defence. Golf is meant to be enjoyable, why just set out to punish and demoralise anyone who has the slightest hint of a poor shot in their bag at every turn?
The best courses I have played have well maintained rough, you are penalised only by a loss of distance and control for your next shot. Not penalised stroke and distance!
Any course can be good with a little care and attention to its members/customers and not try to be the course people think they want, just be the best course for them.
EuanRoss
Assistant Pro
Rothes - Just a park
Westerwood - Terrible course, ridiculous holes
Duff House Royal - I just hate it, has no good holes apart from 9. Long, straight, flat and dull.
Dufftown - Its an experience but only if you are a mountaineer, like the anti DHR
Braid Hills - Just hated every minute of it
Westerwood - Terrible course, ridiculous holes
Duff House Royal - I just hate it, has no good holes apart from 9. Long, straight, flat and dull.
Dufftown - Its an experience but only if you are a mountaineer, like the anti DHR
Braid Hills - Just hated every minute of it
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
I still have the card somewhere in the loft. When I played, the club house was a couple of porta cabins joined together. On the course, I think sheep were the main "tools" used for cutting the grass.
Tarkus1212
Challenge Tour Pro
Regarded the toughest par 3 in the UK by who? 184 yards to an island green. When the PGA East Anglian Open was held there the pros petitioned the Tournament Director to move them onto the ladies tee in order to give them a chance of holding the green with their tee shot, which the TD did. In comps the majority of members lay up - what's the point of that?
Joff
Challenge Tour Pro
Votes for Perrenporth... Mental imho
MendieGK
Tour Winner
couldnt agree more!
matt71
Tour Rookie
why is it mental?
richart
Major Champion
Lovely course.
I also think that the Jubilee course at St Andrews is the hardest of the three main courses, and I would definitely play it again. Lovely course, closest to the sea, and it has a few trees as well.
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MendieGK
Tour Winner
From what i can gather, all of the other courses mentioned on here are just run of the mill golf courses. Perranporth is rated 73rd in the country on the top 100 golf courses site and in one magazine was in the top 10 'fun' courses to play in the UK.
Obviously everyone is fully entitled to their opinions, but this is a very stange opinion (remembering the title of this thread is 'bottom 5 courses'.
rosecott
Money List Winner
Looked it up on UK-GolfGuide.com which I've always found useful for getting some idea of the quality of the course. There were 23 user reviews of the course and all of them loved the course. What didn't you like?
rosecott
Money List Winner
Hold on MendieGK. You originally agreed with Joff that it was mental.
MendieGK
Tour Winner
I read the 'Votes for Perranporth...mental IMHO' Joff saying 'if you vote for perranporth in your bottom 5 you are mental'.
I was agreeing with that.
so to clarify my view on it - Perranporth is a TOP golf course, that is great fun to play.
Apologies for any confusion
AmandaJR
Money List Winner
As a member at Brampton Park I was about to defend our course but then saw you ranked it with The Jubilee at St Andrews so that's good enough for me.
rosecott
Money List Winner
Ah, sorry. I see now that Joff's comment could be interpreted in two ways.
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