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Was gonna be a B for Ballesteros, but they ran out of money and couldn’t afford to keep the digger in order to finish it off
Course design you dislike.
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Orikoru
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Someone mentioned it earlier, but I hate holes that slope too far to one side or the other. The ones where you can land it right in the middle of the fairway and it just rolls off into the rough every time. Feels so pointless.
Also hate long par 3s. As in 200 yards plus. There's a couple I've played where in winter with a bit of wind I'm having to hit driver. Having to hit driver on a par 3 is just silly imo. No need for it.
Also hate long par 3s. As in 200 yards plus. There's a couple I've played where in winter with a bit of wind I'm having to hit driver. Having to hit driver on a par 3 is just silly imo. No need for it.
HomerJSimpson
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Definitely agree about fairways with huge slopes especially in the current dry conditions down here. Impossible to hold and the balls all collect in the same spot so chances are you've got a bad lie or divot as a double whammy
IanM
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pendodave
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Very slight (!) thread tangent, but I was in the pro shop at crews hill a few months ago and he wandered in and tried to blag a green fee. Shocking.
ScienceBoy
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Things we can do without:
Rough under trees
Gender based tees instead of ability based ones
Unsuitable carries, maximum 100 for yellow, 150 for whites.
I would love to list drainage ditches but I would rather have a dry course than a wet one...
Rough under trees
Gender based tees instead of ability based ones
Unsuitable carries, maximum 100 for yellow, 150 for whites.
I would love to list drainage ditches but I would rather have a dry course than a wet one...
Pants
Challenge Tour Pro
Blind tee shot on a par 3
Mandofred
Well-known member
Flat greens. In my opinion, half of ours could use a little more movement.
Not necessarily a design feature, but I hate ridge and furrow with a passion.
larmen
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Strawberry Hill Golf club has 3 par 3 holes in a row going 220, 230 & 240 yard. I played it once back in the days when my driver went 160 to 170 yards. On the 4th I had to lay up because I couldn’t carry a little stream in the middle of the fairway.
I played in an Open at Bellingham, Northumberland today. The 18th there is a hateful hole and ticks a few boxes for this thread.
Blind tee shot - tick
Steep right to left slope on the fairway - tick
2nd shot, ball above feet - tick
Blind shot to the highly elevated green - tick
Significant ditch / gorge at base of raised green - tick
No lay up area before ditch / gorge - tick
It's a horrible hole
Blind tee shot - tick
Steep right to left slope on the fairway - tick
2nd shot, ball above feet - tick
Blind shot to the highly elevated green - tick
Significant ditch / gorge at base of raised green - tick
No lay up area before ditch / gorge - tick
It's a horrible hole
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
There is a par 3 at temple that is blind. Plays downhill and all you have is a pole to aim at although it is a bowl shape so will collect a ball if it is fairly adjacent. Not a fan as it's like hitting into a void and hard to club without knowing where the flag is
VVega
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Don’t bother playing the Old course then
VVega
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Didn’t mind the rest of water but on this hole the green was difficult to hold even with a nice high Pw shot...
KenL
Tour Rookie
Don’t bother playing the Old course then
Nonsense. ?
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Ditches(or other hazards like a strip of heather or bunkers) right the way across the fairway at anywhere near driving distances.
Shouldn't be allowed and forces you to be one dimensional in how you play the hole.
Shouldn't be allowed and forces you to be one dimensional in how you play the hole.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Or it really separates the big hitters from the rest. Normally a mate of mine out drives me by say 40 yards, but on the 18th at our place there's a ditch at around 200, so he drives it, I have to lay up and now he's out driven me by 80 yards!
Liverbirdie
Ryder Cup Winner
A diving little sod, who is a fantastic footballer when he stays on his feet.
Any more, or is that them all covered now?
Foxholer
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Indeed...'S' for Seve - the designer!
I love the place, but can understand why others might hate it! 18 is definitely a challenge for we short-hitters. Off White tees I play it as a Par 5 and no longer play Driver off tee. That gives me 2 Rescues (either 27 or 23 depending on pin position).
And, after all, you have to have a certain amount of masochism to play Golf!
