Smiffy
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Crap
Course review....Lydd on the Kent coast.
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bobmac
Major Champion
Clear, concise and to the point.
Too many fairway bunkers for you then?
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
So you weren't that keen on it then?
Lydd is the THE worse course I've played. Should have known it would be bad when on a Saturday morning with a comp on there were less than 10 cars including ours in the car park. I think we saw three groups all the way round and there was no-one in the clubhouse at 3.00pm. Even the yardage book is hand drawn.
To be subjective it isn't that the course is in bad condition and the greens were pretty quick. The back nine is undergoing major reworking and so a lot of the holes have parts out of play for recnstruction. It is just a featureless course and soulless place
To be subjective it isn't that the course is in bad condition and the greens were pretty quick. The back nine is undergoing major reworking and so a lot of the holes have parts out of play for recnstruction. It is just a featureless course and soulless place
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Haha don't sit on the fence smiffy tell us how it really was?
Owen_Thomas_14
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I thought i had a bit of deja vu with the first 2 comments
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
I got an inkling when they brought the full English breakfast out. Based on the fact the green fee was £15.00 including the brekkie, and the brekkie looked like it was worth £11.50 of anybodies money, that made the golf £3.50.
It's dearer to play 18 holes of crazy golf along Hastings seafront....
AuburnWarrior
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My understanding is that the owner is trying to sell it to Lydd airport so that they can expand.
Might explain the poor condition of the course.
Might explain the poor condition of the course.
The breakfast was awesome and definitely the best thing about the place. It looked like they were doing shed loads of work to the back nine and revamping several holes which wouldn't tie in with a club looking to sell out but as I've only played it once (and that was plenty) I can't say.
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This is from their website:
"A tactical blend of bunkering, strategically placed lakes, wispy rough and wind makes this course a real challenge. Combine that with its natural beauty and you will be playing a course you will never forget."
And this:
"Lydd Golf course is fast becoming regarded as one of the finest in Kent and on a par with more established courses in the area. The Course is of a links characteristic with well designed use of the natural terrain together with the introduction of several lakes to give it added character."
So who to believe, Smiffy and Homer..........or the club website. Tough one.................
"A tactical blend of bunkering, strategically placed lakes, wispy rough and wind makes this course a real challenge. Combine that with its natural beauty and you will be playing a course you will never forget."
And this:
"Lydd Golf course is fast becoming regarded as one of the finest in Kent and on a par with more established courses in the area. The Course is of a links characteristic with well designed use of the natural terrain together with the introduction of several lakes to give it added character."
So who to believe, Smiffy and Homer..........or the club website. Tough one.................
If it is any help here is a copy of their meticulous course planner
RGDave
Money List Winner
"an opening 5 iron is a good idea!"
hmmm, even at my most sensible, um...........no.
top tip.
hmmm, even at my most sensible, um...........no.
top tip.
As you can see no expense spared and I'm sure digitally measured and verifed
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
"The deal we got for £25 per head including breakfast on a Saturday is superb value. The course is an inland linksy type of track and although the greens didn't look great visually they putted well and were quick. It is a good test of golf and the facilities were pretty good although the range mats could do with updating. Its well worth a visit."
Remember the above from your "report" in 2009 Martin?
I do and I was swept along with a wave of euphoria at parring the last to save losing some money to Medway and Leftie. To be honest the clubhouse itself was fine, the range was decent enough except for the skanky mats.
The greens did putt well but looked rubbish (sound like Ascots) and it is a good test in as much as you need to put it in the right place. The problem comes in not being able to see or articulate from the strokesaver where that right place is. It is well worth a visit. Nothing sums up the word goattrack so well.
To be fair, it was also appearing in a GM review so I couldn't be overly critical at the time.
The greens did putt well but looked rubbish (sound like Ascots) and it is a good test in as much as you need to put it in the right place. The problem comes in not being able to see or articulate from the strokesaver where that right place is. It is well worth a visit. Nothing sums up the word goattrack so well.
To be fair, it was also appearing in a GM review so I couldn't be overly critical at the time.
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
And this is why I never take magazine reviews into account when looking at new courses to play.
I'd much rather read reports from people who don't have a vested interest....
http://www.uk-golfguide.com/index.html?
I am with Smiffy there.....why lie in a course report?
Makes a mockery of the report...should just rename a bit in the Mag a 'Sexed up course reviews' or 'utter bollox,read the false reports on our readers reviews'.
If the course is crap and you review it as that then surely it is up to those at GM to decide if it goes in the mag and if all they want is false reviews then it really is a waste of time printing them IMO.It does no harm for courses to get some critisism,from my point of view it gives you things to aim to rectify and make the visitors experiance a far better one.
Maybe that is why my Murcar review has not featured....is it the policy of GM only to post butt licking reports I wander?
Makes a mockery of the report...should just rename a bit in the Mag a 'Sexed up course reviews' or 'utter bollox,read the false reports on our readers reviews'.
If the course is crap and you review it as that then surely it is up to those at GM to decide if it goes in the mag and if all they want is false reviews then it really is a waste of time printing them IMO.It does no harm for courses to get some critisism,from my point of view it gives you things to aim to rectify and make the visitors experiance a far better one.
Maybe that is why my Murcar review has not featured....is it the policy of GM only to post butt licking reports I wander?
chrisd
Major Champion
I live 15 miles from the course and I wish it were 1500(that is for the course to move away , not me). I have played it 4 times and wouldn't go there again if you picked me up in a gold limo and let me borrow Smiffy's white trousers.
A number of their members now play at my club as we dropped our joining fee for a while and the ones left have got to be the Romney sheep!
Don't go there!
Chris
A number of their members now play at my club as we dropped our joining fee for a while and the ones left have got to be the Romney sheep!
Don't go there!
Chris
Owen_Thomas_14
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Sounds good. Maybe host the GM meet here?
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
I played it in May of last year. It was after one of the wettest Winters on record, and Spring wasn't shaping up to be much better.
The ground was baked hard. It had bloody cracks in! And trying to collar your ball was like hitting off a cart path.
It was bad. But still not as bad as Wellshurst
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