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I obvioulsy should've been a golf course designer!!! Missed my calling in life - bugger! 😫😫😂
Courses with great opening and closing holes.
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I obvioulsy should've been a golf course designer!!! Missed my calling in life - bugger! 😫😫😂
Crazyface
Tour Winner
Northcliffe (Shipley)
Requires a decent shot / drive over the 18th fairway / green to reach the fairway on the other side. The 18th itself is just wonderful. Beautiful par three.
Requires a decent shot / drive over the 18th fairway / green to reach the fairway on the other side. The 18th itself is just wonderful. Beautiful par three.
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
I hate finishing on a par 3, so that rules Northcille out for me.
IanM
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I have a (irrational) dislike of par 3s as finishing holes (and opening holes!) ..... even though there are some really good examples of both!
Wolf
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Same here never enjoyed starting on a par 3 or ending on one, ironically the course I spent most of my golfing life up toll now ended on a par 3 always hated that hole
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Our par three (SI 10) is a real challenge off the whites and plays 229 yards from the plates. OOB in range for a slice, a pond short left for a hook and two bunkers left and one right. There is also a line of trees forty yards right that creeps in as well and can block anything short and right. Add in a ditch left of the bunkers and there's enough to get your attention. Most including the single figure guys will take a four and move on. I think a par three can be a strong opening
PNWokingham
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You get back to brexit and don't lose focus!! Think of the fishies! 😂😂😂
shortgame
Tour Rookie
Sounds tough
Is it a 'great hole' though?
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
As far as a standard members course goes it gets a lot of favourable comments as an opener. Always laugh that when the Jamega tour arrives they play it from the yellows which is only 164 yards in length. Wusses
tugglesf239
Journeyman Pro
Thinking the same. 1st is a nasty git and 18th is pretty as a picture.
Had the stands up when I played it though which either adds or detracts from the hole. Can’t make my mind up either way.
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richart
Major Champion
A lot of links courses have the clubhouse away from the dunes on a flat bit of land. Might explain why sometimes the first and last holes which start and finish near the clubhouse are not the best holes on the course ? Cinque Ports, Littlestone, West Lancs, Hayling, Royal St George’s, Portrush etc spring to mind.
There are of course exceptions such as Birkdale and Royal County Down, but not many that I have played have both strong first and last holes. Heathland and parkland courses don’t have such restrictions on the siting of the clubhouse
Just a theory.
There are of course exceptions such as Birkdale and Royal County Down, but not many that I have played have both strong first and last holes. Heathland and parkland courses don’t have such restrictions on the siting of the clubhouse
Just a theory.
Crazyface
Tour Winner
Not this one. Elevated tee. Looking down a valley. Steep tree lined on right hand side. Loads of flora. Stream in front of green. Bunker in front left (I think). Its just beautiful.
