Courses with 'silly' holes

[FairwayDodger]

That par 5 at Murrayshall that you hit 8 iron off...........stop the thread we have a winner.

Yip - stupid and annoying hole.

 

[FairwayDodger]

1st at Erskine

We've debated this before. Granted, it's a bit different but I still like that hole. Maybe just nostalgia for my youth!

:cheers:

 

[thecraw]

We've debated this before. Granted, it's a bit different but I still like that hole. Maybe just nostalgia for my youth!

:cheers:

Its an abortion of a hole.

 

[CMAC]

We've debated this before. Granted, it's a bit different but I still like that hole. Maybe just nostalgia for my youth!

:cheers:

Its an abortion of a hole.

is this it? whats wrong with it http://www.erskinegolfclublimited.co.uk/html/hole1.html

 

[FairwayDodger]

is this it? whats wrong with it http://www.erskinegolfclublimited.co.uk/html/hole1.html

Nothing really.

Goes down a steep drop so you hit a long iron or (personally) a 5 wood off the tee to lay up for a short iron onto the green. Craw doesn't like it 'cos he can't hit his driver there or something....

 

[thecraw]

is this it? whats wrong with it http://www.erskinegolfclublimited.co.uk/html/hole1.html

Its a pathetic opening hole. A 5 iron off the tee hoping to avoid the plethora of divots in the obvious landing area. Factor in the burn and a stupid right angle dog leg plus if you get a firm bounce you go right through the fairway into more trees. As an opening hole its one of the worst that I have ever witnessed.

That diagram also doesn't show how close the trees are to the fairway or the tee for that matter nor does it show how mature the trees are on the left of the fairway now.

Terrible terrible hole in my opinion.

 

[HotDogAssassin]

Anyone played Painswick (in the Cotswolds). A brillant but crazy little track perched high on the hills on common land - but you've got to get up there first. And so the first four holes are mountain goat stuff - and then you reach the par 3 fifth. All of 114yds off the whites; not far you think until you stand on the tee and you look way up the hill in front of you and realise the green is up there somewhere - completely out of site. So here is the view from above and behind the green - yes - you are seeing the tops of very tall trees that are down by the tee.

http://www.painswickgolf.com/pgc_05_025.htm

If you are in the vicinity you just must play it - just for the experience - a bit like playing Shiskine in Arran. Describing these little courses as memorable is a bit of an understatement.

I played here today for the first time, despite it being one of my closest. A real experience and I agree with the above that it should be tried out if you're in the area. After the first 3 holes (8, 8, 7) I was actually considering jacking it in, something that I've never done before. But then the game picked up and resulted in a thoroughly enjoyable, but tiring, day. I pared the ominous hole 5, along with a couple of others and ended with 32 pts, 100 strokes, 5 lost balls.

Pro's - A real challenge, lovely views, a good workout
Cons - Common land, poor greens, a good workout

 

[Paul_Stewart]

Not usually one to post (more of a viewer) but Horton Park in Epsom's 10th is a very tricky island green par 3, 180 (or something off the whites). They've got the pro playing it on their site. This hole can get more than a little 'silly' sometimes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA3CiThBxBM

That hole is a bloody joke. Most of the members lay up and chip over. If they shortened it to 120 yards, it would be a superb signature hole that everyone had a chance on. But the owner of that place is a complete and utter moron.

 

[Spark.]

Yip - stupid and annoying hole.

I cant think what hole this is, is it the tee that sits up high with the 100 odd yard drop to a fairway. I was drunk most of the way round the twice iv played it.

 

[Mungoscorner]

Slightly off topic, but i take it that "The Craw" is no longer a member of the forum ?

 

[FairwayDodger]

I cant think what hole this is, is it the tee that sits up high with the 100 odd yard drop to a fairway. I was drunk most of the way round the twice iv played it.

Not sure what hole it is either but sounds like you've got the right one. Par five with an almost 90 degree dogleg right just a short or mid iron from the tee. Signs up saying you can't cut the dogleg (would mean driving over another green).

 

[Spark.]

Don't think im thinking of same hole, may be thinking of one on the lyndoch. Sheer drop then the fairway plays long to the left. wish the website had hole-by-hole pictures.

Edit: Had a look, i reckon im thinking of the 14th par 5 on the lyndoch, stroke index one, probably why i remember it, follows that nice wee par three down hill.

http://www.murrayshall.co.uk/_resources/filestore/Scorecard_Lynedoch.pdf

I also mind that uphill par 3 that was mentioned aswell, im sure we used that for closest to the pin two years on the trot and i hit green both times haha.

 

[FairwayDodger]

Ah right... I haven't played the Lyndoch.

 

[FairwayDodger]

Slightly off topic, but i take it that "The Craw" is no longer a member of the forum ?

I noticed that too but it did seem like he was staying away, unfortunately. I wonder if the software retires accounts if they're not used for a period of time?