viscount17
Money List Winner
yesterday was a society event, 36 hole comp played at Oundle (nr Peterborough). My first time at this course so I didn't know what to expect. Weather was good, so no complaints there.
Oundle is not designed for smooth flowing golf. It is a twisting, turning convoluted course with just too many cross-overs, hence lots of opportunity for delays. Unfortunately I was in the last of seven 3-balls. add to that a late start as we were put out after their seniors comp, and a 5 hour morning round was on the cards.
the problems start early on the 2nd tee. One of many elevated tees, the line from this one crosses not one but two fairways - running in opposite directions - and with the 11th tee in close proximity delays are inevitable.
next major problem area is the ninth, 185 downhill into a green shared with the 16th. Immediately behind this green is the 10th tee with the 17th tee alongside and just back from that. more built in delay.
next the 11th, tee at 90 degrees to the 2nd, but here you're also driving up a fairway shared with the 14th coming the other way, so with people ambling down from there or across from the 2nd - more delay. and it goes on with the tee shot from the 12th bringing the 13th tee into range. then back to the 14th with that shared fairway and a green just under the 2nd tee. add two or three other spots where approaches are compromised by tees and there is a lot of waiting around.
now throw in some narrow tree-lined fairways, several blind holes and lots of elevation changes - and no gentle slopes here, they go in for short steep climbs, and your electric trolley needs help getting up some of them.
throw in a 4 and half hour afternoon round, not helped by forgetting how to swing, and I'd almost lost the will to live by the time we finished.
suffice to say, I'll not hurry back and certainly not in any numbers.
Oundle is not designed for smooth flowing golf. It is a twisting, turning convoluted course with just too many cross-overs, hence lots of opportunity for delays. Unfortunately I was in the last of seven 3-balls. add to that a late start as we were put out after their seniors comp, and a 5 hour morning round was on the cards.
the problems start early on the 2nd tee. One of many elevated tees, the line from this one crosses not one but two fairways - running in opposite directions - and with the 11th tee in close proximity delays are inevitable.
next major problem area is the ninth, 185 downhill into a green shared with the 16th. Immediately behind this green is the 10th tee with the 17th tee alongside and just back from that. more built in delay.
next the 11th, tee at 90 degrees to the 2nd, but here you're also driving up a fairway shared with the 14th coming the other way, so with people ambling down from there or across from the 2nd - more delay. and it goes on with the tee shot from the 12th bringing the 13th tee into range. then back to the 14th with that shared fairway and a green just under the 2nd tee. add two or three other spots where approaches are compromised by tees and there is a lot of waiting around.
now throw in some narrow tree-lined fairways, several blind holes and lots of elevation changes - and no gentle slopes here, they go in for short steep climbs, and your electric trolley needs help getting up some of them.
throw in a 4 and half hour afternoon round, not helped by forgetting how to swing, and I'd almost lost the will to live by the time we finished.
suffice to say, I'll not hurry back and certainly not in any numbers.
