End Of Season Course Awards

[Duckster]

Pretty quite year course wise for me, only one new one.

1. Best Course you have played - Ladybank, finally ticked it off after many years of wanting.

2. Best greens you have played - West Lancs, still not seen a bobble in the 10+ times I've played there.

3. Hardest Course - Silloth, blowing a hoolie!!

4 Best Value - Silloth, pound for pound the best value golf I've played anywhere.

5. Notable Mentions - Pleasington as it's now my home track ;-)

 

[Junior]

1. Best Course you have played - Sunningdale Old

2. Best greens you have played - West Lancs and St Annes Old Links

3. Hardest Course - Hoylake of the back tees in what felt like a force 10 !

4 Best Value - Comrie (Perthshire) but have to mention the deal LQ got at Sunningdale and New Zealand

5. Notable Mention - Sandiway, Stockport, Fairhaven and Bolton Old Links

and i'll add :-

6. Most underwhelming - Celtic Manor 2010

 

[Captainron]

1. Best Course you have played - The Old Course. Just spiritual and awe inspiring

2. Best greens you have played - Highland Gate in South Africa. Amazing conditioning and just outrageously true.

3. Hardest Course - Saunton East. Hard but so beautiful

4 Best Value - St Andrews. Lucky enough to play with a ticket holder

5. Notable Mentions - St Michaels has a superb back nine. Royal North Devon gets a mention for the most over rated field with pins on it.

Saying this, I still have a trip to Northern Ireland coming up where Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, both Ballyliffen Courses and Scrabo are all getting a whirl might change my judgement

 

[MendieGK]

1. Best Course you have played - The Old Course. Just spiritual and awe inspiring

2. Best greens you have played - Highland Gate in South Africa. Amazing conditioning and just outrageously true.

3. Hardest Course - Saunton East. Hard but so beautiful

4 Best Value - St Andrews. Lucky enough to play with a ticket holder

5. Notable Mentions - St Michaels has a superb back nine. Royal North Devon gets a mention for the most over rated field with pins on it.

Saying this, I still have a trip to Northern Ireland coming up where Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, both Ballyliffen Courses and Scrabo are all getting a whirl might change my judgement

i don’t get that you can say that about RND when the old course is basically exactly the same..... one massive field with no undulations etc

 

[Deleted member 17920]

So the same as what LQ did last year ( UK only )

1. Best Course you have played - The Old Course. Just spiritual and awe inspiring

2. Best greens you have played - Highland Gate in South Africa. Amazing conditioning and just outrageously true.

3. Hardest Course - Saunton East. Hard but so beautiful

4 Best Value - St Andrews. Lucky enough to play with a ticket holder

5. Notable Mentions - St Michaels has a superb back nine. Royal North Devon gets a mention for the most over rated field with pins on it.

Saying this, I still have a trip to Northern Ireland coming up where Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, both Ballyliffen Courses and Scrabo are all getting a whirl might change my judgement

South Africa moved has it

 

[IanM]

i don’t get that you can say that about RND when the old course is basically exactly the same..... one massive field with no undulations etc

Och, ye heathen, so y'ar

 

[Captainron]

South Africa moved has it

I have done this on courses I have played this year. IF you had a pair of danglies, you could have been there. :whoo: And no one reads what Phil writes anyway

 

[Captainron]

i don’t get that you can say that about RND when the old course is basically exactly the same..... one massive field with no undulations etc

No way. Those courses are nowhere near the same nor should they be mentioned in the same breath. The Old Course is bloody amazing while RND was bloody awful

 

[dewsweeper]

Glad you enjoyed our round at Warrington Capella.

 

[clubchamp98]

Best course Birkdale
best greens Birkdale.
Hardset West Lancs always gets me.
Value Lancaster £25 in a open fantastic course.
notable Prestbury quite happily play my last round here but weather was bad or it would be best it's that good.

 

[louise_a]

I always find these things tricky to do but I will give it a go.

Best Course Very tough but I will go for Hillside
Best greens Based on the fact that I holed 3 very long putts, Wallasey
Hardest Royal Lytham I couldn't avoid the Bunkers
Best value Royal Lytham, played it twice for the grand total cost of £15
Notable Sandiway lived up to expectations, Prestbury very surprised at how good it was.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

1. Best Course you have played - Hankley Common

2. Best greens you have played - Blackmoor (and my own club - best they've ever been)

3. Hardest Course - Sunningdale Old/Hankley Common

4 Best Value - GM Trip to Sunningdale and New Zealand

5. Notable Mentions - Blackmoor (absolute picture on their member/guest day) Caversham Heath (great course getting better each year)

 

[chrisd]

1. Best Course you have played - Hankley Common, (well nearly played)

2. Best greens you have played - Tandridge

3. Hardest Course - Hankley Common - even if I'd been fit

4 Best Value - New Zealand, Tandridge and Cuddington

5. Notable Mentions - loved Woburn, Forest Pines, Cooden for various reasons

 

[MendieGK]

No way. Those courses are nowhere near the same nor should they be mentioned in the same breath. The Old Course is bloody amazing while RND was bloody awful

RND is brilliant. Got some fantastic holes

 

[MendieGK]

1. Best Course you have played - Hankley Common

2. Best greens you have played - Blackmoor (and my own club - best they've ever been)

3. Hardest Course - Sunningdale Old/Hankley Common

4 Best Value - GM Trip to Sunningdale and New Zealand

5. Notable Mentions - Blackmoor (absolute picture on their member/guest day) Caversham Heath (great course getting better each year)

I played Caversham in August and absolutely loved it. Really enjoyable course

 

[NWJocko]

1. Best Course you have played - Sunningdale New just pipping Sunningdale Old

2. Best greens you have played - St Annes Old Links (again!)

3. Hardest Course - Toss up between Royal Lytham off the Open tees or Hoylake in a hurricane!

4 Best Value - Sandiway for £20

5. Notable Mentions - Sandiway was much better than I expected as was Mere. East Devon is just golfing heaven with the views along the coast before even thinking about the quality of the course. Hoylake, weather aside, was an absolutely outstanding course and day out with lunch looking over the course.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

1. Best Course you have played - Sunningdale old

2. Best greens you have played - Clitheroe

3. Hardest Course - Sunningdale.

4 Best Value - West lancs, signed on for a score by a member.

5. Notable Mentions - Taking money off another double at Woodhall spa :whoo: :whoo:

 

[Sidsidgwick]

1. Best Course you have played - Rockcliffe Hall, (Got to see quite a bit of it with my zigzag golf)

2. Best greens you have played - Wynard Hall

3. Hardest Course - Rockcliffe Hall (bloody long)

4 Best Value - Catterick Golf Club, great course, great food and cheap as chips.

5. Notable Mentions - Eaglescliffe, Consett and Crook were all a decent knock for a day out.

 

[Liverbirdie]

My season doesn't end till November as I am at Royal County Down and Royal Portrush in a few weeks time :whoo:

Me too, as well as Tenby and Royal porthcawl.

 

[stevek1969]

My season is not finished either of to Galway on Thursday playing Lahinch, Connemara and Galway GC