Alex1975
Tour Winner
I really need to get the finger out and play S&A, especially as I get it on reciprocal.
Rick Shields has just done a blog at S&A and it looks beautiful!
I really need to get the finger out and play S&A, especially as I get it on reciprocal.
Pah, Hillside above Formby.....people are blinded by sand dunes I tell ya.
39 places above S&A too, scandalous!![]()
ah the old hillside vs formby debate.:whoo:
its Formby, S&A then Hillside every time, it's no contest.
I really need to get the finger out and play S&A, especially as I get it on reciprocal.
its true some exclusive clubs say they dont want to be included in the top 100 rankings but our decision was based on reader feedback.
there is a piece in the issue explaining the rationale but in a nutshell we have over the years had more and more feedback saying the list should only be courses you can play and almost to a man the people who took part in our focus groups in september said we shouldn't include them
we have listened to that feedback and acted on it
My opening post has the major ones.:thup:Which courses are excluded?
My opening post has the major ones.:thup:
B&B on Silloth's reciprocal, just a shame it's at the other end if the country!
Ah yes.
What about places like wisely, archerfield, renaissance and queenwood? Sorry I don't have the list in front of me
Why would some clubs not want to be included in the top 100?
My reciprocal aswell plus Pete to host and we still didn't arrange it this year did we!? I played it a couple of times this year though and like it more and more every time.
Definitely get a game sorted there :thup:
I have a feeling some believe they should be higher than they get rated and they are not happy with that - Queenwood for example are prob the most exclusive club in the country and expect to be in the Top 10 but prob don't make it
Purely from the layout etc I can't see where Formby and Hillside have the edge over S&A.
For me The only aspect of the course that would peg it back against the other 2 is the few holes on back 9 when your alongside the road & houses. Although this doesn't seem to do Royal Lytham any harm in the rankings and that big wall next to the train track on the 1st at Hillside is a bit of an eyesore too.
Personally I'd say S&A is probably the most interesting/engaging course of the 3.
To have it only a few places above Trevose is bananas!!
Trevose is one of the most overrated golf courses I've ever played!
ah the old hillside vs formby debate.
Peter you are still wrong and now we can include the GM reviewers in that bracket as well
its Formby, S&A then Hillside every time, it's no contest.
No 11+ but got a few 0'Levels.... so as a late developer I'd go with Hillside...if only for the back 9..... not bettered where ever I've been... must mean somethingFrom memory when it was debated on here it was pretty evenly split between people who preferred Hillside or Formby.
It seemed to be the better players, and ones who got O levels who liked Hillside more.:rofl: