I played today and..(Rolling) -originally created by JohnnyDee

[Deleted member 21258]

Played at Aldeburgh today with 12 more vintage club fans.

The course was in very good shape considering the weather we've had recently, windy today but no rain.

Unfortunately I had a shocker, started on the first with a pushed shot that hit trees and dropped straight down so should have been easy to find but wasn't, blob, that set the tone for the round and I struggled to accumulate 14 points.

Better luck next time

How did you find the course ? Not come across many that have played it, be interested to hear ?

 

[Crow]

Did you play any better on the back nine.

Cheeky!

 

[Crow]

Better luck next time

How did you find the course ? Not come across many that have played it, be interested to hear ?

Got a bit mixed up with my post, I played the 9 hole River course at Aldeburgh on Sunday, in the wind and rain, and it was Thorpeness I played yesterday!

I enjoyed the Thorpeness, it's not a pushover with quite a few long par fours. Clubhouse is great, although it's also a hotel now, nice if you want to stay there.

A break playing Aldeburgh and Thorpeness would be good, they're only about 5 miles apart. I've not played it but I believe Aldeburgh is the more respected course.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Got a bit mixed up with my post, I played the 9 hole River course at Aldeburgh on Sunday, in the wind and rain, and it was Thorpeness I played yesterday!

I enjoyed the Thorpeness, it's not a pushover with quite a few long par fours. Clubhouse is great, although it's also a hotel now, nice if you want to stay there.

A break playing Aldeburgh and Thorpeness would be good, they're only about 5 miles apart. I've not played it but I believe Aldeburgh is the more respected course.

Cheers, know a member at Purdis(Ipswich), so was looking at playing 2 or 3 courses on a trip down south whilst working, but never spoken to anyone who has played Aldeburgh, search goes on, I will just have to do it

 

[Tashyboy]

For the first time ever I was in the first lot out. Sod it for setting the alarm at 6.00 am again. Got to the clubhouse at 7.10 for a 7.50 tee time and I was the only one at the club for 20 mins.
Started off like poo off a shovel and was 2 under after 4 and and started looking at my card. Fatal mistake. Some of my shots were breathtaking, others rammel. Gorgeous weather to play in. The three of us that finished all finished with 31. Good to get out with Trev.

 

[harpo_72]

Weather was windy then started to rain .. so decided to come in.
The wind was at least 3 clubs in to, the layout never lets it be a tail wind.
I got back my 3 wood that they had put the ad Di 6 stiff shaft in at 44”. It was an appalling job the ferule was not flush to the neck and it looks like the shaft they removed was trimmed to hide more mess.
The club itself was good once I worked out the tee height. The length of the shaft isn’t bothering me so I may leave it as is.
But lesson learnt, ignore the nay sayers on here and do the changes myself as the job was dreadful.. if the pga is training them then they need to get their act together, that is the 2nd time I have let a pga person do my clubs and it’s been a mess.

 

[bwstokie]

Was in and around the Crewe area today so decided to have a round at Wychwood Park as it was open and I enjoyed playing there 8 or 9 years ago. Shouldn’t have bothered as played terribly (never play well in waterproof jacket) And never lost so many balls on a round from straight drives plugging in fairways. I didn’t have to play so completely my choice but the fairways and rough were borderline unplayable and it should have been closed. The fairways in general look hammered and they should be off mats, going to take some recovery in my opinion.

Shame really as I was just getting a bit stir crazy with all this bad weather. My course (Stone in Staffs) is on about day 9 or 10 straight closure, which is probably a good thing to limit the damage and hopefully benefit the members when the better weather arrives.

 

[upsidedown]

Played at Beau Desert today and apart from water in some bunkers and washouts on some paths you wouldn't know strom Dennis had passed through. Greens a tad wet but still pretty decent and made the mistake twice of leaving par putts downhill having gone for the birdie . Just shy of eagling 18 but meant the match was halved so all good.
Excellent Latte and bacon roll before hand .

 

[Arronl13]

A nice round just outside Strasbourg today at Kempferhof. Great value for money and although with recent weather the fairways were sodden, the conditions were so much better than what I have been used to of late, my awful score didn’t spoil the enjoyment! Pretty odd to see greens rolling well this time of year.

 

[Deleted member 23270]

Cheers, know a member at Purdis(Ipswich), so was looking at playing 2 or 3 courses on a trip down south whilst working, but never spoken to anyone who has played Aldeburgh, search goes on, I will just have to do it

I've played Aldeburgh. It plays long (no par 5's iirc) so lots of long par 4's in that yardage. Also lots of gorse lining the fairways so need to keep it straight. Think it might still be a 2ball course as well. Worth playing though, good track.

 

[Jacko_G]

Tee'd off at 0900 this morning 2 hours 5 minutes later I had completed 18 holes and nearly beat the rain. Got a wee bit wet on 16/17/18 but can't complain and glad I made the effort to get out and play.

Golf was fairly steady and a very tough 2/3 club westerly wind. Went out in +1 and home in +4. Back nine in a westerly is a tough old cookie, and I dropped a few shots. A silly 3 putt on 11, a six iron from 145 that I didn't commit to and lost it a bit right, couldn't convince myself that I needed to hit a 6 iron from that distance but in truth I needed every bit of it. On 16 a "bad" drive (not really just went a bit left into the rough in the wind) which ended up in a clump of heather, couldn't get up from there, dropped shot number 3 coming home. Finally two drivers including a great hit off the deck and I was still short on 18. Another failed up and down.

Hit it fairly well, putting was mediocre missed a lot of 10 footers and also missed from 4 feet on 9.

 

[patricks148]

Great day on the links up here this morning, Bright, sunny, only a 2 club wind. Played Nairn for the first time in a month and all the work is done, so full course with the exception of the 4th that was on a winter green to protect the green from those members who refuse to repair pitchmarks.

the only downside was all the new bunkers built by Mackenzie and Ebert were filled with water, none of the old pot bunkers were effected... very strange. Captin was out with us today and he was going to question them on this.

decided to play with Prov1 and def shorter with irons that the Super soft, was having to hit at least a club more on every shot,.

 

[Jacko_G]

@patricks148

I think the water table is so high now that bunkers are struggling to get water to drain. We had a good number of "plunge pool" bunkers today.

 

[patricks148]

@patricks148

I think the water table is so high now that bunkers are struggling to get water to drain. We had a good number of "plunge pool" bunkers today.

of course, but the old pot bunkers built by our GS are all fine, on one hole which has both types around the greens and only the new ones full of water.

some if it where else where would be great as wave pools

 

[upsidedown]

11 holes open after being shut for last 4 days, carry only , 12 of us in the fiddle and we won with 12 under.

 

[AMcC]

of course, but the old pot bunkers built by our GS are all fine, on one hole which has both types around the greens and only the new ones full of water.

some if it where else where would be great as wave pools

Have the new ones possibly been lined with some membrane before the sand went in ?

 

[patricks148]

Have the new ones possibly been lined with some membrane before the sand went in ?

they say they havn,t... some are actually higher than the old ones so its not the water table on some of them as none of the old ones have water in.... very strange

 

[Slime]

of course, but the old pot bunkers built by our GS are all fine, on one hole which has both types around the greens and only the new ones full of water.

some if it where else where would be great as wave pools

That sounds like my garden at home!
Last weekend it was 4" underwater, but both neighbours' gardens were free of standing water!
I just can't get my head around that.

 

[Curls]

Could be different top soil, if they were filled at different times yours could be more clay and theirs more sand rich.

 

[patricks148]

Could be different top soil, if they were filled at different times yours could be more clay and theirs more sand rich.

who are you replying to?

no clay at ours its all very sandy soil dug from around the course