I'm playing a new course for the first time... (Rolling thread)
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rosecott
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I'm playing Dewsbury District Golf Club in 2 weeks for the first time.
Anyone have tips or warnings?
Anyone have tips or warnings?
Sybez
Challenge Tour Pro
Just thought I'd mention Waterlooville GC, played this for the first time last Friday and was really impressed. Some great holes and the greens were awesome! Worth a play if in the Portsmouth area!
On top of Melton Mowbray on Sunday, Longcliffe the following Friday, I'm now playing another new course on the 16th in a comp, Mottram Hall?
Smiffy
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You've obviously never played with 'Tapper' Smith before
Cheeky Git!! I can sense a match coming on here......singles
HawkeyeMS
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Anyone played Hadden Hill near Didcot? We have a society do there in a couple of weeks and its a bit of a trek from my place so am wondering if it's worth it?
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It's not worth the journey - it's not a great course tbh
HomerJSimpson
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Off to the Surrey National next week. Looks nice on the website
Melton Mowbray was OK, obviously for £15 it's excellent value, but the fairways needed a good shave, at times you thought you were in the first cut even though you were in the middle of the fairway! The greens looked the part but when you walked on them they were unusually spongy, this meant they bobbled badly at times due to the traffic on them in front!
It's very friendly and you need to play the course before a couple of times to know your line off the tee, a couple of times I hit great drives only to bounce off or roll off into dense short rough or be blocked out on doglegs easily costing a shot!
My biggest disappointment was the constant chatter you'd hear from the greens and fairways that were very close to the tee blocks when you were driving as the course is very compact, I know that every course can have the odd close encounter and we all tend to be aware of them, but this was almost all the way around and it made me quite conscious at times before pulling the trigger as you'd hear people getting closer or right by the side of you making no effort to be quiet and were quite oblivious to anything around them!
Would I go back, yes, but only for an open where I get a free Pork Pie and the chance to win some prizes for £15.
Good to see and play with Glynn (Lincoln Quaker) again :thup:
Dan2501
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Playing Thorpeness at the weekend - Any tips?
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Fair review Mr. Fish.
Looking forward to playing Longcliffe on Friday, See if I can score better than I did at Melton Mowbray
louise_a
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Its a good week for new courses for me, already played Darwen (mountain goat territory) and Llangollen (a nice stroll by the river Dee)
and on Saturday will be playing my 2nd Open venue at Carnoustie, which looks a monster. I don't think any tips would really help me, just going to enjoy the experience and probably come home with another 0.1.
and on Saturday will be playing my 2nd Open venue at Carnoustie, which looks a monster. I don't think any tips would really help me, just going to enjoy the experience and probably come home with another 0.1.
MrBrightside
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I'm playing two new courses this week and one next:
Tomorrow - Lingfield Park
Friday - The Cambridgeshire
Next week - wyboston lakes
Oh, and the week after I'm at the Belfry on the PGA course!
.... Just can't decide whether to do a practice round today too!
Tomorrow - Lingfield Park
Friday - The Cambridgeshire
Next week - wyboston lakes
Oh, and the week after I'm at the Belfry on the PGA course!
.... Just can't decide whether to do a practice round today too!
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
I'm not normally a big fan of pork pie - take it or leave it, but the one we were given is now gone and I'm gutted. It was the nicest pork pie I've ever tasted.
I know my Mum uses the shop in Melton that it came from, so that's birthday and Christmas sorted
toontiger26
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All 3 are great courses. Hillside is my favourite and while the front 9 is great the back 9 is simply awesome. Greg Norman said once is was the best consecutive 9 holes in the UK ! West Lancs is brutal, not played Lytham but expect its great. Either way enjoy!
rickg
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After failing to make the cut for the final of the Welsh MidAm on Friday, myself and 2 others played Pennard near Swansea in the Gower Penninsula.
What a course, stunning views over the bay, ruined castle on the course.......just amazing. A bargain for £55. I'll post some photos later.
What a course, stunning views over the bay, ruined castle on the course.......just amazing. A bargain for £55. I'll post some photos later.
How was Rye?
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
words like stunning, too narrow, brutal, impossible likely to be involved
It's like that when I walk Max around it, never mind trying to hit a small white ball around it 😜
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Did you see the changes Tom Doak has done to the course?
He is making some changes to the hotchkin this winter.
