Most overrated golf course you have played.....

munro007 said:
The worst is the PGA Course @ Gleneagles. Far the long between Greens and tee's, it just doesn't flow.

The best course i have played is Kingsbarns. Outstanding course, really well run, great practice area, Love it.....
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Thing is, the PGA at Gleneagles isn't really rated by anyone though is it, so it can't really then be 'over'-rated.

As for most over-rated, Royal Dornoch, some really bad holes on that course, great views, great condition, some good holes, but not a patch on somewhere like Nairn, Moray or Royal aberdeen that don't get the same publicity.
 
Smiffy said:
As I say, personal opinions. I hated it.
Now Hunstanton. That was golfing heaven. Great course and I would go back there in a heartbeat
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I agree! Hunstanton was awesome and I thought it was a far better course even though it ate me up. I shot 94 at Hunstanton the day after shooting 76 at Royal West Norfolk and I was more pleased with the 94. It was windier at Hunstanton but the course posed more of a challenge. I will, however like to pay homage to the bunker on the 15th at RWN! The deepest bunker I have everl seen. 20 foot deep with a sleepered face. I threw one in there just to see iff I could get it out.

Like you guys say - it's a personal thing... I always preferred Claudia Schiffer to Cindy Crawford...
 
for me it has to be Ferndown. Consistently in the top 50 in England, an open qualifier, always in great nick, but it's just really nothing special. There are 5 better courses in a 15 mile radius.
 
Goswick, bland, bland.

Too many holes that are sim and not in great condition, not sure why they would have it as an open quali either.
 
The Brabazon seemed in fantastic condition and as someone who hadn't played many courses when I first played there I thought it was fantastic but in hindsight it was bland for the price and histoy.
 
I think for me, Nairn just knocks the Brabazon into second. I was expecting great things from Nairn, but was hugely disapointed. It didn't help that it was drizling and I was grouped with Captain Slow, but I heard how great the greens were, and they were poor, the course seemed feature less and the best bit was watching the dolphins.
 
patricks148 said:
Goswick, bland, bland.

Too many holes that are sim and not in great condition, not sure why they would have it as an open quali either.
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Looks like we don't agree on our own courses!

I would agree with the conditioning part of Goswick....could do a lot better in my opinion and it isn't huge things just a bit of care and attention.

The difference between the two though is that the press do not laud Goswick as this mystical golfing heaven like they do Nairn when the reality is that it is anything but....in my and few others opinion.;)
 
Captainron said:
Moortown have mades ome drastic changes in tha past 6 months! They have added many bunkers and gotten rid of all birch trees on the site. They are trying to get more of the holes to look like they were when the course was first layed out by Alistair MacKenzie. The 5th and 6th are now straight when the trees they have removed made them slight doglegs. Some members are unhappy as the course has lost some definition. It was designed a Moorland course though and there weren't many trees there when it was first laid out. I still think it is a stern test of golf though and will keep playing it for £20 as long as my mate is a member there.
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What a shame I thought the trees really set the tone and picture of the place, can't see any point taking them down, as has been said it is fairly flat so the danger is it could end up a desolate piece of land which would be tragic. Having said that I would keep playing it for £20
 
Dodger said:
Looks like we don't agree on our own courses!

I would agree with the conditioning part of Goswick....could do a lot better in my opinion and it isn't huge things just a bit of care and attention.

The difference between the two though is that the press do not laud Goswick as this mystical golfing heaven like they do Nairn when the reality is that it is anything but....in my and few others opinion.;)
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I just found a lot of the holes at Goswick very Similar I can’t remember any of the holes as such just that quite a few were dogleg right.

All this is just opinion at the end of the day, I played with a couple of visitors the other week that had played all over the world and thought Nairn was better the Royal Dornoch (which they had played the day before), which TBH I wouldn’t even agree with.

Obviously the R&A think a great deal of Nairn to hold the Amateur championship, the Walker Cup and now the Curtis Cup, I was even told the club was approached to hold another Walker Up, but had to turn it down. I think it’s a great course and plays differently from day to day, its not overly expensive compared to others for £80 visitor fee.

I lot of guys and golf magazines all rate CS as one of the best courses in the world, which I find a bit bland apart from a few holes by the Moray Firth.

The only problem with this thread is people rubbishing courses they have played once and you don’t know under what circumstances the course was played under.

When a few guys on here played Nairn after the CS meet it was off the back of the worst winter the course had seen in 50 years and the snow and ice had only gone the week before not really a surprise the greens were not great, after all this is not the south of England but the North of Scotland In March. If you don’t like it fair enough but you have to put things into context.

The first time I played Royal Dornoch, it was windy and very slow, and I played rubbish and hated the course. Now the more I play it the more I like it
 
patricks148 said:
I just found a lot of the holes at Goswick very Similar I can’t remember any of the holes as such just that quite a few were dogleg right.

All this is just opinion at the end of the day, I played with a couple of visitors the other week that had played all over the world and thought Nairn was better the Royal Dornoch (which they had played the day before), which TBH I wouldn’t even agree with.

Obviously the R&A think a great deal of Nairn to hold the Amateur championship, the Walker Cup and now the Curtis Cup, I was even told the club was approached to hold another Walker Up, but had to turn it down. I think it’s a great course and plays differently from day to day, its not overly expensive compared to others for £80 visitor fee.

I lot of guys and golf magazines all rate CS as one of the best courses in the world, which I find a bit bland apart from a few holes by the Moray Firth.

The only problem with this thread is people rubbishing courses they have played once and you don’t know under what circumstances the course was played under.

When a few guys on here played Nairn after the CS meet it was off the back of the worst winter the course had seen in 50 years and the snow and ice had only gone the week before not really a surprise the greens were not great, after all this is not the south of England but the North of Scotland In March. If you don’t like it fair enough but you have to put things into context.

The first time I played Royal Dornoch, it was windy and very slow, and I played rubbish and hated the course. Now the more I play it the more I like it
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Fair analysis,I have played Nairn twice now,1st time it was in good nick but didn't see what the fuss was at all then the 2nd time it was in dreadful condition albeit after a terrible winter, and hated it even more.many other courses were subject to the same awful winter but were presented in far better condition then but a pal of mine played it 2 months after and said the greens had made a remarkable recovery but sadly his memory of the course hadn't!

It is all opinions though,there are many places that I love that others won't and many that others rave about and I won't.......Kingsbarns being another one.
 
Wentworth dissapointed me, short and not very memorable after watching years of telly matches there. this was years ago and it was the yellow tees so hopefully the changes have made it better.

Likewise the PGA at Gleneagles, really hoping the changes there have made the rubbish holes interesting now, playing it in a month so will find out......it still needs more risk reward holes for matchplay imo
 
I have only played St Andrews & Muirfield once and I cannot understand what all the fuss is about on these courses. I do agree that you have to play a course more than once to get a feel for it but at the prices these courses charge I am in no hurry to play them again.
 
bogside84 said:
I have only played St Andrews & Muirfield once and I cannot understand what all the fuss is about on these courses. I do agree that you have to play a course more than once to get a feel for it but at the prices these courses charge I am in no hurry to play them again.
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Your paying more for the reputation and history of the place than the course itself, well you are with St Andrews not been on Muirfield
 
Ferndown, now don't get me wrong, this course is always in great condition and I enjoy playing there but for me it just does not have any WOW factory. Nothing special about the views unless you like to look at pine trees. There are much better courses for the same greenfees.
 
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