JamPal
Assistant Pro
Oh dear. I played the Dukes and the Marquess and thought both were superb. Would love to have another crack at them both. However, the weather was nice and the course was immaculate.
Most overrated golf course you have played.....
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Oh dear. I played the Dukes and the Marquess and thought both were superb. Would love to have another crack at them both. However, the weather was nice and the course was immaculate.
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Loch Lomond really? What was over rated about it for you as it looks bucket list for me. Genuinely interested.
It was bloody cold, I ripped the front 9 up with Craw, Junior & &Stu in tow but fell away on the back 9 but was unlucky on a couple of the blind drives.
It left a sour taste in my mouth, they knew we were out there and had travelled from around the country but still shut the kitchen and were, imo, pretty ignorant.
Would need to give it another go, I didn't have a great day in pouring rain when playing St Anne's Old Links not long after, I'll have to come up for a couple of days and play them both again 👍🏌️
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Just about any course built in the last 60 years. Brabazon, Woburn, Gleneagles PGA, Celtic Manor etc;
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Royal Liverpool ( Hoylake ) it was like a big field when the rough is down.
very disappointed.
very disappointed.
richart
Major Champion
I thought Remedy Oak was the first time I played it, but having played it again this year, it has gone up in my estimation.
Not a fan of Royal North Devon, but never played it when it was in good condition. Feel like I want to throw my golf shoes away after coming off the course, and buying a new pair.
Did laugh when some of the members were telling us it was better than Saunton.
Not a fan of Royal North Devon, but never played it when it was in good condition. Feel like I want to throw my golf shoes away after coming off the course, and buying a new pair.
Did laugh when some of the members were telling us it was better than Saunton.I was very underwhelmed when I played Hoylake, maybe it was because I played it the day after Formby. There's no doubting the place is full of history but strip away that history, Tigers 2 iron in the fantastic looking clubhouse and the course wasn't all that compared to so many others along that coastline.
Another I need to play again 😜🏌️
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
Woodhall Spa, Hotchkin.
Nice layout, superb greens.... but what's with all the bloody bunkers??????
You could remove 50% of them and it would be a great course.
But all those bunkers make it a joke.
If I stand on a par 5 and have about 150 yards of heather to clear, that to me is the "hazard".
Why then put a massive great bunker about 50 yards in front of the tee in amongst it, making it even harder to progress up the fairway?
Topping my tee shot into thick heather is penalty enough thank you very much.
Mickey Mouse bunkering in my opinion.
Nice layout, superb greens.... but what's with all the bloody bunkers??????
You could remove 50% of them and it would be a great course.
But all those bunkers make it a joke.
If I stand on a par 5 and have about 150 yards of heather to clear, that to me is the "hazard".
Why then put a massive great bunker about 50 yards in front of the tee in amongst it, making it even harder to progress up the fairway?
Topping my tee shot into thick heather is penalty enough thank you very much.
Mickey Mouse bunkering in my opinion.
3565
Journeyman Pro
Wellllll you better not go back there again then, cos with the renervations and clearing that Tom Doaks has done in phase one, they've found hidden bunkers that have been put back into play.
If You take 50% of the bunkering out of Woodhall Spa then you would turn it into another ordinary and overrated course. It's part of Spa's charm.
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guest100718
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West sussex.
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Have you been and had a look yet? The 7th is so different and good news for Smiffy, Tom Doak has put a few more bunkers in
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Snelly
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That is the biggest surprise on this thread. I think the West Sussex is one of the finest heathland courses that there is. It is sublime. Each to their own though......
Doon frae Troon
Ryder Cup Winner
Burnham and Berrow..... after I was told it was told that it was the best links course in England.
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Snelly
Guest
The course is immaculately presented, the clubhouse lovely and the staff are very good. However, I thought the layout and design were pretty dull and were the course not surrounded by some of the most beautiful scenery in the land, it would not have any sort of wow factor at all. Distinctly average. I can only recall two holes.
Additionally, it feels very new money and the garish atmosphere isn't really my cup of tea.
I would also add one caveat in Loch Lomond's defence - on the day I played, I was a guest of a famous ex-footballer who is a club member. He was one of the most objectionable people you could wish to meet and certainly affected my mood during my visit. I could have cheerfully felled him with a left cross on several occasions - an absolute XXXX.
It may well be that if I played the course again with more charming company then I may change my view. Unlikely I think though - it just wasn't my kind of place; ditto the Grove, Centurion, Oxfordshire, Belfry, Wisley, Buckinghamshire, Remedy Oak and Wentworth West - they all leave me cold and I would not be bothered in the slightest if I never played any of them again.
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CallawayKid
Q-School Graduate
I've played there a few times Snelly and loved every shot, even the 'power fade' into the Loch 
Again, could be the company I was with or the decanter of whisky in the room!
CK
Again, could be the company I was with or the decanter of whisky in the room!CK
You play in some exalted company. Not the footballer but the courses you get to play. Good effort.
Hosel Fade
Tour Rookie
The usual suspects I suppose, Wentworth West, Gleneagles PGA (saw someone on the thread call it the 4th best course in Auchterarder which is quite fitting, if not scathing as I like Auchterarder GC over the fence quite a bit).
To add another I haven't seen mentioned, I don't think Gullane 1 is anywhere near #63 in the country personally.
To add another I haven't seen mentioned, I don't think Gullane 1 is anywhere near #63 in the country personally.
bernix
Challenge Tour Pro
New Course @ St. Andrews
doesnt compare with its neighbours (Old & Jubilee), even Eden Course is better imo
Old Head in Ireland wins the price for overpriceyness
doesnt compare with its neighbours (Old & Jubilee), even Eden Course is better imo
Old Head in Ireland wins the price for overpriceyness
FairwayDodger
Money List Winner
I'd agree with some of snellys comments on Loch Lomond. I do think it has more than two memorable holes but it does have a few forgettable or daft ones. If it's overrated, though, I'd say it's only because it is so highly regarded rather than because it isn't a great experience.
My biggest disappointment, though, was for a place where no expense seems to be spared and almost everything is immaculate, there has been a complete lack of thought or consideration for the female golfers. Some of the tees are a joke, among the worst I've seen anywhere. And that's just their size and condition never mind positioning. I drove the green on one par 4 with a five wood. One of the par 5s you can layup off the tee with about a 5 iron and still find the green in 2 with a 7 iron.
I'm afraid it goes into the western gailles category for me. Top tip for both is don't even think about playing off the "reds".
My biggest disappointment, though, was for a place where no expense seems to be spared and almost everything is immaculate, there has been a complete lack of thought or consideration for the female golfers. Some of the tees are a joke, among the worst I've seen anywhere. And that's just their size and condition never mind positioning. I drove the green on one par 4 with a five wood. One of the par 5s you can layup off the tee with about a 5 iron and still find the green in 2 with a 7 iron.
I'm afraid it goes into the western gailles category for me. Top tip for both is don't even think about playing off the "reds".
stevek1969
Money List Winner
Leven Links played it recently and don't see what all the fuss is about, over the wall at Lundin Links is a much better course,just my thoughts
