Nairn course upgrades

[patricks148]

Lots of work going on today , 2nd surround, 7th new tees,we spoke to the guys doing them extra black tee going in hole will be 612 yards...into the prevailing wind😬 580 from the white..16th burn filled and bunkers added and more run off. 18th has gone from the biggest green on the course to the smallest and moved further right.
course definitely going to play way harder

 

[Crow]

It's just to counteract the longer hitting equipment of today so should play similar.

 

[patricks148]

It's just to counteract the longer hitting equipment of today so should play similar.[/QUOT

It was a old fashioned type course where you could run the ball on, now it's more to do with carry

 

[Crow]

It was a old fashioned type course where you could run the ball on, now it's more to do with carry

That's a pity, there are fewer and fewer courses that lend themselves to the old running game.

Being a links course I'd have thought that they'd have looked to honour that tradition rather than move towards target golf, I guess that they're looking towards the American visitors.

 

[Jacko_G]

That's a pity, there are fewer and fewer courses that lend themselves to the old running game.

Being a links course I'd have thought that they'd have looked to honour that tradition rather than move towards target golf, I guess that they're looking towards the American visitors.

Wat has happened with Nairn and a few other courses is that the "original" layout has become less of a challenge for the "better" golfer. Bunkers are obsolete for them as they're carrying them whereas the "lesser" or potentially the senior golfer are now being overly punished by the same hazards. Not what the course was originally designed to do.

Personally I wasn't blown away by Nairn when I first played it (however I am the first one to admit I prefer more of a "duneland" links) but I do think Nairn deserve huge credit for "admitting" or "seeing" that the course needed these changes/upgrades. Not only that they have hired a company who are widely known as the best in the business to undertake and oversee these changes.

Exciting times ahead for Nairn and I look forward to having another pop round their links.

 

[Crow]

Wat has happened with Nairn and a few other courses is that the "original" layout has become less of a challenge for the "better" golfer. Bunkers are obsolete for them as they're carrying them whereas the "lesser" or potentially the senior golfer are now being overly punished by the same hazards. Not what the course was originally designed to do.

Personally I wasn't blown away by Nairn when I first played it (however I am the first one to admit I prefer more of a "duneland" links) but I do think Nairn deserve huge credit for "admitting" or "seeing" that the course needed these changes/upgrades. Not only that they have hired a company who are widely known as the best in the business to undertake and oversee these changes.

Exciting times ahead for Nairn and I look forward to having another pop round their links.

Agreed with most of that only not so much that courses are less of a challenge for the "better" golfer, but less of a challenge for the modern equipment.

My views on this are well known and that's why I said that it was a pity, but I accept that that's how the game has gone and there's nothing that can be done about it as the manufacturers hold the sway.

 

[patricks148]

Skycaddy guy was updating the course today an took some interesting pics

https://twitter.com/nairngolfclub

 

[Jacko_G]

Skycaddy guy was updating the course today an took some interesting pics

https://twitter.com/nairngolfclub

Steve was up on Monday and said the changes were good.