mweston1016
GM Staff Writer
Check out some of the changes...looks easy!
http://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/galleries/...-turnberry.html
http://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/galleries/...-turnberry.html
Open countdown: Turnberry course changes
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KeefG
Journeyman Pro
It certainly looks in fine fettle, I reckon I could go round in about 67 or 68......for the front 9 
viscount17
Money List Winner
Looks better than Augusta.
The new bunkers are safe from me - the greenkeeper will be pleased.
The new bunkers are safe from me - the greenkeeper will be pleased.
KeefG
Journeyman Pro
Give over man!!! You cant compare the 2, Augusta is an absolutely stunning parkland course that is very very very aesthetically pleasing.
Turnberry is a links course that is very, well, bland for want of a better word, but in its own right as a links course is truly stunning also.
Unfair comparison if you ask me.
freddielong
Tour Winner
How can you compare Turnberry with Augusta, Turnberry is one of the best most beautiful examples of a proper links golf course that is oozeing with history and class think Duel in the sun think Gregs 63 (the best round in a major ever), Augusta is some fake overly American overly manicured overly green overly flowerd overly spoilt overly expensive hell on earth.
KeefG
Journeyman Pro
ROFLMFAO
Priceless!
freddielong
Tour Winner
Just my opinion I have been there (Augusta) a couple of times (obviously not played) the only thing I really liked about the place were the members very helpful and friendly as a course it does nothing for me although I do like the 13th.
Turnberry I have been lucky enough to play three times each time it was a sunny day and I would say it is an amazing place and my favorite course.
Turnberry I have been lucky enough to play three times each time it was a sunny day and I would say it is an amazing place and my favorite course.
viscount17
Money List Winner
Beauty, is as they say, in the eye of the beholder.
Each to his own, but if you fancy some old tart with too much slap . . .
Each to his own, but if you fancy some old tart with too much slap . . .
Troy
Hacker
Augusta is a nice, pretty golf course. But the aesthetic beauty of a golf course is more about the surroundings than the actual course itself, taking examples nearer to home, Gleneagles Queens and Boat of Garten are lovely courses but it's the views all around that make them such great places to be even if you're not a golfer. From what I've seen of it (on tv admittedly, although I have been in the area) Augusta National doesn't quite have that.
It simply cannot compare to somewhere like Turnberry, which is an absolutely beautiful course with great coastal views.
Nothing nicer than being on a links course on a warm summer day.
It simply cannot compare to somewhere like Turnberry, which is an absolutely beautiful course with great coastal views.
Nothing nicer than being on a links course on a warm summer day.
Mike_j_golf
Q-School Graduate
See paddy is going well in the Irish PGA which he has won the previous week before winning the open the last 2 years he won in a playoff then beat sergio in a playoff and last year he won by 4 shots then won the open by 4 so if he wins on saturday who knows.
Mike
Mike
SammmeBee
Journeyman Pro
I think the trees get in the way chap....
mono217
Journeyman Pro
That look great.
CliveW
Tour Winner
That's the problem. It looks easy.... but it ain't! Especially if the wind blows.
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birdieman
Guest
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Turnberry is a links course that is very, well, bland for want of a better word,
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Bland??
Not an adjective I'd use, see pic link below. Looks fabulous.
Without the crowds and seasonal azalea/dogwood blossom Augusta looks fairly bland and is located in the middle of a smoggy city.
http://www.perrygolf.com/golfcruising/bobs-gallery/TurnberryAilsaAerial.jpg
Turnberry is a links course that is very, well, bland for want of a better word,
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Bland??
Not an adjective I'd use, see pic link below. Looks fabulous.
Without the crowds and seasonal azalea/dogwood blossom Augusta looks fairly bland and is located in the middle of a smoggy city.
http://www.perrygolf.com/golfcruising/bobs-gallery/TurnberryAilsaAerial.jpg
Keefg gets most ridiculous quote of the century!
KeefG
Journeyman Pro
I love the way you've taken my sentence and chopped the last bit off to make it sound worse than it is birdieman....very well done
Not really Keef,the fact you have the words bland and Turnberry in the same paragraph is in it's own bizarre......what part of it is bland?
KeefG
Journeyman Pro
I'd say it was very bland when you put it next to Augusta, that may or may not, depending on your stance, be overly flowery & pretty.
I did say, to complete my sentence, that as a links course it is stunning.
I did say, to complete my sentence, that as a links course it is stunning.
Not the way it reads but cheers for the explanation.I have walked it and trust me although I aint been to Augusta I couldnt imagine it could in any way be seen as bland up against Augusta.
