Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, November 2015

[Deleted member 15344]

Never played Wallasey but RL was fantastic - loved every minute of it. I played Formby about 5 years ago and thought RL was a good way better.

 

[Val]

Never played Wallasey but RL was fantastic - loved every minute of it. I played Formby about 5 years ago and thought RL was a good way better.

I think with many top courses you do need to play them at similar times to get a true comparison. Many who I played RL with played Formby the day before and felt underwhelmed by RL because they played Formby the day before.

If I had a choice of any links in the NW to join then Formby would be second behind Royal Birkdale, I'd never get bored playing either.

 

[Val]

I should add, I played Muirfield the week before RL, possibly why I may have felt underwhelmed by it.

 

[Jacko_G]

Royal Liverpool £175 green fee.

Silloth £49




PMSL. Liverpool is only marginally better at best.

 

[SammmeBee]

Royal Liverpool £175 green fee.

Silloth £49




PMSL. Liverpool is only marginally better at best.

Price doesn't reflect quality. Different clubs, different business models.....

 

[Jacko_G]

Price doesn't reflect quality. Different clubs, different business models.....

Won't argue with that but I know which one I'd go back and play in a heartbeat, I also know which one is the best value and yet see very little or no difference in quality. Talking from my experience.

 

[SammmeBee]

You would go and play both....just find a way of not paying full whack!!!! It's not difficult!!!!

 

[Hosel Fade]

Royal Liverpool £175 green fee.

Silloth £49




PMSL. Liverpool is only marginally better at best.

I'd go so far as to say Silloth is significantly better regardless of price and its something like 400-500 first year for the full ride, bar tab and 6 guest fees. Think the joining fee is back on this year though

 

[Val]

I'd go so far as to say Silloth is significantly better regardless of price

It's not, and it's not for a number of reasons. Im not saying Silloth is bad as it's still one of my favourites but it's not in the RL class.

There is a reason that Royal Liverpool has held many Open Championships. It's maybe the weaker of the Open venues but it's a great golf course and very under rated.

Silloth is a good course, worth the journey and effort but it's weakness is a few holes on the back 9 particularly at the turn and near the caravan site. Royal Liverpools best holes are better than Silloths and it's weak holes are better than Silloths weak holes.

As for value for money, well Silloth is probably the best value in the UK

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

It's not, and it's not for a number of reasons. Im not saying Silloth is bad as it's still one of my favourites but it's not in the RL class.

There is a reason that Royal Liverpool has held many Open Championships. It's maybe the weaker of the Open venues but it's a great golf course and very under rated.

Silloth is a good course, worth the journey and effort but it's weakness is a few holes on the back 9 particularly at the turn and near the caravan site. Royal Liverpools best holes are better than Silloths and it's weak holes are better than Silloths weak holes.

As for value for money, well Silloth is probably the best value in the UK

Spot on Val :thup:

 

[Qwerty]

it's weak holes are better than Silloths weak holes.

I don't know Val... The 90* dog leg 1st at RL is a shocker, I thought we'd got lost and played on the practice area. I was still gobsmacked walking up the 2nd fairway.

 

[Val]

I don't know Val... The 90* dog leg 1st at RL is a shocker, I thought we'd got lost and played on the practice area. I was still gobsmacked walking up the 2nd fairway.

It's odd that it's not marked out better Dave to be fair and I reckon it's a bad opening hole.

Weakest hole on Silloth? The short dog leg think it's the 10th maybe? It's a nothing hole that one.

 

[Deleted member 3432]

It's odd that it's not marked out better Dave to be fair and I reckon it's a bad opening hole.

Weakest hole on Silloth? The short dog leg think it's the 10th maybe? It's a nothing hole that one.

Got to agree with that, although the hole is a little better off the back tee's. Still a case of playing for position where you can see the green without bringing the fairway bunkers into play.

Long term the club is in the early stages of planning to address the issues with the caravan site. A course designer has been to look and I believe the plan would involve converting the 11th to a par 3 and 12th to a par 4. Holes would be around 200 and 400 yards and I suspect the proposed new 12th could be a cracking hole.

Could be a few years away yet but I believe the committee want to see this happen.

 

[Val]

Sounds good, I really enjoy Silloth so the comparison I'm making makes it sound as if I'm slagging it off which is not my intention. Is a good course.

Had it sorted all the water issues it had a few years ago given how wet this winter was?

Silloth still does the best rolls and sausage I've had anywhere

 

[Deleted member 3432]

Sounds good, I really enjoy Silloth so the comparison I'm making makes it sound as if I'm slagging it off which is not my intention. Is a good course.

Had it sorted all the water issues it had a few years ago given how wet this winter was?

Silloth still does the best rolls and sausage I've had anywhere

Still some problems on 11 and 12 funnily enough. Not surprising considering how wet it's been. More work to sort this later in the year planned but the drains put in elsewhere have improved things no end.

Just need some warm dry weather to get things growing now.

Looking forward to playing off the blue tees in a fortnight, hope it not too windy so we can reach the fairways on 5, 7 and 13.