What would you improve about your course?

[Leereed]

Here goes.bunkers loads of sand or nothing,1st cut is about a yard wide then it's lost ball time.tree branches are left to grow down to the floor,these trees are at most 10 yards off the fairway.one par 3 is 190 yards and one is 230 yards, stupid as they never play them shorter no matter what the weather is like.both have cross winds.Told non of the green keepers play golf.sometimes the white pegs are so far back one of your feet will be stood in the first cut.Apart from that it's great.

 

[mcbroon]

I'd get rid of our 18th. Will never happen, as it's the signature hole, so I'd settle for a green that at least gives you a half chance of a 2 if you do manage to hit it from 230yards, uphill, with OOB all up the right hand side.

Ridiculous hole, IMO, and lets the course down as a finishing hole.

 

[USER1999]

Bin off the general manager, the previous gm too, who still seems to be there, the house manager, the bar manager, the catering manager, the other 3 managers who dont seem to have a role at all. Then i would bin off the greens committee, and most of the greens staff. Given the budget this would release i would have plans.

If there is a board comp on a bank holiday, i would get the pins moved from fridays placement, get the greens cut, and the bunkers raked. I might even have a 2nd cut, so that with an 11 yard wide fairway there isnt a 4 inch deep difference between good and bad.

I might even get the stones removed from the bunkers.

Ok, that last point i am just rambling, in some fantasy land. A bunker with no egg sized rocks in it, is that even possible?

 

[macca64]

Bunkers, most of them are crap !

 

[the smiling assassin]

If I had money to burn- redo every green with the sub air system ensuring all greens run the same. Short of that I'm happy. There's no hole on the course I'd change, other than removing a problematic pond. But that's my issue, not the course's fault.

Heard the greens are magnificent this week-not played for a wee while...

The first thing I'd do at Duddy would be to hire someone who knows a thing about bunker design and construction, and get them to overhaul the lot of them: starting with the piddly new ones they've put in over the past two or three winters-they are pathetic and would be an embarrassment at the surrounding cooncil courses!

 

[Tashyboy]

When ever I play on another course I look at what could be incorporated at our course with at no great cost.
Tees need levelling off.
grass around the bunkers. Ours is cut to a grade one so a ball always runs into said bunkers. Some courses have 2" grass around them and it looks better and is a royal pita to play out of.
Bunkers, need to be more consistent re sand.
Fairways, a couple are 150 yd from the tees and playing into the wind on some of the holes is impossible for some players to reach. How can it be that you nail one to the best of your ability into the wind yet you are not on the fairway.
It is nit picking on an excellent course, but most of the above could be incorporated at no massive cost.

 

[Piece]

Decent sand in bunkers and decent level too. Chipping out of the sand isn't my thing.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Level off some tees, cover the ditch on the 7th and sort the stones in the bunkers. That said, overall I am very happy with the state of the course, especially the greens.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Nothing

 

[Dogma]

Bunkers.

And finally build a clubhouse instead of a Portacabin that smells of damp.

 

[Junior]

Course and greens are great and I thnk we do the best with the resources we have. The only change I'd make is that I'd have a gents competition every weekend.

 

[Marshy77]

Not much on the course as it's looking really good at the moment - maybe just some markers to get a line on your ball if it runs off the fairway to be able to spot your ball easier. Off the course - online booking on system.

 

[Dasit]

Bunkers are a total joke

If they can't afford to put sand in them they should stop building new ones


Leather jackets and birds have damaged the greens but from what I understand this is due to not being able to treat them with chemicals anymore.

A few holes like the long par 3s and drivable par 4 are supposed to be call up, no one does. This leads to 2 groups waiting on the tees from the bottleneck

 

[williamalex1]

I would like to see an area to aim for that would almost guarantee us a flat / level lie for our next shot.
Sadly we have ancient furrows that run across some fairways, even a perfectly placed shot/drive anywhere on the fairway can leave us with a unlucky downhill lie.
Oh , and fill in the dip at our 16th [ heart attack hill ] I swear it gets steeper every year

 

[Frenchy82]

My home club is St Pierre, stunning course but the greens could be a lot better. Not what you'd expect when paying over £1300 a year membership

 

[Rlburnside]

I would change our 450 yard par 4 9th ours is a links course and it's a brute of a hole if it's windy, also would like to see a short par 3 around 130 yards

 

[Slab]

Nothing

I was thinking this too but didn't want it to come over in any way boastful (because I can't take any credit for the condition or layout of the course) but I don't recall walking round thinking 'they should do xyz' and just feel fortunate that I can play on courses in top nick

When the course does make changes like taking a tree out or moving a bunker I generally think its a good move but I guess I just don't have the vision to see those changes beforehand that others obviously do

Re condition, I cant really fault them, after heavy rain the bunkers may need more than a raking to break up the compacting and the rough may need cut if the ground has been too soft for mowers but that's just maintenance tasks and they are done as soon as possible

Generally the guys really seem to know their stuff and whats best for the course but I guess given the standard of tournaments held they kinda have to so they get a :thup: from me

 

[jamielaing]

Heard the greens are magnificent this week-not played for a wee while...

The first thing I'd do at Duddy would be to hire someone who knows a thing about bunker design and construction, and get them to overhaul the lot of them: starting with the piddly new ones they've put in over the past two or three winters-they are pathetic and would be an embarrassment at the surrounding cooncil courses!

The greens have really come on and running well. Would be happy with the guarantee though. Nothing worse than coming up 6 foot short because one green is slower than the rest.

Would be interesting moving the tee 30 yards forward on the 8th. Real risk reward....

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Probably like to see the greens in better condition, not that it normal effects the roll.

But love the course layout, a good mix of holes, also like the friendly nature of it and that is normally quiet when we are interested in playing.

 

[FairwayDodger]

The greens have really come on and running well. Would be happy with the guarantee though. Nothing worse than coming up 6 foot short because one green is slower than the rest.

Would be interesting moving the tee 30 yards forward on the 8th. Real risk reward....

We get the risk/reward element from the red tee and it really adds something to the hole. I love it!