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Hardballs Great Member

Hardballs

I'm playing a championship course in Spain over the new year that has 6 x par 3's, 6 x par 4's & 6 x par 5's! I've known a course layout like this before! Has anyone else? Also playing one with floodlights and is open till 10pm, again this is new to me! Anyone else seen anything unusual?

Gaz Lee


0ldblu3 Well Established Member

0ldblu3

Here is my selection, nothing like a guy worth $100M getting pissed at some perceived slight at a country club and deciding to make his own golf course (which is the story he told in his book). Open since 1993, it was just announced that it is going on the market:

http://www.worldgolf.com/course-reviews/meadow-farms-golf-course-locust-grove-virginia-10149.htm

Bill Meadows is actually a classic great American success story and from all accounts a stand up guy. And the course has been going for 20 years, so it's not a flash in the pan, but I still think the baseball hole is really weird.

Why do they call golf "golf"?  Because all the other four letter words were taken.

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Ernest Jones Incredible Member

Ernest Jones

I'm playing a championship course in Spain over the new year that has 6 x par 3's, 6 x par 4's & 6 x par 5's! I've known a course layout like this before! Has anyone else? Also playing one with floodlights and is open till 10pm, again this is new to me! Anyone else seen anything unusual?

I play night golf fairly often, probably around 20% of my rounds. It's a great option if you have kids because you can go play golf after they go to bed instead of sitting in front of the boob tube all night. Word of advice: bring a small flash light because there will be areas that the flood lights don't cover so well, especially off the beaten path ;-) which brings me to my second piece of advice for night golf, short is better than long. If you need a few extra strokes over the round to make up for playing conservative it will be much less punishing than taking penalties for balls you can't find in the dark. This is especially true on approach shots because over the green is death as there's generally no light at all back there!

Yours in earnest, Jason.
Call me Ernest, or EJ or Ernie.

PSA - "If you find yourself in a hole, STOP DIGGING!"

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bkuehn1952 Super Member

bkuehn1952

Some architects have fun with bunkers.  Desmond Muirhead had some pretty fanciful layouts with bunkers shaped like fish, etc...  A course in northern Michigan built by the founders of Honey Baked Ham have a bunker shaped like a pig.  A local course has a green complex shaped like our mitten of a state complete with a foot bridge modeled on the Mackinac Bridge.

Brian Kuehn

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jsgolfer Super Member

jsgolfer

Brudenell River Golf Course - Prince Edward Island, Canada also has 6 par 3's, 6 par 4's ad 6 par 5's.  Played there about 10-12 years ago.  Very nice course at the time, and it looks like it still is.

brudenell

-Jerry

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Ernest Jones Incredible Member

Ernest Jones

Brudenell River Golf Course - Prince Edward Island, Canada also has 6 par 3's, 6 par 4's ad 6 par 5's.  Played there about 10-12 years ago.  Very nice course at the time, and it looks like it still is.

I'm from PEI and, at the risk of sounding like a homer, PEI has some beautiful world class courses.

Yours in earnest, Jason.
Call me Ernest, or EJ or Ernie.

PSA - "If you find yourself in a hole, STOP DIGGING!"

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Ernest Jones Incredible Member

Ernest Jones

Oysters in the bar and grill? That would be rockin'.

Plus blue mussels and lobster.

Yours in earnest, Jason.
Call me Ernest, or EJ or Ernie.

PSA - "If you find yourself in a hole, STOP DIGGING!"

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Dave2512 Super Member

Dave2512

Plus blue mussels and lobster.

Considering hot dogs are the norm I'd say that's unusual. Though my course is pretty fancy with their cheese filled pigs in a blanket, the little ramekin of Dijon mustard is a nice touch.

Anyway the most unusual course here is all about what else they offer. The have live entertainment, dining events, wedding golf packages, just about anything you can think of. Just got the email for breakfast with Santa. There's a few around here that are competing for every entertainment dollar you have.

Dave :-)

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Brudenell River Golf Course - Prince Edward Island, Canada also has 6 par 3's, 6 par 4's ad 6 par 5's.  Played there about 10-12 years ago.  Very nice course at the time, and it looks like it still is.

I'm from PEI and, at the risk of sounding like a homer, PEI has some beautiful world class courses.

Brudenell is one of my favorite courses on the island. Nice to have Dundarave next door as well.

Will W


jsgolfer Super Member

jsgolfer

I was with the family at the time, so Brudenell was the only course I got to play. But definitely will be going back.

-Jerry

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Ernest Jones Incredible Member

Ernest Jones

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsgolfer

Brudenell River Golf Course - Prince Edward Island, Canada also has 6 par 3's, 6 par 4's ad 6 par 5's.  Played there about 10-12 years ago.  Very nice course at the time, and it looks like it still is.

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Originally Posted by Ernest Jones

I'm from PEI and, at the risk of sounding like a homer, PEI has some beautiful world class courses.

Brudenell is one of my favorite courses on the island. Nice to have Dundarave next door as well.

Yeah that family owns 4 courses I believe. In addition to the above there's also Mill River and another one I can recall the name of.

Yours in earnest, Jason.
Call me Ernest, or EJ or Ernie.

PSA - "If you find yourself in a hole, STOP DIGGING!"

My Whackin' Sticks: :cleveland: 330cc 2003 Launcher 10.5*  :tmade: RBZ HL 3w  :nickent: 3DX DC 3H, 3DX RC 4H  :callaway: X-22 5-AW  :nike:SV tour 56* SW :mizuno: MP-T11 60* LW :bridgestone: customized TD-03 putter :tmade:Penta TP3   :aimpoint:

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sabram Well Established Member

sabram

I'm playing a championship course in Spain over the new year that has 6 x par 3's, 6 x par 4's & 6 x par 5's! I've known a course layout like this before! Has anyone else?

I'd say that the Berkshire Red Course in England is the best and most famous course that has 6-6-6 layout http://www.theberkshire.co.uk/courses/red_course/

Score Card

HOLE YARDS PAR S.I.
1 517 5 5
2 147 3 18
3 480 / 503 5 13
4 395 / 415 4 1
5 178 3 9
6 360 4 14
7 195 3 7
8 428 4 3
9 488 5 11
OUT 3188 / 3231 36 OUT
10 188 3 12
11 350 4 4
12 328 4 15
13 486 5 10
14 434 4 2
15 477 5 16
16 221 3 6
17 532 / 562 5 8
18 175 3 17
IN 3191 / 3221 36 IN
TOTAL 6379 / 6452 72 TOTAL

Foursum Golf Dedicated Member

Foursum Golf

Yeah that family owns 4 courses I believe. In addition to the above there's also Mill River and another one I can recall the name of.

It is likely Crowbush. The four (Mill River, Brudenell, Dundarave, and Crowbush) are run by the same company.

http://peisfinestgolf.com/courses/

Will W


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Roblar Dedicated Member

Roblar

Lake Chabot GC in Oakland CA  (http://www.lakechabotgolf.com/)

Has a Par 6 18th.

Has a blind Par 3 9th hole that must be over 100yds straight down - you can't see the green from the blue tees (but you can see across the Bay).

(Used to have a periscope on the 14th to check if the fairway was clear - sadly, that's gone now.)

...I LOVE that course....  Play it about five times a year.

(Plus, it's super hilly, which I don't get at all in Oklahoma.)


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