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Post by shotstone on May 7, 2021 14:23:03 GMT -5
Love the suggestion of nine as a three shotter I had not caught that... I suppose they don't want you ripping driver over the club house 🤣
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Post by blindwolfgolf on Jun 17, 2021 16:39:57 GMT -5
Watching the US Open today and saw the 9th at Torrey Pines for the first time. Probably not the absolute worst, but by god is this hole boring. 623 yard Par 5 dead @!$#ing straight, I think a 25 yard fairway all the way down with no run up and bunkers surrounding the green. Looks like a damn bowling lane.
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Post by blueblood1995 on Jun 17, 2021 17:54:11 GMT -5
Torrey Pines as a whole is rather bland is it not, excl. a couple of holes close to the cliffs which provide a moderate level of interest?
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Post by shotstone on Jun 17, 2021 18:10:07 GMT -5
Watching the US Open today and saw the 9th at Torrey Pines for the first time. Probably not the absolute worst, but by god is this hole boring. 623 yard Par 5 dead @!$#ing straight, I think a 25 yard fairway all the way down with no run up and bunkers surrounding the green. Looks like a damn bowling lane. Cannot stand this course... For what it could be, so underwhelming.
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Post by blueblood1995 on Jun 18, 2021 18:40:17 GMT -5
Torrey Pines as a whole is rather bland is it not, excl. a couple of holes close to the cliffs which provide a moderate level of interest? What I meant to say was Torrey Pines as a whole is rather (Richard) bland! Go Blandy!
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Post by hallzballz6908 on Jun 26, 2021 21:20:13 GMT -5
I don't mind a course with 1 or 2 penal or heroic holes or even 1 quirky hole but Bay Hill has 2 quirky heroic holes 3 & 6 that are the same kind of prize dogleg template with a differing par. Then I think holes 8 and 11 also has the golfer wind a draw around water on the approach. It's like 4 times doing the same kind of approach which weakens the design over 18 holes. Bryson and the whole power game all just reminds me of baseball in the 1990s and Mark McGwire. Casual fans embrace the sensational so they ignore TV closeups where his neck looks like a big veiny alien and Barry Bonds head looks like a balloon and just watch the ball fly out of the park. Baseball themselves also juiced the ball which doesn't get discussed - they give players more homers at will thru history - 1930s, 1990s. Now baseball is all about homers and strikeouts - forget any kind of bunting, hit n' run, stealing bases, crafty singles hitters, strategy, and defense since fielders aren't needed for homers and strikeouts LOL. Managers now think by changing the pitcher 5 times a game. But at least baseball stuck to wooden bats because if they changed to aluminum, it would be like this technology controversy. There have been shorter golf course victims already so maybe Bay Hill has some failed experiments but the bodies of economic power are the ones that are scared to take away their star golfers/moneymakers' tech toys away.
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Post by hallzballz6908 on Jun 26, 2021 21:24:36 GMT -5
Watching the US Open today and saw the 9th at Torrey Pines for the first time. Probably not the absolute worst, but by god is this hole boring. 623 yard Par 5 dead @!$#ing straight, I think a 25 yard fairway all the way down with no run up and bunkers surrounding the green. Looks like a damn bowling lane. Cannot stand this course... For what it could be, so underwhelming. It’s a muni. Most Muni’s I’ve played always seem to have at least a few “ if only” holes lol. Tourney was a fun watch though.
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Post by theclv24 on Sept 8, 2021 21:03:19 GMT -5
Found a strong, strong entry for worst 3-hole stretch in golf:
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Post by jivesinator on Sept 9, 2021 11:27:35 GMT -5
Found a strong, strong entry for worst 3-hole stretch in golf:
The aw man corner
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Post by Q on Sept 9, 2021 22:58:04 GMT -5
Found a strong, strong entry for worst 3-hole stretch in golf:
I think it bothers me even more that it would be so tremendously easy to fix this problem, I can think of at least 5 different ways you could route this land to make it actually good
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Post by adamhill413 on Sept 13, 2021 7:19:50 GMT -5
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Post by zacheroni on Sept 21, 2021 16:16:56 GMT -5
Has to be hole 9 at Pittsboro Golf Course in Pittsboro Indiana. No fairway, right next to a road, 270 par 4 from the tips, no planting, on an old cornfield.
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Post by paddyjk19 on Sept 22, 2021 9:13:28 GMT -5
Could easily be fixed though with a chainsaw, the rest of the hole is perfect, green complex is excellent and the ditch is well placed to force a lay up once out of position
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Post by wildy33 on Sept 22, 2021 17:00:37 GMT -5
Could easily be fixed though with a chainsaw, the rest of the hole is perfect, green complex is excellent and the ditch is well placed to force a lay up once out of position Those trees have really filled out over the years but I think they're awesome. It would be a distinctly average tee shot without them but you instantly know it's Wentworth because they are there. It's not the longest carry to clear but if you're having trouble getting over them, those trees are the least of your worries around the West 😂
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Post by paddyjk19 on Sept 22, 2021 17:51:38 GMT -5
Could easily be fixed though with a chainsaw, the rest of the hole is perfect, green complex is excellent and the ditch is well placed to force a lay up once out of position Those trees have really filled out over the years but I think they're awesome. It would be a distinctly average tee shot without them but you instantly know it's Wentworth because they are there. It's not the longest carry to clear but if you're having trouble getting over them, those trees are the least of your worries around the West 😂 They’ve definitely become a signature look but if I was designing from scratch they’d be a big design no no, granted it’s too late to change it now!
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