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Post by pyates on Apr 4, 2016 20:24:48 GMT -5
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Post by phoenixjay on Apr 4, 2016 20:37:40 GMT -5
Hmmm what about The Valleys GC, The Dales GC (this seems to be how you designed the course, A Dale: A dale is an open valley. The name is used when describing the physical geography of an area. It is used most frequently in the Lowlands of Scotland and in the North of England, where the term "fell" commonly refers to the mountains or hills that flank the dale). It seems to have that lowland look and you have hills flanking it.  |
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Post by pyates on Apr 4, 2016 20:47:58 GMT -5
Hmmm what about The Valleys GC, The Dales GC (this seems to be how you designed the course, A Dale: A dale is an open valley. The name is used when describing the physical geography of an area. It is used most frequently in the Lowlands of Scotland and in the North of England, where the term "fell" commonly refers to the mountains or hills that flank the dale). It seems to have that lowland look and you have hills flanking it. Cheers Phoenix. You are right, it is kinda lowland coastal course framed by some rolling hills. The front nine is mostly Royal St George's/Prince's inspired whereas the back nine I've attempted some Portrush style extremeness. I was actually thinking more along the lines of some fictional town or village name. My working title was 'Sandy Foot Links' which I quite like, but doesn't have the gravitas or Britishness of Royal Balwearie or Royal Ballylough... I want people to make comparisons against those great fictional links as well as the real ones like Portrush, St Georges, Troon etc. Whether it lives up to such names time will tell :-D... But I want to set the bar high, if it doesn't make it that high then at least I gave it a shot |
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Post by theclv24 on Apr 4, 2016 20:51:17 GMT -5
If you're not working with @ddawg on this course name, you're doing it wrong!
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Post by phoenixjay on Apr 4, 2016 20:56:36 GMT -5
Hmmm what about The Valleys GC, The Dales GC (this seems to be how you designed the course, A Dale: A dale is an open valley. The name is used when describing the physical geography of an area. It is used most frequently in the Lowlands of Scotland and in the North of England, where the term "fell" commonly refers to the mountains or hills that flank the dale). It seems to have that lowland look and you have hills flanking it. Cheers Phoenix. You are right, it is kinda lowland coastal course framed by some rolling hills. The front nine is mostly Royal St George's/Prince's inspired whereas the back nine I've attempted some Portrush style extremeness. I was actually thinking more along the lines of some fictional town or village name. My working title was 'Sandy Foot Links' which I quite like, but doesn't have the gravitas or Britishness of Royal Balwearie or Royal Ballylough... I want people to make comparisons against those great fictional links as well as the real ones like Portrush, St Georges, Troon etc. Whether it lives up to such names time will tell :-D... But I want to set the bar high, if it doesn't make it that high then at least I gave it a shot How about, The Royal Dales GC at Sandy Foot, it has your fictional place name but also a title that seems to make you think of royal troon or royal lytham and st annes. |
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Post by phoenixjay on Apr 4, 2016 20:57:33 GMT -5
If you're not working with @ddawg on this course name, you're doing it wrong! lol clv, ddawg has a knack of interesting names lol, think the cc course this week is his lol  |
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Post by pablo on Apr 5, 2016 0:42:51 GMT -5
I read a few years ago a book about vikings and there were quite nice depictions of the coast of Northumberland. They spoke a lot about Lindisfarne, and that area seems to be close to where you're thinking, so I'd suggest something like Norþanhymbra Links, for instance. Norþanhymbra is the old saxon word for Northumberladn
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Post by Hootbleet on Apr 5, 2016 5:23:01 GMT -5
I read a few years ago a book about vikings and there were quite nice depictions of the coast of Northumberland. They spoke a lot about Lindisfarne, and that area seems to be close to where you're thinking, so I'd suggest something like Norþanhymbra Links, for instance. Norþanhymbra is the old saxon word for Northumberladn , you are talking about where I grew up. Northumberland is my place of birth. Lindisfarne is an island just off the Northumberland coast, which is accessed via a causeway at low tide. It is also home to Lindisfarne Priory, where it is widely believed the monks under the guidance of St Cuthbert introduced Christianity to Britain. It is also overlooked by the very beautiful Bamburgh Castle. The area is also home to some quality links courses. But I digress, my suggestion for a British name with a bit of royalness attached to it is.......... Excalibur Links GC BTW, the course looks top notch |
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Post by pablo on Apr 5, 2016 5:30:24 GMT -5
I read a few years ago a book about vikings and there were quite nice depictions of the coast of Northumberland. They spoke a lot about Lindisfarne, and that area seems to be close to where you're thinking, so I'd suggest something like Norþanhymbra Links, for instance. Norþanhymbra is the old saxon word for Northumberladn , you are talking about where I grew up. Northumberland is my place of birth. Lindisfarne is an island just off the Northumberland coast, which is accessed via a causeway at low tide. It is also home to Lindisfarne Priory, where it is widely believed the monks under the guidance of St Cuthbert introduced Christianity to Britain. It is also overlooked by the very beautiful Bamburgh Castle. The area is also home to some quality links courses. But I digress, my suggestion for a British name with a bit of royalness attached to it is.......... Excalibur Links GC BTW, the course looks top notch Yes, i know it. Not that you were from there, but in my university years (I studied archaeology) i read some studies about the area and other regions similar across europe. And I prefer my name  |
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Post by pyates on Apr 5, 2016 6:12:21 GMT -5
Nice one guys . Some great names/ideas. Still no idea what I'll plump with. I guess it will be a surprise for everyone, myself included, when I finally publish it |
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Post by rod81simo on Apr 5, 2016 7:34:38 GMT -5
Hey Pat, aren't course names just the hardest thing?? Haha. A little background on how I got Ballylough, well the Royal wasn't so hard as I wanted that Grandeur but getting settled on the locale was a little painstaking. I was almost going to settle on a street name that was in Portrush but I moved on from that as it wasn't something well known or anything just a street that sounded different and was Irish and from the locale, but yeah moving on, I then thought more about the course characteristics and came up with 'Lough' which is the Irish spelling if Loch, and then I just had to find something to go infront and couldn't go past 'Bally' as the prefix as nothing says Ireland like 'Bally-something so maybe you could come up with something similar, or else I think Royal Inverness could work nicely, or something entirely fictional yet Irish inspired could be Royal Ardknock or Royal Kilardknock, hope this helps! |
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Post by reebdoog on Apr 5, 2016 8:53:21 GMT -5
just do a search for costal towns in England and whales...pick a name or area that you like...make it golfy sounding...done.
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Post by pyates on Apr 5, 2016 9:37:32 GMT -5
Cheers Rod/Reeb, I probably will do something like that tbh . I quite like Royal Sandcombe, but not settled on it yet :-D... enjoying the suggestions as well |
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Post by adamhill413 on Apr 5, 2016 9:55:27 GMT -5
Royal Georgemas
Yarrows Links
Balgarnock International
EDIT Ooh the excitement...
The Lothian Gentlemen's Club
The Whaligoe Old Course/ Old Course at Whaligoe
The Links of Pulteney (If you want it near me).
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Post by reebdoog on Apr 5, 2016 10:17:37 GMT -5
... John Thomas Memorial Golf Links think that would fly? |
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