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    Quote Originally Posted by marcel View Post
    Playing Millicent and Robe consecutive days next month, shall report back
    Champions of Champions Tour?
    Enjoy
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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftyHoges View Post
    Millicent

    Heaps of Daylight

    Mt Gambier
    Naracoorte

    More daylight


    Kingston SE
    Robe
    Lucindale
    Lefty: have you played the new holes @ Robe?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hatchman View Post
    Champions of Champions Tour?
    Enjoy
    Shit, better pack the red jacket, you never know who I'll get the chance to impress
    "Golf makes different creatures of us all, some worse, some better, but all enthusiastic" Evening Journal, 1897.

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    Quote Originally Posted by marcel View Post
    Shit, better pack the red jacket, you never know who I'll get the chance to impress
    It's not a real golf trip in the area if you don't take a leak on the big lobster. Or so I am lead to believe.

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    No lobster available at that Kingston SE seafood joint.

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    Quote Originally Posted by benno_r View Post
    It's not a real golf trip in the area if you don't take a leak on the big lobster. Or so I am lead to believe.
    Well why not.

    That and some BS I0Y note is all you left at the honesty box at Millicent GC😉

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrins View Post
    No lobster available at that Kingston SE seafood joint.
    Sadly, seems to be the case. Used to be a motel. I've stayed there and had lobster. Straight off the boat, out of the pot and into my belly. Huge half lobster with the head on, served on a platter on a bed of lettuce. Some dipping sauce and a finger bowl, that's all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by marcel View Post
    Playing Millicent and Robe consecutive days next month, shall report back
    Report?

    please

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    Quote Originally Posted by marcel View Post
    Playing Millicent and Robe consecutive days next month, shall report back
    tomorrow (or Tuesday)
    "Golf makes different creatures of us all, some worse, some better, but all enthusiastic" Evening Journal, 1897.

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    Robe - as tc and Maza have noted you may consider to skip the final 6 holes here or do a repeat of 6 of the first 12 if you want to play 18. Happily the club has a 6, 12 and 18 hole rate, a very good innovation.
    The new holes 7 to 12 are certainly the pick of the property. A decent effort appears to have been made on the green complexes and surrounds but the playing corridors are perfunctory and don’t contain many great moments that I was hoping for, though the site of the 8th, a par 3, is very good.
    The 7th (327m) is on land with the least movement of the 6 new holes, drive bunkers shorter left, longer right, a hole that sends you into the more dramatic ground. Of the new holes it feels most connected to the preceding hole, running parallel in the opposite direction to No.6. The green is situated at the base of a large dune that the 8th tee sits atop.
    The steep walk up to the 8th tee is the first of 4 consecutive long treks that interrupt the flow of the course and was a big negative for me.
    The 8th (129m) plays along the spine of a wide dune, slightly downhill.
    Arriving at the 9th tee (418m) and terrific vista and an inviting downhill fairway corridor await. The tee shot is where any interest in this hole ends. The fairway turns left at the bottom of the hill and the remaining passage to the green is pedestrian. This green is also the least interesting (though not a bad green as they are generally very good) of the 6. After the thrill of the first 220m of the hole the rest of the hole just didn't remotely measure up.
    10th (239m). This was my favourite hole of the 6, a short 4 that would present various challenges and solutions depending on the prevailing breeze, a drive bunker divides the fairway. The green is on a plateau that rises steeply just before the green starts and asks for a deft approach over 2 green front bunkers to get it near the pin.
    For those that know the walk up to the 4th tee at National Old, multiply by 4 and you get an idea of what you encounter getting to the 11th tee. I'm guessing about a walk of 120m, with the last 70m being steeply uphill. And of course after your tee shot you walk straight back down the way you came up.
    11 (450m) is a good par 5. There is a pinch point for the drive and the hole then bends slightly to the right. The further right your drive goes the more obscured your 2nd shot becomes.
    Hole 12 (132m) points you almost towards the clubhouse and holes 13 to 18. It runs parallel to hole 7 and it would appear that the land between them is earmarked for future residential. It's an interesting 3 with large run off areas to test you should you not hold the green. Because the land between it and 7 has been set aside the walk from 12 green to the clubhouse is about 100m or so.
    Course conditions were very good, the landscaping and plantings of new vegetation enhance the playing corridors.
    As you may have gathered I'm not enamoured with how the holes are connected. Probably unavoidable as the dunes are high and wide, and undoubtedly budget constraints had a considerable influence, but for me it detracts from the overall experience.
    Should more holes get built in the dunes hopefully the opportunity is there to utilise the ‘gaps’ between holes (especially between 10 and 11) thereby improving the flow.
    It’s great that a regional SA course has gone ahead with such a large development, there has been plenty of talk but not much has materialised elsewhere

    Thoughts on Millicent tomorrow
    Last edited by marcel; 18th May 2021 at 10:44 PM.
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    Millicent - Nicely situated on rolling ground, mainly sandy soil.
    Tree lined but not tight, the only tree that must go is about 100m out LHS of 1. From the right edge of the fairway about 150m out the left half of the putting surface is obscured.
    Bunkers seem ok placed but many are of a fairly ordinary condition, no big surprise on a small town country course.
    Of the par 4's and 5's on only 3 of them, 9,11 and 18 can you see the entire hole from the tee, lots of turning holes rather than sharp doglegs. 2 of the par 5's were 'S' shaped which is a design feature I enjoy.

    I'd put it comfortably above Robe. If Robe ever replace their final 6 they may contend
    "Golf makes different creatures of us all, some worse, some better, but all enthusiastic" Evening Journal, 1897.

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    Quote Originally Posted by marcel View Post
    Millicent - Nicely situated on rolling ground, mainly sandy soil.
    Tree lined but not tight, the only tree that must go is about 100m out LHS of 1. From the right edge of the fairway about 150m out the left half of the putting surface is obscured.
    Bunkers seem ok placed but many are of a fairly ordinary condition, no big surprise on a small town country course.
    Of the par 4's and 5's on only 3 of them, 9,11 and 18 can you see the entire hole from the tee, lots of turning holes rather than sharp doglegs. 2 of the par 5's were 'S' shaped which is a design feature I enjoy.

    I'd put it comfortably above Robe. If Robe ever replace their final 6 they may contend
    It’s an interesting debate when you compare Millicent with the likes of Mount Gambier (Attamurra) and Naracoorte, most have mixed opinions. I rate Attamurra the highest but have not seen it for many years.

    Planning to head down there early Dec depending on a number of factors


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    Has anyone played the Pat lately? I'm keen to head down for a hit but I recall someone mentioning course works a few months ago..
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    I played a few months ago, one of the back 9 par 4s (15?) was being renovated, and the first par 5 (4?) Was playing as a par 4. There was a temporary ~110m par 3 added, but it was a proper hole with a decent bent grass green.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobsYourUncle View Post
    I played a few months ago, one of the back 9 par 4s (15?) was being renovated, and the first par 5 (4?) Was playing as a par 4. There was a temporary ~110m par 3 added, but it was a proper hole with a decent bent grass green.
    Thanks BYU. I have fond memories of playing there from my days as a member so I do enjoy heading back once a year for a stroll down memory lane. I might have to go for a look soon. What changes are they making on 4?
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    Don't remember exactly, but I think they were just relaying the tee box.

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    Waikerie looking in fantastic condition atm. Can’t wait to get out there and hopefully take some divots out of the fairways.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hatchman View Post
    Waikerie looking in fantastic condition atm. Can’t wait to get out there and hopefully take some divots out of the fairways.

    Probably best to do it in the coming months before winter hits, those fairways won’t look like that then


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    Is September a good time to play SA courses?

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    yes. The weather will be variable, and likely to be windy (spring weather).
    Depending on where you play, the couch should just be coming out of hibernation.
    Rough could be up.
    Some courses may be undertaking some renovation work id mid to late September.

    It depends on where you are going to play.

    Overall, yes September is fine.

    Benje

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benje View Post
    Ferrins

    yes. The weather will be variable, and likely to be windy (spring weather).
    Depending on where you play, the couch should just be coming out of hibernation.
    Rough could be up.
    Some courses may be undertaking some renovation work id mid to late September.

    It depends on where you are going to play.

    Overall, yes September is fine.

    Benje
    Adelaide courses first week in September then heading to Millicent and Port Fairy.
    RA,Kooyonga,The Grange and Tea Tree Gully.

    Millicent, Naracoote, Robe, Mount Gambier,

    Port Fairy,

    Courses ear marked atm

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    and Links Lady Bay.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrins View Post
    and Links Lady Bay.
    Lady Boy Bay!!! Sounds like a good trip mate. Are you down there already or still living up here?

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    Up here.

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    I'd probably play Blackwood instead of TTG, and Mount Compass instead of LLB, but they're all good courses.


 

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