Understand it gets a lot of traffic and apparently it gets a bit boggy in winter. Surely some matting that the grass could grow through and redoing the drainage would have been an option rather than this.
Understand it gets a lot of traffic and apparently it gets a bit boggy in winter. Surely some matting that the grass could grow through and redoing the drainage would have been an option rather than this.
They’ve been using the buried matting for a very long time.
It’s very flat there, not a heap of options given the amount of foot traffic there. Not just the golfers and caddies but the sight seeing people who interject themselves in between each group.
In a few months it will hopefully grow in and look a bit nicer.
Horrible! They have a international treasure and heritage site!
Those responsible should fall on their niblicks.
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I know I am a foreigner but read through this thread. Some great debate and funny azz discussions..!
On strategic golf design, I find the comments on TPC Sawgrass interesting. I am 50/50 if the last 3 holes are a good design.
The 16th when coming down to the wire the risk / reward is great. If down one you have a chance to push the edge for birdie, potential eagle without potentially loosing the match on one shot.
The 17th is a cool a hole but it is just a one shot hole that you risk the round/match on. Granted we played it in a crazy wind and the marshal said maybe and was a hard maybe that 10-15% of golfers hit the green that day. I for one did not. Only one in our group hit the green but he rolled to the plank/collar area. The wind was 20+ and gusting. On some greens it was blowing the balls around. It is a great for TV hole for sure, either you hit the green or dont. Putting on the green was not as hard as precieved. Though it is also not setup on a daily basis like it is for the tourney. Just semed to us you can loose to much on one shot over 4 days of play.
The 18th though is a fantastic hole. Risk the left side, shorter approach and better chance but the water is the risk. Stay right, safer, longer approach, maybe caught up in the trees needing to punch out but still in it. I thought the 18th was what makes a great match play hole after playing it.
Many of you get to play some the of best course designs and designed by one of, if not the best, the Good Doctor..! I play at out of a club https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jnr4Ci5EJA which was designed by Perry Maxwell, who many may or may not know worked a lot with MacKenzie. August being the main one. The strategic designs they both used designing courses 75 to 100 years ago is amazing and that still holds true today. Amazing how a great design can stand the test of time.
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That’s quite the home club you have there mate. Playing on Maxwell greens every weekend would be incredible.
Cinderella story, out of nowhere, former greenskeeper, now about to become a Masters champion..... It looks like a mirac.. It's in the hole! It's in the hole!
Thank you. It is a complete workout some days for sure. The contouring is amazing but what really makes it hard is the largest green is just over 5000sf and there are a lot of false edges so they play smaller. The one thing for sure it will test every club in your bag...!
I can fully admit I have putted right off a number of greens
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