SA 'heaps good' Course thread

[benno_r]

Go the best 3 in town. RA, Glenelg and Grange West.

If RA isn't hilly enough, go the next best. Mt Compass.

[Chilled]

Go the best 3 in town. RA, Glenelg and Grange West.

Australian golf rankings disagree with your assessment.

If RA isn't hilly enough, go the next best. Mt Compass.

Bwuhahahahaha.

[benno_r]

Australian golf rankings disagree with your assessment.

Bwuhahahahaha.

They also rate the Australian, Nash Old, and Hamilton Island, so I didn't have a lot of faith in their ranking ability.

[thecollective]

They also rate the Australian, Nash Old, and Hamilton Island, so I didn't have a lot of faith in their ranking ability.

In all fairness Kooyonga is a great site and has some great stretches of holes, my pick of the course is holes 6-8. I agree with Mac's statement (in an article earlier this year), #8 could be a world class golf hole with the trees and bushes cut out of the left hand side

I think the back nine in spots is a wasted opportunity; #16 has always been cumbersome with the trees encroaching and the back fence; #17 has that silly pond and #18 has been under the knife so many times now it just feels so un-natural with all the fake mounding on the RHS. I preferred the shorter hole Thommo did with the moon bunkers in the 90's

[Chilled]

I think the back nine in spots is a wasted opportunity; #16 has always been cumbersome with the trees encroaching and the back fence; #17 has that silly pond and #18 has been under the knife so many times now it just feels so un-natural with all the fake mounding on the RHS. I preferred the shorter hole Thommo did with the moon bunkers in the 90's

First time I've ever heard 16 being described as "cumbersome". I really don't know what that means in terms of a golf hole. The netting is obviously a space restriction thing which cannot helped. Metro course huh, what can ya do. Abundant vegetation has been removed from the second shot right hand side of 16. The fairway is already generously proportioned so there needs to be some protection somewhere on the hole.

Strangely enough also, I've honestly never heard of any bad comments about the pond on 17. It's served as masterful protection for the green and has ruined many a good round. It more than serves it's purpose and breaks things up a little from all the bunkers.

In the entire time I've been there which is probably about 6 years I've not seen any changes to 18. Any major changes predate me so I can't really talk for that time period. I'm not sure of the fake mounding you're talking referring to on the RHS of 18.....it dips from the front right bunker to the practice green, and dips from the rear right of the green to a steady incline to the clubhouse. If you're going into those spots and not hitting the two RHS bunkers, you've either hit a very poor drive and going in with a longer club or your short game is woeful and you've missed the green from a short distance. It's relatively rare to see people over there. The dips are not really what most would consider as being in play really, people are generally short or they catch RHS bunkers.

[thecollective]

First time I've ever heard 16 being described as "cumbersome". I really don't know what that means in terms of a golf hole. The netting is obviously a space restriction thing which cannot helped. Metro course huh, what can ya do. Abundant vegetation has been removed from the second shot right hand side of 16. The fairway is already generously proportioned so there needs to be some protection somewhere on the hole.

Strangely enough also, I've honestly never heard of any bad comments about the pond on 17. It's served as masterful protection for the green and has ruined many a good round. It more than serves it's purpose and breaks things up a little from all the bunkers.

In the entire time I've been there which is probably about 6 years I've not seen any changes to 18. Any major changes predate me so I can't really talk for that time period. I'm not sure of the fake mounding you're talking referring to on the RHS of 18.....it dips from the front right bunker to the practice green, and dips from the rear right of the green to a steady incline to the clubhouse. If you're going into those spots and not hitting the two RHS bunkers, you've either hit a very poor drive and going in with a longer club or your short game is woeful and you've missed the green from a short distance. It's relatively rare to see people over there. The dips are not really what most would consider as being in play really, people are generally short or they catch RHS bunkers.

Cumbersome not really the right word, I now acknowledge that, it's probably more like cramped or squeezed into a corner (if we are using layman's terms) the Crafter clearing will help this but I reckon the hole would be better served with the hole positioned more towards the dunes on the RHS with all the trees cut down.

In terms of the mounding on #18 I refer to the little mounds that run alongside the pathway on the RHS.

[Chilled]

Cumbersome not really the right word, I now acknowledge that, it's probably more like cramped or squeezed into a corner (if we are using layman's terms) the Crafter clearing will help this but I reckon the hole would be better served with the hole positioned more towards the dunes on the RHS with all the trees cut down.

It can be a little claustrophobic. I've heard mention there are thoughts to do a redesign, whether this is true or not I don't know. Certainly nothing official as yet, that I know of.

In terms of the mounding on #18 I refer to the little mounds that run alongside the pathway on the RHS.

Ahhhhhh right, ok , the moguls on the rhs of the drive. Probably put there to slow wayward balls, partly for safety because of the pathway next to it and also to keep the game flowing. Again, probably due in part because of a lack of space also.

[sheezymaneezy]

If RA isn't hilly enough, go the next best. Mt Compass.

Sounds like the best track in Adelaide