posted Apr 22, 2009

Seems like a lot of people have played Mentmore!

Yeah, Straeh, sounds like the 10th, which is long, with a dogleg left at about 190 yards, with trees down both sides of the fairway. Either you lay up and leave yourself a long (~200yard) approach or you try to be 'imaginative' with the driver! We've got two courses, both very nice. Only real problem with the club is that we've been waiting over a year for a new website.

I played the Three Locks and wasn't overly impressed. Admittedly I was playing probably the worst golf I did all last season, but the course just didn't seem anything special at all.

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posted Apr 22, 2009

For me the 3 are:

1)15th at Royal Lytham is a wonderful hole, although a brute! par here and you are very very happy. The whole back 9 is cracking (biased member!)

2) Number two would be any hole at Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire, but the 6th closely followed by the 9th. Wonderful course.

3) Finally 16th at Southport and Ainsdale is a cracking hole with a raised mound embedded with railway sleepers that you hit over.

Very hard to pick three though. Is certainly making me want a round of golf!

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posted Apr 23, 2009

In the last year I'd say 16th,17th and 18th at Moffat golf club.
None are particularly spectacular, but I finished birdie, birdie, eagle to tie for second in our society end of season championship.
Actually the last is pretty nice, a reachable par 4 with big drop from tee to green and great views all around.

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posted Apr 23, 2009

Road Hole at the Old Course
Postage Stamp at Troon
Spectacles at Carnoustie

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posted Apr 23, 2009

Sly: the other reason i remeber it so well was because my friend who was a member died laterthat year in car crash, leaving behind a 3 month old daughter - and about 2 months before he was to get married to her mother.

He also played football for Tring.

Lifes a beach somedays

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posted Apr 23, 2009

Try my home club Chiltern Forest very nice views and always in great nick. It is between wendoer and tring. We are haviong an open weekend 15-17th May so come along and have a game and see what offers we have on.

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posted Apr 23, 2009

iv played Three locks, its ok for a public course. good greens but nothing special.

3rd on the Dukes at Woburn classic hole.
7th Marquess at Woburn. long par5 with 2 fairways split in the middle by 200ft pine trees.
i cant remember but the par 3 at kingsbarns scotland over the water 16th or somthing was amazing.

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posted Apr 23, 2009

Sorry to hear that Straeh.

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posted Apr 23, 2009

The 15th at Seahouses. End of.

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