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Niall C

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Re: Your Top 5 Most Pleasant Surprises
« Reply #225 on: May 11, 2016, 10:22:30 AM »
Mark


Talk me through Brampton. Years since I played but have played it several times and loved it although not for the unfit. What did you like about it and what were your favourite holes ?


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Mark Pearce

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Re: Your Top 5 Most Pleasant Surprises
« Reply #226 on: May 11, 2016, 10:51:44 AM »
Niall,


I really enjoyed the way the course lay over what is a pretty extreme piece of land.  The short par 4 7th was a brilliant hole, almost a 270 yard redan and seemed to me to be the start of the best part of the course.  The par 5 9th again used the terrain well, as did the 11th, another short par 4.  In fact the course had a lot of short par 4s (7 of them from the yellow tees we played) but that didn't seem repetitive.
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KMcKeown

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Re: Your Top 5 Most Pleasant Surprises
« Reply #227 on: May 17, 2016, 09:57:52 PM »
Gulph Mills
Kittansett
Piping Rock
Dornick Hills
Dismal (Nick Course)
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Jason Topp

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Re: Your Top 5 Most Pleasant Surprises
« Reply #228 on: May 17, 2016, 10:46:44 PM »
Quote from: Tom_Doak on May 11, 2016, 09:42:08 AM

The one overriding theme I'm getting from the listing of courses is that modern architects all try too hard.


I do not understand what you mean by this statement.
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Charles Lund

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Re: Your Top 5 Most Pleasant Surprises
« Reply #229 on: June 16, 2016, 04:48:14 PM »
1.  The Dunes Golf Links, Rye, VIC, AUS
         - first course I played in Australia;  have been back
          to Australia nine times
2.   Barnbougle Dunes, Bridport,  TAS, AUS
           - read about and stayed in 2008 on second trip
           to Australia;  saw Lost Farm under construction;
           returned three years later playing each course three
            times during week long stay
3.    Ballyliffin Golf Club, Ballyliffin, County Donegal,  IE
            -  two links courses, quite different in character;
             played on first trip to Ireland as part of extended
              trip;  returned on subsequent trips; later became
               member
4.     Hunter Ranch, Paso Robles,  CA
             -stopped while traveling by car from San Diego to
             Seattle;  spent several weeks in area a few winters
             ago; played extensively on Players Club discount
5.      Gold Mountain, Olympic Course
              - played first time in 2000; live in  NW about 45   
               minutes away

All five are accessible, but not necessarily easy to get to.  They were all courses or clubs I wanted to play again.  None were regimented as far as availability for play.   Green fees are stlll quite low. 
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