Har in the Hat Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 If you are interested in the evolution and architecture behind a golf course, this might be of interest to you. Lots of evaluations on both American and international courses http://golfclubatlas.com/ What's in my Mizuno BR-D2 bag OFFICIAL TESTER FOR THE PING i500 CLUBS. Currently playing Ping i500 w/ Alta CB graphite shafts MP 25 - fitted w/ Project X shafts - stiff 60 / 56 52 910 D2 driver - 9.5 degree -fitted13 F 3 wood 13.5 deg CPR 3 hybrid Method mallet Dexterity: I shoot left-handed so no one can ask me "Hey, can I try that club?" Twitter @GolfingHat Instagram @Mizunostixgolfnut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveP043 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 If you are interested in the evolution and architecture behind a golf course, this might be of interest to you. Lots of evaluations on both American and international courses http://golfclubatlas.com/ They also have lots of pretty pictures, golf course porn! Irons Titleist T200, AMT Red stiff Rogue SubZero, GD YS-Six X T22 54 and 58 wedges 7-wood 5-wood B60 G5i putter Right handed Reston, Virginia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiftyNiblick Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Now that I'm on the DL, golf wise, I've come up with a truly stupid and useless time killer. Being careful to match up ground contours like a jig saw puzzle, I sketch out course layouts comprised of my favorite holes on a multitude of courses. It would take a lot of bulldozers, dynamite, and the ability to move huge, fully grown trees to build these courses in real life, but if they existed, I'd be really depressed that I can't play them with my screwed up back. But notebook in hand, I do play them in my imagination. If I remember playing each hole the best that I ever played it, I come up with some pretty impressive scores. I play those holes in my mind as I played them once, and the funny part is that career shots are congratulated by different playing partners on every hole. Some are living and some have left us. It must be what smoking peyote is like. None of my imaginary courses would be chosen as a US Open venue. What the holes have in common is that they're very picturesque, and that at first glance, they look much more challenging than they really are. The present brigade of PGA Tour bad haircuts and funny clothes would be threatening to break sixty, even with frequent trips to the beverage carts. I shouldn't be mentioning stuff like this. Somebody could be padding a cell for me right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaidJacket Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 I refer to that site occasionally. It's a good one to bookmark in your golf favorites. And like Dave said... lots of purdy pictures. My Sun Mountain bag currently includes: 771CSI 5i - PW and PFC Micro Tour-c 52°, 56°, 60 wedges EXS 10.5*, 929-HS FW4 16.5* Willimette w/GolfPride Contour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixcat Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Resurrecting this thread. I was listening to Andy Johnson (The Fried Egg guy) on The Golfers Journal podcast. Johnson was ranking his favorite muni restorations from across the country. Both already restored and those facilities in need of restoration. Sweetens Cove was #2 on his list for obvious reasons. Hermitage Country Club (now called Belmont) in Richmond, Virginia was #1 on his list. Hermitage was designed by AW Tillinghast and hosted the 1949 PGA Championship. The only club in Virginia to ever host a major championship. The layout is phenomenal but the course has been neglected for a number of years. The private club folded and was donated to Henrico County a few years ago which led to the name change. The bones of the original design is still very much visible even following years of neglect. Johnson's point was, this place needs to be saved! Most people in that area have no idea what they have in this club. It wasn't on Johnson's list but a club in Roanoke, Virginia is in a similar situation. Ole Monterey has suffered through decades of neglect. William S. Flynn designed it (1920) just prior to designing Cherry Hills (1922) in the Denver area. The original layout is still very much intact but bunkers have been overtaken by grass and weeds. Several greens have shrunk due to lack of understanding how the green complexes were intended. It's a shame because the architecture, layout and design are phenomenal. These places should be restored to their previous glory. Bringing attention to them can only help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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