RetiredBoomer Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 When the legendary Donald Ross designed our course for its 1906 opening, he built the holes right where nature laid them out for him. When you play them, you feel that they always had to be there. As a result, however, we reach par 70 in a radically unusual way: SEVEN par 3s SIX par 4s FIVE par 5s. I don't care how much you may wish to argue, you are not going to play the seven par 3s in 21 or better. I'm sorry, there's just no way. Forget about it. What you have to do, therefore, is KILL the par 5s which are essentially the course's first aid stations. Remember, these are hickory shaft era par 5s, and even I make birdies on them. That's saying something. Anyway, barely stretching to 6000 yards, our pretty course never hosted the Open. If it did, though, I probably wouldn't be playing there. And I like playing there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 6 hours ago, RetiredBoomer said: When the legendary Donald Ross designed our course for its 1906 opening, he built the holes right where nature laid them out for him. Have a couple of Donald Ross designs near me. The closest to the course you describe was built in 1916 and is a short course 5391 from the tips, par 69. It has: 6 par 3's 3 par 5's 9 par 4's RetiredBoomer 1 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: Paradym AI Smoke Max HL 16.5* w/MCA TENSEI AV Series Blue Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Render w/VA Composites Baddazz Backup Putters: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe, Milled Collection RSX 2 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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