So I haven’t been to Brancaster or Birkdale, but Rye gets my vote as coolest course in England, despite some snootiness, the blind shots (like here at the par-4 13th), and those crazy and singular ankle-breaker, sleeper-built, modified ha-ha walls to be found around about a third of the greens. A particularly fine playing surface means the grounds [...]
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C.H.’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK- BETHPAGE
To my mind, the Black Course at Bethpage will always stand as the protypical ‘head-and-shoulders pattern’ golfing venue, and this particular signal to me here is bearish, both for what is done to the psyche of the duffer and how the shot requirements fail to be as varied as they might (long, straight, high…miss, flop). This example of [...]
CH’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK 7
When one lives the life of a tortured Cleveland sports follower, and the team of his most preferred sport poignantly shits the bed to the Bedazzlers, the strongest onsetting urge is to remain quiet and fetally positioned. Without the surrounding calm or the requisite vacation days for such an exercise, this week my mind slips to cope in [...]
CH’s PHOTO OF THE WEEK 6
The remarkable “Red 8th” at St. George’s Hill, the heathland hideout in Berkshire outside of London, is perhaps the greatest example of the need for a golf architect to take the reigns and complete a true heathland restoration. While 27 of the original 36 from Harry Colt still stand as ‘heathy’ and indeed, play quite well, the aesthetics of [...]
CH’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK 5
Chisholm Park Golf Links is the place to play for Scots away from home on a vacation to the colonies, lying on the outskirts of Dunedin (New Edinburgh) on the south island of New Zealand. While this course is a links by classical definition, in general it has better views and fewer exceptional holes than [...]
CH’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK 4
Some of the rumply fanfair to be found at Baltray, home to the County Louth Golf Club, a wee bit north of Dublin. This Tom Simpson design has gained more notoriety in recent years and an accompanying renovation, and must always fall in the category of ‘Links That Make You Smile.’ Baltray doesn’t have the [...]
CH’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK 3
If you are on the south coast of England, Isle of Purbeck Golf Club (the 5th hole shown above, a shortish four) is good for a game and downright absurd vistas of unbroken heathland and the Dorset coastline. Harry Colt has design credits here, and while not necessarily the best preservation of his work, Purbeck [...]
CHRIS HUNT’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK
I felt a strong inner call for soul purification this week, and in that vain, what course would spring to mind ahead of the overtly honest and aged Mildenhall, that famous 9-hole sandy flatland in Middle Earth England that was originally staked in the late 19th century. So it is in a field, and yes, the [...]
CHRIS HUNT’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK
AUGUSTA NATIONAL’S SIXTH
The par-3 6th hole at Augusta National, where the topographic interest of the property is easily evident, on a dress-down day. Apart from the glorious rebirth each April, it is hard not to see this storied Masters Tournament venue as the aging star, unable or unwilling to succumb to the charms of advancing years and find contentment with its original design. [...]
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