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17 Feb 14
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Has anyone played Dursley Park, Manchester, or Dalmahoy, Edinburgh? Also playing the Old Course, St Andrews and one of the other St Andrews courses in early April.
Any advice, tips for any of these courses. Thanks in advance.
Any advice, tips for any of these courses. Thanks in advance.
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dalmahoy is parkland course not links
gullane 3--links £28 short course but interesting holes |
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get a caddy at the old course, well worth the money, as you can't see the vast majority of the bunkers, if you've got a choice with the other st andrews course, move heaven and earth to make it kingsbarns.
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Dalmahoy is in a nice spot with good views, and not a bad layout. But they've had massive problems with their greens. I last played in August and they were absolutely appalling. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news
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Dress warm for St.Andrews. Played the Jubilee course there - decent course but it must have dropped 15 degrees c in the 4 hours playing there.
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good views?
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Mexicano's suggestion of Kingsbarns is spot on, but if you are limited to Links trust properties, the Castle is a great course (not everyone agrees with that, usually people who like flat, easy courses). If you are further restricted to courses in the town, either the New or the Jubilee are challenging. The Jubilee bites your bum at the end - you think you are holding on then the 15th and 16th get their teeth out leaving you too demoralised to do anything on the final 2 - and the 17th is about 2 clubs longer than it looks!
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isn't kingsbarns £150 a round
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Only for foreigners
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Deffo stick to links courses in April Fairmont in St Andrews worth a visit as well as Kingsbarns,wrap up warm take ur mitts
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i played the castle course a couple of years ago, fantastic layout, but the greens were ridiculous, they said they were going to dig em up to make them more playable, did they do that?
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Thanks for your thoughts lads, we are playing the new course as the other option at St Andrews.
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Kingsbarns is far and away the best course I have played. Never be a major venue as too easy, but for casual golfer you cant beat. However price tag to match
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Agreed Kingsbarns is pricey but you get treated like a king for the day.
Unlike Carnoustie, where for roughly the same price you get treated like they don't want you there in the first place |
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big h
carnoustie seems like a red carpet job compared to muirfield. you have to send the hacap certs and applications well in advance, and when you turn up they treat you like you've come to inspect the drains  |
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before vande de velde
you could of given the starter a fiver & a bacon roll  |
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yes had heard that Muirfield is not that welcoming, and even worse if you are not a scot.
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North Berwick is a brilliant links course
saw mickleson,jack Nicklaus son try to qualify for open in their early years |
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you're right money, good base for a short trip as well, nth berwick,muirfield, and archerfield, three great courses all within striking distance of each other.
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forget the uk for golf holidays.portugal so much better as almost certyain to get warm weather.
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yeah courses Portugal much better than Tenerife,m going in May
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played in Tenerife last year xmoney but was still hungover all 4 days.my intention was to drink 2 alchoholic drinks followed by a bottle of water and repeat that all the time, idid most of it apart from the bottled water which I usuall substituted a b52 or jaeger bomb.
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one of my main drinking buddies got on to a tee then realised he was bare footed.
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1st time we went,we were worried because we forged our handicaps,all play about 80s then ahead grouping,German aired his tee shot 3 times |
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Germans!!
I played at Penina on the algarve a few years ago Play on the front 9 was really slow, took 2 hours to play 6 holes. When we approached the turn we found out why Going down the 11th was a 4-ball with two of the blokes wearing vests, swimming trunks and flip-flops. Germans. |