So how would some of you budding architects rate St George's from a modern architectural point of view.

Build it today and you would be lynched, but it is generating some damned entertaining golf.

Not necesarily the sort of place you would want to play on every Saturday morning as it would seem to break just about every rule of good sense and fairness, but ends up being an infinitely superior course as a result.

Played my home course this morning, with which I am normally quite happy, but it seemed to pale compared to what I had been watching only hours before.

nfi,
I'd happily play it every week. It is outstanding.

I would like to think that the fairways are not quite that thin week in & week out. Although, I'm sure they are normally pretty thin most of the time.

henry,

Book me in your foursome each week.

would absolutely drive me insane... :oops:

great thrill to play shots from 100 yards in, but the tee ball would absolutely kill me...I wouldn't know what to aim for... 8O

I'm no purist...I prefer my game simple I'm afraid... :oops:

I would love to play - since I'm a short hitter, there wouldn't be any corners cut - would be good to see how I stack up!

amanda,
You'd have a lot of trouble reaching the fairways from the mens tees

What - they don't have ladies tees?

amanda,
Given that RSG has no lady members 8O , there isn't any need for ladies tees.

Ohhhh - OK - I didn't know they were a men's only club. Can ladies play as visitors?

amanda,
They can. From what I can gather, women are not discriminated against while at the club: which is more than can be said for the HCOG or Troon.

henry

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Does that mean we are going to have protests at Troon next year.

Or are the British a little more sensible.

at Troon next year

hmm...the last time it was held there was when Calc won??? or was there another one in btw then and now??? Leonard???

mau, Leonard won at Troon, when the Open was last there (1997 from memory).
I played it last year and it is a cracker of a course.

Calc did win there, in a play-off against Grady and Norman, when Norman thinned his f/way buner shot over the green, and nearly over the entire clubhouse behind.

There will be no protests at Troon.
The British seem to accept that sexism as a tolerable part of life.

Getting back to Royal St. Georges, is it just me, or are there a great many traps on that course, where one is left wondering, 'why is that bunker there?'.

The course looks good for the most part, with conditions about right for the calibre of players on the course. The greens looked hard and fast, as did the fairways.

The first fairway however, given the windy site, a degree of blindness, and the crowned nature of the land, was way too narrow. There was a 5m wide functional landing zone, with a fade, and less with a draw. Shocking maintenance for the first hole of a major.

Depressions at the front of the putting surfaces, and false fronts on the greens appeared only when there was great green depth (TWP take note!!!!). Some traps were benign, and some were very costly. A good thing for a member's course, where knowledge of the course is gained widely by most players.

Loads of short game options, and one wouldn't assume that the course was overtly long from the members tees. Not the most strategic course, and perhaps a little dependant upon the elements. Having said that, I'd gladly play the course regularly.

MM

Leonard won at Troon, when the Open was last there (1997 from memory).
I played it last year and it is a cracker of a course.

thought so...thanks for the clarification!!! :mrgreen:

Calc did win there, in a play-off against Grady and Norman, when Norman thinned his f/way buner shot over the green, and nearly over the entire clubhouse behind.

who could forget when he birdied like the first 5 holes (I think) enroute to a 64 on the final day, only to screw it up on the 3rd and 4th play-off hole!!! which was worse...the thinny chip shot on 17 or the no-brainer driver off the tee on the 18th?!?!? :roll:

I read in a very old magazine (before Calc's win) that Monty's a member of Troon, and he gave a hole-by-hole description and how to play the holes; did you manage to see any reference to ol' grumpy??? :wink:

ah...the allmighty Postage Stamp...

The first six consecutive were birdies from memory mau. I went through in two over on a handicap of 13, and Norman would have killed me! Incredible golf.

Yeah - i heard that monty is a member there. No mention of him anywhere though. It's a very old-school, conservative, small membership club.Troon is also a long way away from any significant population centre. Glasgow is more than an hour by train.

The postage stamp is an incredible hole. Great location, and great prevailing wind.
Small green, and death if you miss it.

The seventh is almost as good (short par four).
Thirteen, seventeen. Both sensational holes. Mmmmmm. Troon.

MM

MatthewM,
Monty's dad was the Secretary/Manager at Troon: I'm not sure if he still is. Monty was a member until he turned professional.

I read somewhere this week that to join Royal St Georges requires a proposer, seconder and TWELVE referees. Not that easy to just slide in there, is it!

Henry,

If there is a spot in your group count me in! Magnificant place... the true essence of golf.

As for the membership requirements at RSG... perfect. The less rif-raff the better...

Derek,
If RSG requiring the support of 14 members keep the riff-raff away, does that make us riff-raff? :cry: