The 6th at Barnbougle (below) is mine. It provides a couple of options fom the tee and is a good test of golf. But most of all is just spectacular.

both 14 at Augusta Naational or the last hole at St Andrews have got to be right up there

#3 at Royal Adelaide and #14 at NSW

#14 at Royal Dornoch

Some fav's include:
#18 at both St A's / North Berwick - strikingly similar

I'm trying to think of my favourite hole at Melton.

QUOTE: ttitheridge @ Dec 6 2006, 05:52 PM

I'm trying to think of my favourite hole at Melton.

I think Tony built 18 bunkerless holes at Bright. Are any of them any good?

the 4th a tihatuan !!!!!

lmfao geez im a funny bastard !!!!!!

trevvy

14th Royal Dornoch
5th Dragon Ridge Country club

5th Port Fairy

12th Port Fairy

14th Port Fairy

3 of my Favorites along with the 3rd Royal Adelaide and 6th Barnbougle dunes

Another vote for #3 at RA. You can drive it blind with a 3 wood or lay up with a mid iron & wedge it in. You can be 10 feet from the pin & have virtually NO shot. Technically it has no bunkers but if you push/cut one into the giant sand punchbowl you'll feel like you are in the worlds deepest pot (where's the !#$%^$ green again?!?). Always a stern test of your concentration. It's a little b@$#%*d of a hole & I love it.

I could happily play on a completely bunkerless course for the rest of my life.

Is the 17th at KH a good bunkerless green, or an anomaly amongst the gems?

Any of 16 holes at Moorabbin

1st at Hoylake - also gets a mention for best opening hole.

4th,8th,10th,13th,18th at Barwon Heads

15th at St Andrews Beach. Initially dissapointing beacuse it suffered in comparison to most of the holes there, grows on you. The second shot which is more often than not blind, is a real challenge in line and length.

Best Bunkerless Hole

• For me, 14th Royal Dornoch – one of the best 10 holes I’ve ever played. North Berwick’s Hole 18 – a beauty. Barnbougle Dunes Hole 6 – excellent and exciting.

• ttitheridge, tongue in cheek, Melton Valley has bunkers on 10 holes.

• Fredd k, Bright has bunkers on 5 holes, the course design showed more

• Not the best, but interesting: One day perhaps Hole 8 on the new Henley Course, only 120 metres long maximum, the green set between 3 wetlands, but with pretty generous surrounds. I used a small concealing hill to split vision of the green from the tee – this somehow makes clubbing a tad testing. The hill has strong (non-ball-loseable) tough on its tee side, smooth as a spur down into the smallish green.

• The original 14th at The Dunes had no ‘bunkers’, and was a favourite of mine.

Tony

The entire course at 'Skye Golf' on Ballarto Road...

It really is a "hackers paradise", the only trouble at times can be the elevation as several greens are elevated.

17th hole at Long Reef is a tough bunkerless hole. This hole runs east west along the side of long reef beach and the two prevailing winds are either a nor easter or southerly. In either wind the out of bounds that runs along the left hand side of the fairway comes into play, draw the ball when the nor easter is up and you bring the out of bounds into play. In a southerly the tee shot must be aimed about 50 yards left over the out of bounds line if you want to find the fairway. Anything right of the fairway ends up in deep swails covered in thick parramatta grass.

The green is elevated with a false front and the out of bounds only 5meters to the left of the putting surface. The green is always fast and has plenty of break in it.

Standing on the tee in the afternoon with the sun casting shadows behind the mounds that cover the right side of the fairway, you get the feeling you are playing on a true links course somewhere in the brittish isles.

Many a good round has come to an end on this hole. Walk away with par and you have earnt it.

The 4th "Coffin Hole" at Flinders is a well known interesting bunkerless short par 4 of 260-270m. I believe Dr Alistair Mackenzie changed it from a par 3 to bring the ravines in play. When the navy are firing the cannons it can make it interesting. How it plays depends on the wind and I've driven it with an old wooden club. I haven't played at Flinders for years, maybe it's now a bit obsolete? I guess these days some ISG 20 handicappers could easily lob a hybrid on in one

QUOTE: Windyhill @ Apr 16 2007, 11:05 PM

The 4th "Coffin Hole" at Flinders is a well known interesting bunkerless short par 4 of 260-270m. I believe Dr Alistair Mackenzie changed it from a par 3 to bring the ravines in play. When the navy are firing the cannons it can make it interesting. How it plays depends on the wind and I've driven it with an old wooden club. I haven't played at Flinders for years, maybe it's now a bit obsolete? I guess these days some ISG 20 handicappers could easily lob a hybrid on in one

In still conditions for a good player its a 4 iron lay-up and pitch to a green where you really want to be short of the hole as it slopes steeply from back to front. The back of the green is very artificially built up and drops off sharply. Over the back is dead, especially now that the super has grown rough around the collar meaning you cant putt it up and on now but have to pull out lobb wedge - its almost an impossible shot for a high handicapper. They have also grown rough out from the left cliff edge, I think to push play right to reduce lost ball delays in what is a hazard.

90% of the time its into the wind though or a bit left to right off the ocean. In strong wind its driver, punch 8 iron. I think the hole could be better if the green was rebuilt further left and shaped to reward play close to the ravine on the left. Leave the right as the bail out. Here is a google image of it showing the 'coffins' to drive over and short of the green. Theres a great tee position near the surfers carpark on the clifftop another 40 metres further back too!!

This image also shows how the 3rd fairway (210 metre par 3) has been cut down to a slither. Why?

[attachment=4738:Flinders_4th.jpg]

QUOTE: Wilksie @ Apr 19 2007, 02:20 PM

In still conditions for a good player its a 4 iron lay-up and pitch to a green where you really want to be short of the hole as it slopes steeply from back to front. The back of the green is very artificially built up and drops off sharply. Over the back is dead, especially now that the super has grown rough around the collar meaning you cant putt it up and on now but have to pull out lobb wedge - its almost an impossible shot for a high handicapper. They have also grown rough out from the left cliff edge, I think to push play right to reduce lost ball delays in what is a hazard.

90% of the time its into the wind though or a bit left to right off the ocean. In strong wind its driver, punch 8 iron. I think the hole could be better if the green was rebuilt further left and shaped to reward play close to the ravine on the left. Leave the right as the bail out. Here is a google image of it showing the 'coffins' to drive over and short of the green. Theres a great tee position near the surfers carpark on the clifftop another 40 metres further back too!!

This image also shows how the 3rd fairway (210 metre par 3) has been cut down to a slither. Why?

[attachment=4738:Flinders_4th.jpg]

Great summary. I guess someone needed to set the record straight after my tongue in cheek comments about the coffin hole being obsolete. I never knew about the new tee 40 metres further back. I'm told it's not used for club competitions, just put there for the benefit of long hitting ISG 20+ handicappers

I was talking today to a member who has played Flinders since 1955. He said it's called the "coffin" hole because it originally had a steel drain on stilts running across the fairway. In the old days coffins were mounted on stilts hence the similarity. The golfers either walked around or under the drain/coffin on stilts. I was under the impression ( and so are many others) the ravines were responsible for the 4th being called the coffin hole.

Does 14 at NSW have any bunkers? I'm not sure it does... if not I think it'd have to get my vote.

QUOTE: Scottt @ May 14 2007, 08:13 PM

Does 14 at NSW have any bunkers? I'm not sure it does... if not I think it'd have to get my vote.

see post #3

4th and 5th at Henbury (in Kandos, NSW) also get my recommendation.

17th at NSW for mine