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The holes you must play before your ship comes in...
- Added on: Nov 2nd, 2008
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Jeffrey Prest
- Listed in: Golf Destinations
- Tags: design architecture cheap architect golf course
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1st hole at Furry Creek G&CC, British Columbia
There's a theory that opening holes should be gentle, non-confrontational affairs, so as to allow play to progress swiftly and avoid logjams on the first tee. Not all architects embrace this concept. Severiano Ballesteros (and a merry Christmas and ...
3rd hole at The Hideout Golf Club, Utah
This strikes me as one of those holes you could play repeatedly for an hour and not get bored. In front of a jaw-dropping Utah landscape, Forrest Richardson has moulded a par three gem known as Tomb Stone, the 3rd at The Hideout Golf Club (click on...
18th hole at Aspen Golf Club, Colorado
Harshly dismissed in one quarter as "featureless and relatively Spartan", the Frank Hummel layout at Aspen Golf Club is nevertheless good enough to feature among Golfweek's 50 Best Munis and its 425-yard 18th hole is the one that catches my eye: "Wh...
17th hole at Erinvale Golf Club, South Africa
Once you've peeled your eyes away from the fabulous South African scenery, the penultimate hole at Erinvale Golf Club is a challenging par four that tightens the screws on both shots en route to the green. "A narrow downhill par four, likely to rui...
4th hole at The Dunes Golf Links, Australia
On what is regarded as one of Australia's best public golf courses, architect Tony Cashmore has fashioned this teasing 343-yarder. The 4th at The Dunes Golf Links calls for a drive of some 250 yards to clear the bunkers on the right and set up a sh...
17th hole at Club West Golf Club, Arizona
You want options in golf? How about the 17th at Club West Golf Club (click on photo for larger version) brought to you by Brian Whitcomb? "The Signature Hole is #17, with double greens, tees elevated nearly 100 feet above the rest of the course and ...
