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Surprised we haven't got any, "That course has too many trees" posts. Not sure I would totally agree with that, but there are a couple I would cut down if it was my course. A couple of those have already fallen in the last couple years. Mainly I think they should cut that 12ft tall stump down on no10(old 8) on the left side not too far from the tee. It's already dead and it would make for a much more exciting hole, imo
See also: orientation of CVG's runways. Almost all are 18/36.
I spotted on 16 Saturday. Not my first time spotting that hole. First time I've ever seen the prairie grass as OB though. Many shots 1st, 2nd, 3rd were just inches from the OB line. Catrina Allen had what looked like a really good hyzer off the tee. Then it barely caught the OB grass with no skip keeping her inches from being in bounds. She seemed over the course at that point. Felt kind of bad for her.
It was a brutal hole for sure.
Then Sunday we played the course, same layout as the Open. I went OB on every shot. 2nd to last shot was a downhill bomb that was inches OB just like many I witnessed Saturday. Last shot caught a tree and landed in the creek. Recorded a 10. Made it easy to count though: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10. Should have just thrown something short and inbounds.
I saw Catrina play most of her 2nd and 3rd round. She was done WELL before that. She was talking to herself a lot.
A few of the FPO players I talked with during the event suggested that some of the pars out there would be a little more realistic/the course would've just played better with a few trees taken out of fairways here and there, but they also qualified those statements with a lot of compliments about the course and how the event was run. Overall I'd say positive reviews on the course from them, and fans seemed to have enjoyed it in general as well.
Surprised we haven't got any, "That course has too many trees" posts. Not sure I would totally agree with that, but there are a couple I would cut down if it was my course. A couple of those have already fallen in the last couple years. Mainly I think they should cut that 12ft tall stump down on no10(old 8) on the left side not too far from the tee. It's already dead and it would make for a much more exciting hole, imo
I was the one spotting hole12 basket area for the entire event, and yea I was in fear the whole time of having to yell fore and ruining somebodies drive on 13. There were a couple close calls on air shots but the worst just happened to be when they were waiting and all looking back towards the basket anyway. I saw so many skips and rolls on that hole after awhile they all started to blend together. It was tough keeping track of all of them by the third day.12. I really liked this hole. I think it favors the righty more because the second shot is more demanding, and a hyzer there plays for speed control better than a turnover or lefty BH roller. I wish 13's teepad was further from the basket, as I saw multiple shots skip or roll and interfere with a card standing at the bench.
15. Another of the best par 4s I've ever played. If you execute good shots, it plays well. If you don't, scrambleville. I hate this hole with an undying passion... But i'm a fat rec player so that's probably to be expected, lol.
12's basket and 13's teepad were occasionally disruptive to each other.
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How would you rank your pro tour courses?I welcome your comments
Funny, I didn't hear Paige or Sarah or Lisa Fajkus complaining about Idlewood...
Some like open courses, some (see: Michael Johanson) love playing in the woods. It is what it is, Cat.
How would you rank your pro tour courses?
If you look at this map, the wind, almost always this time of year, blows straight down no1's fairway towards the basket.
I've never seen a hole with such a wide scoring spread; not even that time I accidentally combined the data from a short hole and a long hole. This was literally off the chart, as I usually set the upper limit of the graph at 4.5 or sometimes 5.
Due to the "loudest voice in the room" effect, this hole had a big influence on the total results. I'm not sure I like the idea that the number of times you landed inches away from getting back onto short grass is such a big part of results.
Here are the details on the two "edge case" holes.
The bottom left graph would seem to indicate to me that the top level guys...