Ben Denison
Would be great if OTC offered a few tee times for WF students regularly
Link to commentBrad Weatherspoon
Yeah, fair point there. I missed the public-ish access blurb...
Then I'll comment on my neck of the woods. Duke has an RTJ Sr. design, if that's your thing. NCSU has a fairly new-ish (2009) Arnold Palmer that offers nice views of downtown Raleigh, but the routing is fairly disjointed. UNC-CH has recently undergone a DL3 renovation, which I haven't seen, but I've heard reports that it's much better now. None of those hold a candle to its other ACC brethren farther west, however.
Link to commentBenjamin Williams
I’d consider that a country club a college team plays on, not a university course
Link to commentBrad Weatherspoon
Surprised not to see a 3 Egger in Old Town Club in Winston-Salem, home of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Perry Maxwell's design over some incredible land with some really great greens renovated by C&C. Garrett's course profile and the FE's YouTube video are really good.
I was fortunate enough to play via FEGC about a year and a half ago and still think about it every other day, if not daily.
Link to commentMarcus Dittmer
I haven't played a ton of campus courses but the Warren Course at Notre Dame is really, really good and very enjoyable to play.
It was re-done by Love Design in 2019/2020 but Birdwood at UVA is really enjoyable and a good test.
Link to commentWesley Domeck
Palouse Ridge in Pullman is a great college course as well. Undulating, exposed, and great views of one of the most underrated landscapes in the country.
Actually, as I type this, I'm beginning to wonder if there is any chance the Palouse region becomes a future boomtown for golf.
Link to commentBen Denison
Indiana college golf course tour is best budget golf trip in country: Warren + Pfau + Both Purdue courses. If could a Culver invite as well then it can't be beat.
Renovated Yale is awesome by the way, just played on friday. Greens massively expanded. 10 is even more diabolical now. I think the price point might keep some away and probably some additional growing needed, but I'd get there ASAP if anywhere close.
Link to commentBen Denison
Better than terrific! Severely underrated (we need the FEGC SVK tour one day!)
Link to commentBen Denison
Pretty sure he has offered, but they'd lose valuable football parking while it was being done - feels like they should be penalized for parking cars on a Mackenzie course in college course rankings
Link to commentBen Denison
As a clemson alum, Walker is fun and is indeed one of the best publics in the area, but sadly that says more about the area than Walker. Many great afternoons spent there!
Link to commentConnor O'Grady
Dan Kochevar who is out at the back of the range at Oak Meadows.
Link to commentWill Knights
Matt saw both! He said the redone AA is pretty awesome. His photos are pretty cool
Link to commentEddie Bajek
Kampen for Purdue, I assume, or did you get the renovated Ackerman-Allen course (which has been redone since my days there, which is why I am a bit curious)
Link to commentNathan Carr
"Bring dispersion patterns back in line with the game board on which the sport is played."
This is a very succinct way to explain the need for a roll back.
Link to commentBenjamin Williams
Would be cool if Devries did a mini reno, the greens and topography seem squarely in his wheelhouse
Link to commentBenjamin Williams
Would be cool if Devries did a mini reno, the greens and topography seem squarely in his wheelhouse
Link to commentDavid Schmidt
Aronimink was fabulous! Those greens are all-world. If all-world golfers can’t putt them well, then so be it! The golf course has to win sometimes also, you know. And this was one of those times. All the big names faded away and we got the best player this week. Just like when Corey Pavin won at Shinny and Rich Beem and KJ Choi and Steve Jones and Danny Willett and Shaun Micheel and all the other one time major winners.
Stop whining about this tournament. It was exciting as hell there until Rai put it away at the end.
And Rex Hoggard is an idiot, pining for more 8000 yard courses for bomb-and-gouge fests. That guy is clueless and I don’t know how he keeps a job with the comments he made this morning on his podcast.
Link to commentEthan Fisher
Not the most walker-friendly course ironically for being named The Walker Course, but Clemson's home track is my personal favorite that I've gotten to thus far. Lots of fun shots out there. One of the best public courses for anyone heading near the Greenville-Spartanburg area.
Link to commentAlex Williams
Agree. It’s the dismissal that I reflect about most of all.
Link to commentA.B. Mengel
I went on Sunday and spent a good chunk of the day at 10 grandstand. So few approach shots close to the pin (Rosey's was great but it was his third after an errant drive). Tons of guys off the green in the lower section to the right and several uphill chips/putts that came right back. Lots of pars. And a lot of interference from 8 green with tee shots from 8 hitting the green and rolling off, sometimes onto 10 green and then needing relief, which slowed things down a lot. P Reed hit the stick on 8 and then it bounced and rolled almost onto 10 green. It was a good spot to camp out for much of the day but just really not a lot of excitement or fireworks. Underwhelmed was probably the right word. Just a lot of up-and-downs.
After Ludwig/Rai came through at 10 I started walking the back nine. I watched his laser-like tee shot on 15 and even at that point on the grounds it still felt like maybe someone behind would step it up and challenge him. I think if it had been 1-2 guys battling down the stretch and he out-dueled them it would have felt different. Nobody else really got out of neutral, and all credit to Rai for just really outclassing everyone else on the back nine. He just locked in and went out and got it when no one else did. I'm sure the energy on the course really changed when he rolled in the putt on 17, but I was in the merch tent at that point and missed it.
Mixed feelings overall, but largely positive. The challenging setup flummoxed many of the players, which was interesting for a while, but didn't seem like it produced a lot of riveting "moments" for much of Sunday. It was high-intensity, but somehow not high-drama?
Aronimink was beautiful. Philly sports fans....yeesh.
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