Most coach recos have been funneled toward Josh Nahm. He’s mine, and can help with yer entire game.
Was a tough day out at KCCC. Their course is in fantastic shape. My game was not. I think I was in at least 6 green side bunkers. I would be interested to see a course map overlayed with an original. I bet the greens have shrunk some, theres a few teeny ones. They need a little limb management but not a full out tree management situation.
That piece of land is phenomenal though.
First tee is pretty picturesque
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Are the greens as good as LCC? Still the best greens I’ve played on was my round with you at LCC.
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Oh those greens are at least 20-30% shrunk. Corridors too. A renovation there would be phenomenal.
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Greens rolled pretty pure. Slower than LcC greens, and more subtle undulations. I over read quite a few putts and left a fair share short. Some woefully so.
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Unlike Topeka Country Club I didn’t think most of the corridors were overly narrow. A few shots didn’t necessarily suit my eye, but it wasn’t really for lack of width.
15 is all I can recall that was overly narrow, but that was 3-4 years ago when they hosted the Am. Maybe the first par five, few limbs blocking tee line.
Love 2, a Short every course should have. 3 and 16 are grown man golf holes.
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15 left a sour taste in my mouth because I didnt know there was that shit short left of the green so I punched out right into it. 13 wasn’t exactly ‘narrow’ but there’s no where to miss if you miss the fairway. It was uncomfortable to my eye.
Agree that the short is fantastic. 3 of the other par 3s all played such a similar length that it was 4i to them, which kinda stinks.
For such an undulating piece of land, it was weird that most of the uneven lies (at least that I encountered) were downhill/uphill. Don’t remember any real side hill ball above/below the feet.
I had never thought of that, but that is a good observation. Most of the holes with slope are uphill/downhill lies (9, 17, 18 come to mind). I remember a few hanging lies below my feet, specifically #1 FW that I’ll never forget; I lost a wedge barely right off that lie in extra holes to lose to one of the top seeds, Andy Spencer. I think 11 might be a little hanging too?
2 is an all world par 3. I haven’t played the course since they rebuild 5 but I’ve heard it’s better. running through the course again in my head yeah it isn’t overgrown narrow, but I think what sticks in my mind is 7,8,3 that are next to each other. Hell, I know a handful of members who consistently told me that playing hole 8 up number 3 is the preferred route.
Lol, I did this purely by luck I guess. I had to punch out from the trees right and determined my best chance to advance it and leave a good angle was to play it to the edge of 3 FW.
It was kind of uncomfortable standing on 3 tee and having balls chasing in to the green(side bunker).
I played Swope after hearing a bunch of people give it a lot of credit on here and saw the meet up was set up there. I don’t see how it’s a better course then most of the courses around it and over half of the other municipal courses in the area. Maybe it’s how much I hate blind tee shots but who knows. I want to give it another shot though, so can someone tell me what they appreciate about the course so I can be on the look out for those things?
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Anyone know of any public fall leagues in play? I’ve asked at Swope (only because of proximity) and they currently don’t have plans to do one. Would love to join a league, but summer is tough with all the travel and kids obligations.
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Minor just emailed - 6 week fall leagues, 430pm. Through October I think.
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I initially ready this as Swope, and got excited. I don’t dislike Minor, it is what it is. Just looking for a weekly fall league. May have to look into it. Thanks for passing along.
Yeah. I get it. I got a buddy into golf during the pandemic so it’s a great first league/course for him starting out. I’ll update if I hear anything else.
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I too am interested in a fall league.
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life is hectic these days, catching up here…
played Hallbrook for the 2nd time today, and walked it. I do like it for a lot of reasons, and find it completely playable for the most part. There are some green sites that feel too confined, and like they shouldn’t be there at all (9 and 17 being ones that sticks out). But there are some cool holes out there too like 3/4/5/7, 11, and 14.
I played with a KCCC member also who said they’re going to be doing a bunker/green renovation, and there’s some re-routing on the table too which perked my ears up. I asked a couple other questions like who was slated to do it, which holes, but he didn’t know so I stopped prying.
oh, and yeah, I played awful in that event at KCCC (discussed further over in the amateur tournament thread), but I still think it’s the best course in town. very astute observation @HawkTalk about how holes are routed up and over hills for the most part, I have to wonder if some of that is about to be addressed.
If you think about 16&17, which are probably two of the worst holes there, I always thought routing them in reverse would be a lot more interesting. 16 then playing over a chasm up 17 fairway in reverse, and 17 playing to just short of the current 16 tee. Would be 2 new green sites, but Fazio was a bit fan of the downhill approach there. I think there are 9 downhill approach shots!