Bahahaha must have been drinking
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Thanks for the tag to get me back in the thunderdome.
Someone once told me that Golf Digest rates courses on a 10 year cycle and that results in courses being sticky. List is about as far away from my personal preferences as it can get but I know that thereās a certain segment of the population that loves Muirfield Village. Iām not going to get in their way of being wrong.
I want to talk about Inverness though. I enjoy the course but the routing needs to be improved. Having the front 9 play the perimeter then the back 9 inside means the whole back 9 feels back and forth. Course would be much better if the routing on the front tied into the interior holes to break it up.
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Well I donāt ever want to disagree with @schirmert who is very knowledgeable about GCA, but clearly I feel differently about the routing at Inverness. I understand the points made, but that routing allows for the best landforms to be used most effectively, in my humble opinion.
With the caveat that Iāve not played NEO golf yet, I think the top four of Inverness, Camargo, Moraine and Scioto is pretty clear in my mind. If anyone told me they thought one of those was the best or their favorite Iād understand why. Just depends on what one values.
Iād say the ābestā course is one that is the best combination of challenging, interesting, fun and unique. Every person has a slightly different idea of what that is or which is most important in ranking a course.
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Splitting hairs talking about some of these courses. My point is more order than the actual holes. Something like a revised routing where players would go from 5 to 15 then 12 to 6 would break up the current route
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Also, i love that we are all having civilized discussion. Look at us go!
Also, someone get @ChasingScratch up to NEO for some golf
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Yeah I agree with this. My own personal top 10 that Iāve played list definitely wouldnāt match up with any top 10 architectural lists but itās based on things that matter the most to me, how fun the course is, could I play it every day and not get bored, course conditioning, etc.
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Fellow member at SCC, they updated the site this morning with the tee sheet, and this is a pretty good summary of anyone youād be interested in. Field looks locked in.
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Do they usually publish the pin positions by chance? Night before perhaps?
I know you can grab them at the event at either the first or tenth tee. No one will look at you weird for just grabbing one, I promise.
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Iām playing the next day with the same pin positions for the OATW event thatās why I was asking. I assume they might have extras on site.
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Not to my knowledge. Perhaps the night before. Ill keep my eyes peeled.
Times posted for Monday at Kinsale for US Open Qualifier finals
Iāll be floating between the 8:10 group (to heckle) and the 8:20 group (to fist pump birdies)
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Iāll be damned, Lanto Griffin isnāt playing for LIV!
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Open invites to Canterbury and Brookside but just havenāt devoted the time. Friends:
If I were to play five rounds in NEO which are the five must plays?
āWeāre just spitballing here, arenāt we Rich?ā
Privates?
Canton Brookside
Canterbury
Sharon Club
Pepper Pike
Kirtland
Iāve only been to the first 3
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I havenāt played it, but everyone that has says Country Club after their redo is outstanding.
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I was gonna split that and PP on the listā¦ā¦
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We need to get you on Moraine friend.
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Agree but I was just listing NEO for @ChasingScratch
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