Currie Reservoir

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Played a round at the Temporary Course at the Currie Reservoir and did NOT like it. The terrain was fun, the weather was decent the company was fantastic! My main complaint of the course is the philosophy. If I understand it correctly it was designed to be adaptable to play different holes and layout for tournaments verses regular play. The course has 21 holes and many of the fairways are ridiculously tight. In order to accommodate the 21 holes on a small space AND make the course tricky the course designers created ‘hazards’ rather than out of bounds. You take your shot where it lands but in the hazard you add a stroke. A few […]

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Alternate Back Nine in Thorncliffe

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Played a round today at Thornecliff with Neil Stuart, Edie Braybrook, and Howie.   I was introduced to “the alternate back” nine which increases the length of each and every hole.   Hole 16 is actually basket 2 and 10.   So, one basket is used three times (basket 2 – 2,10,16) and one basket is only used once (baseket 8).   This made the whole course a lot more challenging. I shot even on the front 9 and +7 on the back nine.   Now I have a baseline to improve upon! -sean

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