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cary lichtenstein

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Plantation Bay Golf and CC
« on: August 04, 2009, 07:25:08 AM »
Has anyone played Plantation Bay in Ormond Beach? Wife is asking me to research this for her.
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John_Conley

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Re: Plantation Bay Golf and CC
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2009, 10:35:37 AM »
Is Plantation Bay the one with Prestwick and Club de Bonmont?  I played Prestwick three years ago when Bonmont was closed for the work Smyers did.  I've been told Bonmont is very challenging.  Prestwick is fun.  Nothing special, which is what you'd expect in that area.

For having lived an hour from the place for 16 years I'm surprised I almost never hear of it.  Either it maintains a low profile or I'm just running in a different circle.
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Derek_Duncan

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Re: Plantation Bay Golf and CC
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2009, 02:45:24 PM »
Bonmont is terrific. Big, monumental green complexes and putting surfaces with great funnels, kicks and wings, and the ground movements leading into them have a lot of slope and slide, especially in the winter and early spring. Different shapes and looks on every hole.

Obviously it's limited by the setting--flat wetlands parallel to I-95 within a private development. But the original land plan seems pretty open and spacious and is quite mature at this point. Smyers built quite a bit of flow and movement into the holes as well. Very engaging. I think it's some of the best golf in that part of the state.
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Brad Fleischer

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Re: Plantation Bay Golf and CC
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2009, 05:47:35 PM »
Definitley interested in this topic. I know Plantation Bay is just outside Palm Coast where the folks live. I have past the course's and do know they have two courses there but when I am in town I don't hear much about them from the local golfers.  Be curious to see some pics or hear some thoughts.
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Steve_Lovett

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Re: Plantation Bay Golf and CC
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2009, 08:54:04 PM »
Club de Bonmont is worth a play if you can gain access.  Prestwick, not so much.  Club de Bonmont is a wall-to-wall Smyers re-do of the old Clifton-Ezell-Clifton layout, and is the "signature" course in the Plantation Bay community.  The bunkering is dramatic, even severe in places, and the whole place is much more visually stimulating and interesting from a shotmaking perspective.  I encourage you to seek it out, and share your thoughts after you visit.
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