What's the bumpiest course?

[Matthew Runde]

I've been thinking a lot, lately, about undulations of fairways and greens.  Personally, I love them.  That led me to wonder what the bumpiest course is.  I don't mean elevation changes.  I mean bumpy, wrinkly, rumpled ground.  Also, I don't mean courses where the fairways and/or greens have been leveled, leaving them surrounded by bumpy ground (I go ballistic when I see those).  I'm thinking of bumps in the fairways and greens (and bunkers!).

Any ideas on what the bumpiest course may be?

[Ally Mcintosh]

Westward Ho! would be in with a shout...

[Dónal Ó Ceallaigh]

The old course at Ballyliffin is pretty bumpy.

[Sean Walsh]

Donal,

I agree.  Ballyliffin Old.  There are parts of that course that look like a mogul hill.  A very enjoyable course too. 

[Scott Warren]

Brora is a candidate.

[Adrian_Stiff]

Westward Ho! would be in with a shout...

Ally- I dont know if you have played it but Westward Ho is actually fairly flat overall, the 6th is crazy bumpy but 1,2,10,11,12,13,17,18 are really flat. Some of the other holes have dunesy bits. The 6th might be a candidate to win Whats the bumpiest hole?

[Ally Mcintosh]

Westward Ho! would be in with a shout...

Ally- I dont know if you have played it but Westward Ho is actually fairly flat overall, the 6th is crazy bumpy but 1,2,10,11,12,13,17,18 are really flat. Some of the other holes have dunesy bits. The 6th might be a candidate to win Whats the bumpiest hole?

I haven't Adrian (South-West is next year)... I had that feeling alright after I posted... It's only that photograph of the 6th I was thinking of...

[cary lichtenstein]

Highland Liinks

[Matthew Runde]

What about the Old Courses of Ballybunion and Lahinch?  I haven't been to Ireland, but photos of those courses often feature bumps galore.  Are the overall courses as bumpy as in the photos?

[PThomas]

Pebble's greens during the AT&T?

[Mark Chaplin]

Pennard

[John Chilver-Stainer]

One of the roughest rides over close knitted bumps or fairways is  Tain - the ony flat parts are the tees and unfortunatly the greens . The bumps are so close they defy strategy, but visually from a GCA point of view they bring a huge happy grin to ones face.

It would be interesting to know wether Old Tom who is credited with the course  instructed the Greens to be built so plain and plane - an exception being the 15th?? Although according to the site information John Sutherland of Dornoch remodelled the course - which could only have been the greens.

If any course deserved a better set of greens it’s Tain !

[Bill_McBride]

One of the roughest rides over close knitted bumps or fairways is  Tain - the ony flat parts are the tees and unfortunatly the greens . The bumps are so close they defy strategy, but visually from a GCA point of view they bring a huge happy grin to ones face.

It would be interesting to know wether Old Tom who is credited with the course  instructed the Greens to be built so plain and plane - an exception being the 15th?? Although according to the site information John Sutherland of Dornoch remodelled the course - which could only have been the greens.

If any course deserved a better set of greens it’s Tain !

Melvyn will know the answer to this question if any one does.  I just missed him at Tain in 2008 but did pick up a bottle of Glenmorangie Nectar d'Or he was kind enough to leave for me at the distillery there.

Come to think of it I was a bit rumpled after a few nips of that glorious stuff!   

[John Chilver-Stainer]

Slangevar

[Pete Lavallee]

Humewood in Port Elizabeth, South Africa is certainly a candidate!

[Robert Emmons]

I thought of Highland Links too...RHE

[Dan Herrmann]

Yep - Cape Breton Highlands Links  (I think all GCA.com members need to get there at least once in your live - it's that enjoyable):