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Steve_ Shaffer

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Hole in the Wall GC,Naples, FL, Dick Wilson, 1957
« on: March 30, 2011, 07:20:38 PM »
A friend recently played this private club in Naples and raved about it. I haven't seen much discussion here about this course although I seem to remember that it was recently restored. There is no website for the club.


I did find this:

http://www.ryangolf.com/golf-renovation-projects-detail.php?id=306

There was nothing listed on Ron Forse's website.


Any comments?
« Last Edit: March 30, 2011, 07:52:22 PM by Steve_ Shaffer »
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Ronald Montesano

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Re: Hole in the Wall GC,Naples, FL, Dick Wilson, 1957
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2011, 07:31:33 PM »
Heard it's awesome...have not played it.
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Steve_ Shaffer

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Re: Hole in the Wall GC,Naples, FL, Dick Wilson, 1957
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2011, 07:57:43 PM »
It's listed on Ron Garl's website but there's no info.

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Steve_ Shaffer

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Re: Hole in the Wall GC,Naples, FL, Dick Wilson, 1957
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2011, 09:20:56 PM »
Is this club so exclusive that no one has played it?

I just found this about the renovation:

http://www.ryangolf.com/golf-renovation-projects-detail.php?id=306
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Michael Blake

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Re: Hole in the Wall GC,Naples, FL, Dick Wilson, 1957
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2011, 09:35:12 PM »
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john_stiles

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Re: Hole in the Wall GC,Naples, FL, Dick Wilson, 1957
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2011, 09:39:30 PM »

Use google earth to check it out from above
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Jonathan Cummings

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Re: Hole in the Wall GC,Naples, FL, Dick Wilson, 1957
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2011, 09:58:06 PM »
I played it.  Low key member's course where social and financial standing is intentionally downplayed.  Holes 2-9 are as strong a stretch found anywhere in FLA.  Tiny pro shop.  Simple cokes and sandwiches for lunch.  Members sign bills on blank pieces of white paper.  Muted to the point of silence.   J
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Tiger_Bernhardt

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Re: Hole in the Wall GC,Naples, FL, Dick Wilson, 1957
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2011, 01:13:43 AM »
Nice description Jonathan
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Anthony_Nysse

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Re: Hole in the Wall GC,Naples, FL, Dick Wilson, 1957
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2011, 10:27:29 AM »
Palyed it last September, post renovation. A lok of similarites to Pine Tree. Very interested Dick Wilson green complexes. A course I could play a couple times a week.
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Mark McKeever

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Re: Hole in the Wall GC,Naples, FL, Dick Wilson, 1957
« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2011, 10:35:28 AM »
It looks very neat from the air!  Thanks for sharing.

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Re: Hole in the Wall GC,Naples, FL, Dick Wilson, 1957
« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2011, 08:19:09 AM »
Landlocked club originally designed to be a championship caliber course that ended up being a very short, contrived Wilson design for Port Royal residents.
Silly doglegs, constricting width, boring green contours, bland bunkering. However, there is some Wilson genius to be found here, a couple of the holes are among his finest, though saying 2-8 are among Florida's finest might be one the silliest statements I've heard.
The experience here is much greater than the golf.
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