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PCCraig

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What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« on: December 21, 2011, 11:58:55 AM »
What are some of the best golf courses located on land consisting of less than 100 acres?

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Tim Nugent

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Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2011, 12:40:21 PM »
9-holers? ;D
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Garland Bayley

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Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2011, 12:44:14 PM »
Maybe the first question should be, "What 18 hole golf courses sit on less than 100 acres?"

Since there can't be a lot, I'll nominate Orchard Hills as sitting on 91 acres including 18 holes, clubhouse, and small driving range, and lots of Douglas fir trees for hole separation.
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Joel Zuckerman

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Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2011, 12:46:17 PM »
I don't know the exact acreage, but Wannamoisett is as compact as they come, the golf pride & joy of compact Rhode Island!
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Matt Elliott

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Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2011, 12:48:48 PM »
The Everglades Club in Palm Beach is on something like 75 acres.  All of the typical Raynor features, only miniaturized.  Short and fun, but can get significantly harder when the wind starts blowing.
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JWL

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« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2011, 12:53:31 PM »
I agree with Tim, with a great practice park thrown in.   This might be where golf is headed for many reasons.
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Bill Crane

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Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2011, 01:02:53 PM »
My home golf club - Springdale GC in Princeton, NJ could be a candidate.  The club was established in 1895 and re-designed by William Flynn in 1925.  The course itself is sited on under 100 acres abutting the P U Graduate college, Princeton Theo. Semiinary, and an undergrad dorm that was formerly the Princeton Inn.  Cut stone Cleveland Tower (the club symbol) and the old buildings give the course a British Isles feel.

A great course to play regularly and walk since green to tee walks are short.  My friend Malcolm McKinnon and I had some GCAers there in Oct.

My first post, so I hope I have not fractured any protocols.
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Philippe Binette

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Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2011, 01:06:10 PM »
I think Greg Norman's Tiburon course at Doral was on 97 acres...

A question, what is the acreage of the Old Course (without the Open tees)
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Mark_Rowlinson

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« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2011, 01:17:43 PM »
I'd be surprised if West Cornwall exceeded 100 acres. It's a fun course on which Long Jim Barnes started his golf.
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Andy Stamm

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Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2011, 01:22:19 PM »
Quote from: Philippe Binette on December 21, 2011, 01:06:10 PM
I think Greg Norman's Tiburon course at Doral was on 97 acres...

A question, what is the acreage of the Old Course (without the Open tees)

According to the Links Trust, it's 120 acres (not sure about which tees, but that doesn't effect the boudaries of the course much, does it?), which was more than I was guessing.
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Anthony Butler

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Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2011, 01:25:38 PM »
Quote from: Joel Zuckerman on December 21, 2011, 12:46:17 PM
I don't know the exact acreage, but Wannamoisett is as compact as they come, the golf pride & joy of compact Rhode Island!
Metacomet in East Providence would have to be close to that as well.
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Mark_Rowlinson

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Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2011, 01:33:17 PM »
Stourbridge Golf Club in the West Midlands fits 6200 yards of golf into 93 acres. I think it used to be credited in Guinness Book of Records as being the most compact course in the UK. I've only played it once, in the mid 1960s when my school had a match against the grammar school in Stourbridge. I lost - heavily, and didn't play for the school again! So I don't really remember a lot about the course, certainly not the last 7 or 8 holes which weren't needed! I had a better record against them at cricket, but I also remember finishing 21st out of 24 at under-15 level in a three-sided cross-country meeting. Shudder, shudder! How are the mighty fallen?
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Anthony Gray

Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2011, 01:35:38 PM »


  TOC would be the obvious answer.
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PCCraig

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« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2011, 01:47:27 PM »
Quote from: Tim Nugent on December 21, 2011, 12:40:21 PM
9-holers? ;D

Sorry Tim. 18 hole, Par 70+, regulation golf courses.
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David Kelly

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Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2011, 01:53:15 PM »
How many acres is Paraparaumu Beach on?
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JMEvensky

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Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #15 on: December 21, 2011, 01:54:47 PM »
Cherokee CC (Donald Ross) in Knoxville is on less than 90 acres I believe.
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Mike_Clayton

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« Reply #16 on: December 21, 2011, 01:56:43 PM »
Royal Perth in Australia is on 78 acres - and is a really good course and not that short or easy.
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Anthony Gray

Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #17 on: December 21, 2011, 01:57:54 PM »


  How many acres is Seminole?

 
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Mike Hendren

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Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #18 on: December 21, 2011, 02:04:35 PM »
Quote from: JMEvensky on December 21, 2011, 01:54:47 PM
Cherokee CC (Donald Ross) in Knoxville is on less than 90 acres I believe.

Jim, what about Memphis CC - it's gotta be close.

Mike
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JMEvensky

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Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #19 on: December 21, 2011, 02:07:24 PM »
Quote from: Michael_Hendren on December 21, 2011, 02:04:35 PM
Quote from: JMEvensky on December 21, 2011, 01:54:47 PM
Cherokee CC (Donald Ross) in Knoxville is on less than 90 acres I believe.

Jim, what about Memphis CC - it's gotta be close.

Mike

About 115-120,I think.
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David Hendler

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« Reply #20 on: December 21, 2011, 02:14:37 PM »
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David Hendler

Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #21 on: December 21, 2011, 02:17:50 PM »
Miami Beach Golf Club is just under 100ac I believe.
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Dan Grossman

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Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #22 on: December 21, 2011, 02:20:03 PM »
Under 100 acres has to be almost undoable for a decent, full-sized golf course.  In Sacramento, there is the Bartley C Cavanaugh golf course which is laid out on either 91 or 96 acres (I've seen both mentioned) by Perry Dye.  Not only is the golf course bad, it is quite dangerous.  It is the only time I have ever hit another golfer with a wayward shot and I was almost hit by another golfer there.  There is actually a yield sign on one of the cart paths.  They should hand out helmets in the pro-shop to golfers, rather than free tees.
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Mike_Clayton

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Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres?
« Reply #23 on: December 21, 2011, 02:25:31 PM »
Dan,
Royal Perth is decent and full- sized - at 78 acres.It is possible.
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Joe Bausch

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Re: What are the best golf courses sitting on less than 100 acres? New
« Reply #24 on: December 21, 2011, 02:36:25 PM »
Quote from: Bill Crane on December 21, 2011, 01:02:53 PM
My home golf club - Springdale GC in Princeton, NJ could be a candidate.  The club was established in 1895 and re-designed by William Flynn in 1925.  The course itself is sited on under 100 acres abutting the P U Graduate college, Princeton Theo. Semiinary, and an undergrad dorm that was formerly the Princeton Inn.  Cut stone Cleveland Tower (the club symbol) and the old buildings give the course a British Isles feel.

A great course to play regularly and walk since green to tee walks are short.  My friend Malcolm McKinnon and I had some GCAers there in Oct.

My first post, so I hope I have not fractured any protocols.

Welcome Bill. 

Our gathering back in early November at Springdale was lots of fun.  For those that didn't catch that thread with the photos, the entire photo album is here:

http://myphillygolf.com/uploads/bausch/Springdale/index.html
« Last Edit: May 14, 2017, 03:29:18 AM by Joe Bausch »
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