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Mark_Rowlinson

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Abu Dhabi - not mentioning Tiger or Rock
« on: January 29, 2012, 01:36:32 PM »
I saw more of this tournament (on Sky) than I usually do of European tour events. I watched because of the human interest. But the course itself made no impression on me. Is it good, bad or indifferent?

Joel_Stewart

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Re: Abu Dhabi - not mentioning Tiger or Rock
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2012, 02:08:22 PM »
I agree, I didn't see anything interesting about the golf course.  The pros spoke well about it, especially the greens which were very smooth.

The thing I saw it's wall to wall grass.   With all that sand, why can't they build a course in the desert that looks something like this?   Is there no market for it?


Michael Tamburrini

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Re: Abu Dhabi - not mentioning Tiger or Rock
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2012, 02:19:03 PM »
The 10th tee looked like it was in a forest.

It did look in good condition (I liked the sand in the bunkers - the pros really seemed to struggle spinning the ball out of them) but it was a very blahish course.

Adam Lawrence

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Re: Abu Dhabi - not mentioning Tiger or Rock
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2012, 02:27:22 PM »
The story is that it'll be at Yas next year. Very, very good course. Kyle did an excellent job there.
Adam Lawrence

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Tiger_Bernhardt

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Re: Abu Dhabi - not mentioning Tiger or Rock
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2012, 02:40:35 PM »
I think it is an average course, which is what the one contributor who has been there said. Yet, that said what does one expect of a modern course in a country with minimal history with the game. Rock played great golf and deserved the win.

Adam Lawrence

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Re: Abu Dhabi - not mentioning Tiger or Rock
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2012, 03:06:32 PM »
I don't know if I would go to Abu Dhabi specifically to play at Yas Links. But I think it has blown the rest of the courses in the Emirates out of the water, clearly the first world-class course in the region. World top 100? Probably not in my list, but I could see why it would make a magazine list, given their desire to have representation from lots of different regions.
Adam Lawrence

Editor, Golf Course Architecture
www.golfcoursearchitecture.net

Principal, Oxford Golf Consulting
www.oxfordgolfconsulting.com

Author, 'More Enduring Than Brass: a biography of Harry Colt' (forthcoming).

Short words are best, and the old words, when short, are the best of all.

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