I attended the event yesterday as a way to see the course and as a bonus got to see some good golf from the likes of Scott and Goss. I really liked the way Goss hit the ball with some pretty effortless looking power. On Tournament 9 Scott hit it will down over the crest of the hill and Goss was only 5 yards behind him.
I was really blown away be the bunkering and I think some of the pro's were too, but for differing reasons at the time. I just loved the scale and positioning of them while I saw many players having to take wedge from fairway bunkers just to ensure they cleared the lip.
How would number 6 (3 normal) play day to day for the members as I only saw one pro (Sven Puymbroeck) actually have a go at the green? He ended up green high but quite a bit right playing from in front of the 7th tee, where he was left with an almost impossible pitch to keep the ball from rolling off the other side of the green or back into a swale and short. Not a shot a club player would fair too well on.
Most of the players were happy to hit a long iron or hybrid from the tee, would this also be the normal way for the handicap golfer to play the hole?
For what is essentially a flat site I doubt many players leave the 18th at Kingston Heath feeling like they have played a flat course, the undulations on the greens and fairways looked anything but flat. Poulter used the steep slope on the back of 13 so well to bring the ball back to pin high.