So, post a few pictures of an unknown golf course and GCAers will have no problem identifying the golf course. As previously mentioned, the pictures are of Turnberry Golf Club, a par-56 golf course measuring some 3,400 yards from the back tees (which, interestingly, are rarely played!). The course is a twist on the 'executive course' concept as it offers a golf course with far better shaping, more interesting greens and surrounds, and better conditioning than most any other short course I have seen (private courses excepted).
The variety is exceptional. Though it is impossible to forget that you are playing 16 straight par-3s, the varying shot demands will keep you constantly engaged.
“I think it is important, even with the beginning golfer, that we are not insulting them by giving them a mundane experience that they won’t remember,” says Cam Tyers, an associate golf designer at the firm of Carrick Design who created Turnberry with Doug Carrick. “We want the beginning golfer to be exciting and amazed. And we know the course will challenge better players as well.” http://www.turnberrygolf.ca/course.htm
The second hole offers a fascinating double green with pins that range from nearly impossible (as pictured!) to hole-in-one-able as the centre of the green has a bowl reminiscent of the one found at NGLA's Short:
How often do you find a 102 yard that is truly interesting? The 7th at Turnberry not only intimidates with this very deep bunker to its right, but a green that falls away past its mid-point make depth perception and yardage control a difficulty:
Some holes, like the 8th, provide the opportunity to play a running shot off a kicker:
While holes like the 10th have slopes around the green that will repel shots that barely miss the green:
And the Biarritz green (previously pictured) is difficult to putt if you find the green, and an impossible recovery if you miss the green!
