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Jay Flemma

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Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« on: August 26, 2014, 01:50:24 PM »
What's it like?  I mean besides being more Tour venue than links...
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Marty Bonnar

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2014, 02:08:17 PM »
The fifth best course in Auchterarder.
F.
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Jon Wiggett

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2014, 02:40:53 PM »
It is okay but should have been a lot better given the land available. The Kings would have been a much better venue for matchplay IMO.

Jon
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Greg Taylor

Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2014, 04:13:06 PM »
Forgettable is how I would describe it!
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Niall C

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2014, 09:15:56 AM »
Quote from: Greg T on August 27, 2014, 04:13:06 PM
Forgettable is how I would describe it!

Surely not !

I would have thought you would just have to think of any other Nicklaus design to remember the holes  ;)

Niall
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Scott Warren

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2014, 05:54:33 PM »
Quote from: Jay Flemma on August 26, 2014, 01:50:24 PM
What's it like?  I mean besides being more Tour venue than links...

Being 20 miles inland, we can probably cut it some slack for being more a lot of things than links.
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John Cowden

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2014, 08:44:25 PM »
Who among us wouldn't do three days of Kings/Queens and never miss Centenary?  I am not looking forward to all the [clueless]
TV shills lauding the course. 
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Lyndell Young

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2014, 10:40:39 PM »
Its been awhile ,but my most vivid memory was that they had riding carts on the Nicklaus course. Decent course but Kings is much better.
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Jay Flemma

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2014, 10:36:20 AM »
Carts in Scotland?  That's like hot sauce in breakfast cereal.  >:(
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Brad Klein

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2014, 11:13:48 AM »
Writing it up now for GW; was there last week. It looks ready for a Ryder Cup.

Brad
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Brad Isaacs

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #10 on: September 02, 2014, 09:42:06 AM »
It is not what you take a trip to Scotland for. Not what you would take a trip to the heathland for either.
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Gabe Donohoe

Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2014, 02:06:20 AM »
Not worth the time.  Better off playing another round on the Kings or Queens.  I was playing with an accomplished Landscape Architect who said, why did we come here?  He called it "Mayacama light"
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Jay Flemma

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2014, 04:34:55 PM »
Thanks for the tip on Mayacama too:) Why in particular is it so...underwhelming...
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Tom Dunne

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2014, 05:29:10 PM »
Whoa, let's just draw the brakes here with the Mayacama comparison, which is grossly unfair to a solid golf course in a beautiful wine country setting. The Centenary should be compared with a place like the 2010 at Celtic Manor, and even then I don't think it would fare too well.   
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Paul Gray

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2014, 05:38:45 PM »
Quote from: Brad Klein on September 01, 2014, 11:13:48 AM
Writing it up now for GW; was there last week. It looks ready for a Ryder Cup.

Brad

I do hope you cut to the chase.
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Brad Klein

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #15 on: September 06, 2014, 04:26:57 PM »
Paul, you'll have to read the story. I worry here about spoiler alerts, which is what happens when the Web trumps the printed word. But trust me, I get there.

Brad
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Mike Policano

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #16 on: September 06, 2014, 06:16:33 PM »
Gabe,

Welcome aboard. I will have to get you and Tom out for a round.

Cheers, Mike
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Bill_McBride

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #17 on: September 06, 2014, 08:15:09 PM »
Quote from: Brad Klein on September 01, 2014, 11:13:48 AM
Writing it up now for GW; was there last week. It looks ready for a Ryder Cup.

Brad

Because the hospitality tents and grandstands are in place?   ;D
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Rich Goodale

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #18 on: September 07, 2014, 05:17:45 AM »
Methinks that Dr. Klein is damning with faint praise.  I do not think that "ready for the Ryder Cup" is a criterion that anybody on this board uses when comparing golf courses.

Oh yeah, I forgot to say that I've played the course and it is very forgettable.
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Jay Flemma

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #19 on: September 07, 2014, 09:20:18 AM »
Why is it forgettable Rich?!  Deets please:)
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Rich Goodale

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Re: Has anyone played the Centenary Course?
« Reply #20 on: September 07, 2014, 03:35:50 PM »
Quote from: Jay Flemma on September 07, 2014, 09:20:18 AM
Why is it forgettable Rich?!  Deets please:)


Everything, Jay, ergo "forgettable."
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