Pennard is highly overrated on this site, particularly in regards to its seriously goofy par 5's.
Play Southerndown instead.
....and I can usually count on liking the exact opposite of that which Rihc promotes. In this case though, its more a matter of why not play both? If however, one must choose, definitely take the goofy 5s
20. Carnoustie Burnside: What are these guides up to, a snoozefest? Burnside belongs. Even more concerning, none of the four guides lists Burnside among courses to see.
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Sorry to disappoint you, Sean, but I am on record on this site as a lover of the Burnside.
Ricardo
Ya gotta be right once in a while - no?
I have a lot of time for S'down - 6. But Pennard definitely kicks it up a notch in just about anything relating to golf.
The Doak Brain Trust is spot on in this case, but both earn Arble 1*. If Pennard ever figures out that the animals are good and keeps them on the property 12 months a year, it will get a 2*
21.
Eclectic 18: Just using the consensus list, the nominations and the honourable mentions, below would be my choices.
1. A bit of a no brainer for Masa;
Machrihanish.
2.
Portsalon, good call from Tom.
3.
Woking, don't know who had in the back of their mind (I suspect Tom), but its a better hole than #4.
4. It has to be
St Enodoc, the Brain Trust should have listened to Tom.
5.
Sacred 9, no brainer from Tom.
6. Difficult not to dip into the honourable mentions again for Painswick, but great 5s are rare;
Sunny New. Tom calls it again.
7. Ran must have stuck to his guns;
Pennard.
8. Wow, how can I pass on
Troon?
9. I will stick with Tom and
Lahinch.
10. Once again, I am sticking with Tom,
Cavendish.
11. Broken record, Tom again,
St Andrews.
12. Darius comes through here,
Swinley Forest.
13. I will drag this one from the honourable mentions;
Addington.
14. Zero debate,
Dornoch.
15. Tough call here, but I am sort of backed into
North Berwick.
16. If it remains a par 5,
Deal, Tom again.
17. Why not stick with
Prestwick?
18. It has to be
Kington and it had to be Tom's idea.
Thats 10 holes taken from the consensus eclectic and only a few taken from honourable mentions. These guys pretty much mentioned all the best choices, not surprising.
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