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Tommy Williamsen

gimmicky holes that you actually like
« on: March 09, 2021, 10:18:34 AM »
11 at the Club at Black Rock is one I really like.


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Bruce Katona

Re: gimmicky holes that you actually like
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2021, 10:33:16 AM »
A visual hazard; much like a pond; but a bit taller and certainly less forgiving if struck with a mishit.


I like it.
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Phil Burr

Re: gimmicky holes that you actually like
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2021, 11:17:54 AM »
3rd hole, Ventana Canyon Mountain Course.
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Tom_Doak

Re: gimmicky holes that you actually like
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2021, 11:57:53 AM »
Phil:  What is that hole gimmicky, more than any other hole in the desert?


IIRC it doesn't quite fit into the routing, you have to come back a long way from the green to play the next hole.  I'm not a fan of that, but there are a lot of modern courses that have a par-3 like that.
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Thomas Dai

Re: gimmicky holes that you actually like
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2021, 12:48:37 PM »
Is it the hole itself or the surrounds that make things gimmicky?
Also, should yee olde famous/epic holes be considered gimmicky? Or do their classic and historical nature preclude them from such a description?
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Lou_Duran

Re: gimmicky holes that you actually like
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2021, 01:09:41 PM »
Not to be heretical, but CPC's #16 with its "special" rule (the ocean is part of the course and not a PA) is gimmicky IMO but one which is probably in everyone's mind the minute they pull into the parking lot.
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Dan_Callahan

Re: gimmicky holes that you actually like
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2021, 01:18:15 PM »
I think many people would say Mike Strantz built some gimmicky holes, and I wouldn't disagree. But I still love them.
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Tom_Doak

Re: gimmicky holes that you actually like
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2021, 01:22:41 PM »
If they were almost anywhere else, the 13th at North Berwick and the 17th at The Old Course would be seen as gimmicky.


I like both of those more than the hole pictured in the OP  ;D .
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Ira Fishman

Re: gimmicky holes that you actually like
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2021, 01:59:41 PM »
The hole in the OP gives the Dell Hole a bad name.


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