Every hole at The Renaissance Club - GD video

[Thomas Dai]

GD have just released this video entitled Every Hole at The Renaissance Club - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_-AxrdWym3Q
Thought it might be of interest.
Question. Was there always this much rough including bunkers in the rough?
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[Tom_Doak]

Question. Was there always this much rough including bunkers in the rough?
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All of those bunkers were at least at the edge of the fairway when built.  The fairways were maybe 50% wider on average.  But the client and the membership wanted to attract the tournament and thought it needed to be harder, so they stopped mowing so much.

[Thomas Dai]

Thanks Tom. I imagine it must be rather frustrating when this kind of thing occurs.
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[Robin_Hiseman]

A very different aesthetic in play at Adare Manor this week.

[Ben Stephens]

A very different aesthetic in play at Adare Manor this week.

Adare is essentially a RTJ layout whose holes have been updated by Fazio - wouldn't surprise me if the renovation costs were north of £20m


Going back to the Renaissance having played there in the Renaissance Cup in 2014 - it seems that a lot of trees have been removed since then to open it up - having seen the flythroughs it looks a bit bare

[Tom_Doak]

Going back to the Renaissance having played there in the Renaissance Cup in 2014 - it seems that a lot of trees have been removed since then to open it up - having seen the flythroughs it looks a bit bare

They have cleared out more trees to make it look more links-y for TV.  The client wanted to do that from the beginning and the planning authorities wouldn’t let him; the politics of that have changed with bringing the tournament to East Lothian.


I have to say, the tournament is a much bigger deal now that it’s a full on PGA Tour event.  I’ve done 4-5 interviews about it this week, which is more than the first three years combined.  They have a strong field coming for it, too.