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Andrew Harvie:
The Lido Course Profile


I played Lido in September 2023, and I still constantly think about it on, at minimum, a weekly basis. To me, that's a sign of a good golf course!


In my mind, Lido is a great, great golf course. I liken it to a chess match, with every single swing having some sort of implication down the road. Yeah yeah, every great golf course has that same feeling and the true heavy-hitters worldwide never have wasted shots or swings, but among the upper echelon of golf courses I've played, only a couple truly provide that feeling to the level Lido does. That being the copious amounts of ways to play each hole: on a handful of examples, there's upwards of 150 yards left to right of space to make a decision! Max Behr wrote a lot about the "line of charm," and Lido perhaps does the best of any golf course I've seen of making sure that line of charm is only for the most aggressive and confident.


Anyways, I won't string this along because the course profile is a 19-minute read time. But if you've played Lido, what was your general takeaways and thoughts?

Joe Bausch:
Beautiful, man!

Tim Gavrich:
I played Lido in May and, like Andrew, it's been on my mind ever since. The best American golf course I played this year for sure, and pretty close even to the two best courses I saw overseas - County Down and Portrush.


There are any number of things to talk about but to me the routing - basically two concentric counterclockwise loops - is indescribably interesting. I think the general oval-ness of the course adds to the already palpable steeplechase-golf feel. It's so bizarre - I love it so much.

Thomas Dai:
Curious to know what kind of feedback there has been from non-elite lady players and short hitting men.
Not just distance and carry feedback but trajectory and stopping distance related too as from the photos some of the features seem very steep.
Atb

Tommy Williamsen:

--- Quote from: Thomas Dai on December 08, 2024, 06:47:48 AM ---Curious to know what kind of feedback there has been from non-elite lady players and short hitting men.
Not just distance and carry feedback but trajectory and stopping distance related too as from the photos some of the features seem very steep.
Atb

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I am a short-hitting 77-year-old man. My handicap is about 7. I played Lido once. I had a great caddie who guided me around the course. I broke 80 and hit most of the greens. Like the Old Course, there are many ways to play it. I thought it was brilliant.

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