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NAF

The beauty of St. Enodoc
« on: June 19, 2003, 07:59:01 AM »
I've been all around the world to play golf in the last 4 years but few places prepared me for the fun, beauty and tranquility of St. Enodoc.  I hope this picture (my approach to the par 5 1st from 150 yards) with the Camel Estuary merging and unfurling into the Atlantic in the backround inspires more people to put it on an itinerary to Westward Ho and Saunton.

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NAF

Re: The beauty of St. Enodoc
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2003, 08:01:47 AM »
St. Enodoc was home to the decesased poet laureate John Betjeman who is buried in the 12th century church by the 10th hole.  He wrote a eulogy poem to a former club secretary Mr. E.A.R. (Ned) Burden that is one of my favorite poems I've ever read.. The first and last stanzas are my favorite.

The Hon. Secretary
By John Betjeman

The flag that hung half mast to-day
Seemed animate with being
As if it knew for who it flew
And will no longer be seeing.

He loved each corner of the links
The stream at the eleventh,
The gray-green bents, the pale sea-pinks
The prospect from the seventh;

To the ninth tee the uphill climb,
A grass and sandy stairway,
At the top the scent of thyme
And long extent of fairway.

He knew how on a summer day
The sea's deep blue grew deeper,
How evening shadows over Bray
Made that round hill look steeper.

He knew the ocean mists that rose
And seemed forever staying,
When moaned the foghorn from Trevose
And nobody was playing;

The flip of cards on winter eves,
The whiskey and the scoring,
As trees outside were stripped of leaves
And heavy seas were roaring.

He died when early April light
Showed red his garden sally
And under pale green spears glowed white
His lillies of the valley.

The garden where he used to stand
And where the robin waited
To fly and perch upon his hand
And feed till it was sated.

The Times would never have the space
For Ned's discreet achivements;
The public prints are not the place
For intimate bereavements.

A gentle guest, a willing host
Affection deeply planted--
Its strange that those we miss the most
Are those we take for granted.
  
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James Edwards

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Re: The beauty of St. Enodoc
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2003, 08:16:15 AM »
NAF,

Great position coming down...
Great Course aswell.

James

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Paul_Turner

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Re: The beauty of St. Enodoc
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2003, 08:17:11 AM »
Noel

It really is one of THE spots to play golf, with its constantly changing vistas.  I think Tom Doak sums it up perfectly, it's a course with different mood swings.

The poem evokes the course and its church.

The links are playing nice and fast in the UK this year?  (They had a dry Spring)
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NAF

Re: The beauty of St. Enodoc
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2003, 08:28:10 AM »
Paul-

The courses in the UK with the great spring they have had on on the cusp of starting to get burned out.  RT noticed the grass was getting stressed.. RYE must be a bowling alley..

One thing I forgot to add. How in the hell did Tom Doak shoot a 68 on St. Enodoc..The course record is 64.. Good on him..hopefully he'll respond on here and explain that round.. The course has so much rub of the green in it anything in the low 70s is a marvel.

James--Thanks, it was a good approach to about 10 feet but I only made par!

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SPDB

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Re: The beauty of St. Enodoc
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2003, 08:36:42 AM »
NAF - Never been to St. Enodoc, do you have any more pictures? It looks marvelous.
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James Edwards

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Re: The beauty of St. Enodoc
« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2003, 08:39:15 AM »
Noel,

What do you think of Saunton then?  Be interested in your thoughts.  Have you been to St Georges and Rye yet? I live nearby.

James
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NAF

Re: The beauty of St. Enodoc
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2003, 08:48:13 AM »
SPDB, email me and I will send you some...

James-I really liked Saunton especially the finishing holes.  There are some terrific greens there but what I found lacking was some of the hummocky/heaving fairways on courses like St. Enodoc or Rye or even Westward Ho in spots.  I played Burnham and Berrow the next day and found that superior to Saunton.  That being said, Saunton is a extremely fair test of links golf, it just doesnt have as much quirk as I like which is why I prefer B&B.

I've been to Rye several times and it is among my favourite courses in the world.  I still think often about trying to hit the 4th fairway (just once) or get it on the green in regulation on #7.
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SPDB

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Re: The beauty of St. Enodoc
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2003, 08:57:07 AM »
Is St. Enodoc the patron saint of firm and fast conditions? it would appear so from the pic.

 8)
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Mike_Cirba

Re: The beauty of St. Enodoc
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2003, 09:03:38 AM »
JJSE;

That's his position going back!

;)

Noel;

Thanks for sharing!  Great stuff!!
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David_Tepper

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Re: The beauty of St. Enodoc
« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2003, 09:25:03 AM »
Noel-
I am glad to see you finally got to St. Endoc and enjoyed it as much as I did a year ago. Thanks for posting the picture. What a great spot!
As I recall, Tom Watson played there last July prior to playing in the Open. Unless I am mistaken, I heard him say in an interview that the Club Secretary at St. Endoc was actually an American who went to high school with Watson in Kansas City.
DT
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NAF

Re: The beauty of St. Enodoc
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2003, 09:39:21 AM »
David,

That would be Mr. T.D. Clagget (Tuck) who is a boyhood friend of Watson's.  Tuck was a sports management executive over here and has been at St. Enodoc for a year. We spent some time with him (he is a gentleman) and had a great time.
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Tom_Doak

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Re: The beauty of St. Enodoc
« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2003, 10:53:06 AM »
After playing golf a bunch in the last week it is hard to imagine that I ever shot 68 anywhere, but it's true.  I made six birdies and five bogeys that day so it was hardly an even-keel round of golf ... it was a real rollercoaster, as is the golf course.

I have never gotten back to St. Enodoc in 20 years.  It's the course I would most like to see again, though a small part of me hates the idea of going back and shooting 86 there!
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RT

Re: The beauty of St. Enodoc
« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2003, 02:47:39 PM »
One can appreciate the enormity of the sand dunes complex of the golf course while pondering from the village of Padstow, across the estuary from Rock (the village where St. Enodoc is located).  Also due to its location there are few if any organized golf tours one is accustomed to see in Scotland and around London.

I enjoyed when Mr. Clagett said with his arrival that he is not trying to "buff" it up too much, so as to keep its natural charms.  Tom, when you are over again I'd enjoy taking you down there and see you shoot another 68!

RT
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