[Steve Curry]

Ran,

Golf courses are just as different from one another as your friends trekking.  The differences simply require a finer eye for distinction.  I was amazed by the differences when I first saw the short course at Pine Valley.  I think there is a deeper explanation for his "need for speed".


Regards,
Steve

[ForkaB]

I'm sticking with my post #5 (when I was masquerading as "-1" (NOT, btw the "-1" that talks about leaving the Rockies--that wa 'redanman" I think).....

Interesting that in the early posts there is so much confusion about whether or not golf is a "game" or a "sport."  The eminent GCA scholar Tom MacWood uses the two words interchangeably, and Pat Mucci characteristically calls it a "sport" but refers to it in a form that Max Behr might even call a "game" (if we knew what Maxie was thinking).

[Bob_Huntley]

Mike Strantz' new course has five par threes, three of them coming in a stretch of five holes, five par fives and eight par fours. The eighteenth green is some four hundred yards from the clubhouse.

[frank_D]

first of all i would like to highlight the fact that this observation was made by a WALKER - who by my definition is a real GOLFER

the brain dead cart-ballers - well - how could they even notice the course - their big "adventure" is typically to get the screen on the on-board computer to operate

yes - there are many course i could cite whereas the first tee is away from the clubhouse -  i do not find this an unusual feature - but again the cart-ballers would get lost on their way to most of these tees

for classic adventure - how about sleepy hollow (cb macdonald) as one example - into the dense woods through fairway chutes - come out to a dramatic elevated view of the hudson river (to face a par three green on top of a hill which slopes away on all sides) - all over fairly rugged and in places particularly steep terrain - nine continue to ten far away from the clubhouse - and BEST OF ALL - NO CARTS ALLOWED

NATURE found on any golf course provides plenty of adventure to me - but then again my WALKING allows access to these wonderful adventures

i don't believe your trekker friend would ever consider nepal or any place else by motorized cart

[Paul_Turner]

This was a classic thread.  Just bringing it back up.

These days, I think I'm tending to agree with Ran's mate.  Probably because I haven't played competitively in ages.  These days, a good hike in the Lake District beats a round at Lytham  

[THuckaby2]

Paul, that's sad.

I just came back from a trip where I did a lot of hiking (for me anyway) and to some pretty wild places, in the Canadian rockies... the scenery was pretty spectacular, and the hikes were a lot of fun.

BUT..the most fun I had was playing golf at Banff Springs.

Hiking is golf without a purpose.

And every course is the same only to one who doesn't play the game.  

TH

[Paul_Turner]

Tom

Sounds like a great trip!

Sometimes hiking has a purpose...reaching a summit.

[Andy Levett]

I thought of this thread when I came across the site  http://www.swcp.org.uk/ about a coastal trail in SW England.
What a great way to combine hiking/walking with golf!

The whole path is 630 miles and apparently takes about 8 weeks but I reckon the smart move would be to just do the first third or so,  as far as St Ives.
Courses you would pass (and play) include Saunton, Westward Ho!, Trevose, St Enodoc, Perranporth and West Cornwall.
Strap a half-set pencil bag to your pack and you're good to go.

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