No, I was not in Sri Lanka (I'd be too afraid of the Mexican Staring Frog, native of the southern part of the island*
), but a lurker sent me these pics he took as part of his participation in the Steel Trophy/Ebert Pot (Steel Trophy for low markers, Ebert Pot for everyone else), held annually there for friends of the architect's firm. (Martin Ebert is a principal/architect in Steel's firm....he worked on Primland, now open in the Virginia, U.S. mountains)
The resort is in the middle of the island, along a spectacular lake/reservoir.
* Sorry, I had to get that South Park reference in there.
The descriptions below are his direct quotes.
"Walking down the first fairway. Dog leg right. A wonderful opener."
"A look from #4 tee to the green. The short hole plays along the ridge. In some ways, this is as binary as Myopia #9, in this case with the terrain sloping off to the right. 116 yards. A favorite."
"Back from #4 green to the tee. The views are stunning all over the course, with Victoria reservoir down to the left of this picture."
"From the tee on #14. Hole is down and around to the left. Hoping for a draw in order to hold the slope….. "
"Practice green at dawn, ahead of the competition for the Steel Trophy & the Ebert Pot. #17 in the background left, heading away. #18 comes back along the right. "
"Fixing a mark on the 8th green."
"Playing up onto #10 green."
"From #11 tee. Fairway slopes to the left -- need to keep the ball right off the tee. No bunkers at the green – I recall this one’s being difficult to hold, and the approach is I think blind up the hill. Steel & Ebert didn’t use bunkers in nearly half the green complexes here."
"#14 again: the second shot after a pushed drive. I think from here I had to land the ball short and left to get the ball onto the green."
"Looking from my room back to the #3 ladies tee. OB to golfer’s right, with slope of fairway an important factor. 'Tiger Line' over the Mara tree on the golfer’s left leaves a wedge into the punchbowl surrounding the green. Dog leg left."
"The suggested manner of getting from Colombo up to Victoria. Sea plane to the reservoir in 30 minutes."
The resort's web site:
http://srilankagolf.com/html/default2.htm