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Jeff_Lewis

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Durban Country Club
« on: January 12, 2014, 11:23:51 AM »
Great to watch it on TV today.  A really special spot in the world.  All those crazy humps and bumps and so many cool 1/2 par holes. One of those places that is worth the effort to seek it out. 

Robert Mercer Deruntz

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Re: Durban Country Club
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2014, 03:19:02 PM »
I have been fortunate to have played there a few times in 1996 and felt that it was not worthy of top 100 status.  There are many great courses not ranked, but South Africa lacks elite level courses and this becomes the default politically included course. That being said, the start and finish are absolutely great.  And it always seems to provided for an exciting tournament.  Personally, I would love to see the flat holes get some tweaking to create a more consistent feel to the layout.

Rees Milikin

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Re: Durban Country Club
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2014, 05:12:44 PM »
I was looking up info on this course a few months ago and decided to use Google street view, and the course has been mapped with Google street view.  I have never seen this done before on a course and was wondering if anyone has found other courses that have allowed Google to street view their course.

https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d31.035392!3d-29.815769!2m2!1f161.14!2f81.74!4f75!2m11!1e1!2m5!1s8GFtdiZhi-NbW6bsuAIZoA!2e0!7e5!9m1!6s%C2%A9+2014+Google!5m3!1s8GFtdiZhi-NbW6bsuAIZoA!2e0!3e5&fid=5

Mike Nuzzo

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Re: Durban Country Club
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2014, 01:12:33 PM »
Thank you Rees
Very cool to see the street view, I've never seen another golf course on street view.
Could it have been a car or off road vehicle?
When they get close to the maint area it looks like the super came out to inspect or take pictures.
They got rid of their 2nd croquet court between aerial and streetview, and built a green and bunker.
Cheers
Thinking of Bob, Rihc, Bill, George, Neil, Dr. Childs, & Tiger.

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