Tiger Tees at The International Club

[Stu Grant]

I recently had the chance to play The International Club (Pines Course) in Bolton, MA, where they have a set of Tiger Tees which stretch the course to 8,325 yards.  Par 73 from these tees (including a par-6), course rating 80.0 and slope 154. 

I am curious to know whether there are any other courses in the world that are comparable in length to this course?  At 8,325 this was WAY longer than anything I had ever heard of before.

Thanks

 

[Tim Gavrich]

It's really a par 77.  There are a couple of excessively (even by today's standards) long par 4s--#6 at 530, #9 at 535, #12 at 567, and #15 is borderline at 487--so it's a little artificial.  It's still pretty dang long, but slightly deceiving.

[John_Conley]

I am curious to know whether there are any other courses in the world that are comparable in length to this course?  At 8,325 this was WAY longer than anything I had ever heard of before.

Ross Bridge on the RTJ Trail is in the 8,100 area.  I haven't played it yet to see if it is all downhill.

[Doug Wright]

Antler Creek (Rick Phelps) in Falcon, Colorado at 8,058 yards. Of course plays much shorter at altitude.

[Stu Grant]

I felt that the toughest holes at International Club were definitely the par-3's...I think the three longest were 277 yards, 270 yards and 255 yards, with a couple of them partially blind with hazards in front!  (not really a bail-out shot available)

I was trying to take a little bit off of my driver on these holes and ended up missing the green badly in each instance and making doubles and triples.  

The par-4s on the other hand were far more playable in my opinion.  Kind of a strange feeling though on the 567 yard par 4...I hit a 315 yard drive down the middle and still had 255 to try and get to the green in regulation!!

[Andy Ryall]

I grew up in Shrewsbury - about 10 miles away and used to play the little 9-holer Twin Springs that abutts the Intl.  If my memory serves correct, Tom Watson holds/held the course record at 73, when he played out there in the early 1980s with those oversized persimmon woods.....

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