GCA Mock Fantasy Draft II - Dream Course Edition

[Brad Fleischer]

Yea I didn't see that one coming . You probably emailed him asking for him to take that or did you ask him to take the other "dell" hole ?
God that will never get old .

eww wyatt your so far out in front god get a room already will you .

Turtle

[Matt Bosela]

Bumpity bump...looks like we've hit a snag near the end....

[Jim Thornton]

Chip Gaskins-

I took Oakmont No. 12 in an earlier round.  Jim Colton has a list of all the holes taken on the first page of the thread.
Jim

[Ronald Montesano]

Let's skip someone...who is up next?

[Matt Bosela]

Yeah, Robert Ball has gone over 12 hours...Sean Arble is next.

Lets finish this sucker today.

[Jim Colton]

Sean is on the clock...

ROUND EIGHT
190. JNC_Lyon: Oak Hill (West) - No. 9, 365 Yds, Par 4; Kiawah Island (Ocean) - No. 12, 450 Yds, Par 4; Leatherstocking - No. 15, 470 Yds, Par 5
191. Matthew Hunt
192. Carl Nichols: Kinloch - No. 9, 586 Yds, Par 5; Cuscowilla - No. 12, 300 Yds, Par 4; Congressional (Blue) - No. 15, 440 Yds, Par 4
193. Jim Colton: Bandon Trails - No. 2, 214 Yds, Par 3; Old Macdonald - No. 10, 420 Yds, Par 4; Blackwolf Run (River) - No. 16, 620 Yds, Par 5
194. Alex Miller: Bethpage Black - No. 12, 501 Yds, Par 4; Rustic Canyon - No. 13, 540 Yds, Par 5; Pacific Dunes - No. 14, 145 Yds, Par 3
195. Jim Thornton: Linville - No. 3, 472 Yds, Par 4; Bel-Air - No. 10, 195 Yds, Par 3; The Honors Course - No. 15, 475 Yds, Par 4
196. George Freeman: The Old Course - No. 2, 411 Yds, Par 4; Crystal Downs - No. 15, 327 Yds, Par 4; Cape Kidnappers - No. 16, 500 Yds, Par 5
197. Richard Choi: Bethpage Black - No. 13, 554 Yds, Par 5; Chambers Bay - No. 16, 425 Yds, Par 4; Ballyneal - No. 18, 450 Yds, Par 4
198. Mac Plumart: Southshore - No. 16, 170 Yds, Par 3; Black Diamond Ranch - No. 17, 225 Yds, Par 3; The Addington - No. 9, 380 Yds, Par 4
199. John Mayhugh: Engineers - No. 2, 400 Yds, Par 4; West Sussex - No. 13, 382 Yds, Par 4; Royal St Georges - No. 17, 428 Yds, Par 4
200. Chip Gaskins
201. Robert Ball
202. Sean Arble
203. Jud Tigerman *
204. Deucie Bies *
205. Jordan Wall
206. Tim Bert *
207. Patrick Hodgdon
208. Kalen Braley
209. Eric Smith
210. Cristian Willaert *
211. Brad Fleischer
212. Tom Doak *
213. Ronald Montesano
214. Wyatt Halliday
215. Matt Bosela
216. JC Jones

* - autopick submitted

[Sean_A]

Jeepers - you lot are fiesty tonight.

My final three picks are
#5 Beau Desert 411 par 4
#9 Beau Desert 260 par 4
#15 Enniscrone 421 par 4

Clubhouse – North Berwick

There you have it, my 18 holes.  I think I have something close to my ideal if not exactly what I would have liked.  I followed my rules of
picking only holes I have played – each hole must have my stamp of approval.  Even the clubhouse had to be among the courses I chose holes from.  

1. Keeping the elevation changes reasonably in check.  IE matching downhill and uphill holes so my course isn’t terribly out of whack.

2. Keeping the course short, but still challenging for all but the very best players.  I am guessing my course is close to 5800 yards from the daily tees.  

3. A good walking course - not too much elevation change.

4. A balance of beauty, challenge and birdie opportunities.  A high single figure player can play to par on his day.  

5. Light bunkering.

6. Course playable all year round.

7. A few water holes, a few funky holes, a few with crazy greens, but mainly straightforward holes over interesting ground.

8. Clubhouse with a view, but not on a hill.

1.   St Enodoc 528 yard par 5
2.   Royal Dornoch 184 yard par 3
3.   Woking 445 yard par 4
4.   St Enodoc 323 yard par 4
5.   Beau Desert 411 yard par 4
6.   Sunningdale New 510 yard par 5
7.   Pennard 351 yard par 4
8.   Royal Troon 123 yard par 3
9.   Beau Desert 260 yard par 4
10.   Cavendish 422 yard par 4
11.   Royal Dornoch 445 yard par 4
12.   Aberdovey 149 yard par 3
13.   Prestwick 460 yard par 4
14.   Sunningdale New 191 yard par 3
15.   Enniscrone 421 yard par 4
16.   North Berwick 379 yard par 4
17.   Swinley Forest 170 yard par 3
18.   Kington 285ish yard par 4

North Berwick clubhouse

OUT 3135 yards par 36
IN 2922 yards par 33
TOTAL 6057 par 69

Ciao

Jim

Thanks for all your efforts!
    

[Jim Colton]

Jordan is up...

203. Jud Tigerman: Talking Stick (North) - No. 11, 261 Yds, Par 3; Skokie - No. 10, 410 Yds, Par 4; Pine Needles - No. 6, 460 Yds, Par 4
204. Deucie Bies: Castle Pines - No. 8, 570 Yds, Par 5; Laurel Valley - No. 10, 432 Yds, Par 4; Muirfield - No. 11, 389 Yds, Par 4

From Deucie: Switch Pennard #16 for Seminole #16 Par 4 420 yards (?)-

[Jud_T]

Clubhouse-Dunes Club....

[Chip Gaskins]

Chip Gaskins-

I took Oakmont No. 12 in an earlier round.  Jim Colton has a list of all the holes taken on the first page of the thread.
Jim

Jim-

Sorry about that, traveling this week and paging through all of this on my phone is hard.

I will take Piping Rock #12, Par 4, 410 yards

Chip

[Jordan Wall]

ugh.  so tired. ugh.

How about....

3 at Riviera
1 at Seattle GC
6 at Chambers Bay

I'll take some clubhouse in Hawaii or Vegas
when I'm awake I'll make that choice

[Jim Colton]

Tim:

Old Macdonald 15
Sand Hills #16
Wolf Point #18

Patrick is up...

[Robert_Ball]

Finishing out the Ball 18...

Jasper Park 2nd hole 490yds par 5
Ekwanok 5th hole 380yds par 4
Pacific Dunes 17th hole 210 yds par 3

[Wyatt Halliday]

Missed my third pick today while traveling, so my late replacement is the Dell hole, #5 at Lahinch, 165 yards.

Victory is mine!!!

Sorry I haven't been chiming in boys. Bogey chewed through my Macbook cord and Dept of Defense computers have effective firewalls against golf architecture discussion groups. Coltrain, when are you going to create that GCA iPhone app we keep talking about.

By the way, even though Tom chose the Dell, Wyatt Halliday is way out in front.

Yea I didn't see that one coming . You probably emailed him asking for him to take that or did you ask him to take the other "dell" hole ?
God that will never get old .

eww wyatt your so far out in front god get a room already will you .

Turtle

Ben,
Thanks for the vote of confidence. There are some pretty strong courses in this draft.

Turtle,
I believe you can recall the Best Western Traverse City. The skin search was nil that weekend if I remember correctly.

[Ronald Montesano]

Patrick is over his three hour time limit...KALEN BRALEY is up to the podium.

[Patrick Hodgdon]

Ok sorry to be late to the course finishing party... Onto the picks:

#17 County Sligo, Par 4, 455 yards

#6 Lookout Mountain "Short" Par 3, 125 yards



#7 Old Macdonald "Ocean" Par 4, ? yards

Also Jim please note I traded Lahinch #13 for Sand Hills #13 Par 3, 210 yards


And I'll trade #5 Friar's Head for #5 New South Wales Par 5, 515 yards

[Eric Smith]

Oops

[Kalen Braley]

With my final picks...I select:

North Berwick - #2 - Par 4 - 432 yards




Cal Club - #3 - Par 4 - 415 yards




Ballyneal - #9 - Par 4 - 380 yards




As for my "clubhouse"...this little shack should do just fine!! 

[Wyatt Halliday]

Patrick is over his three hour time limit...KALEN BRALEY is up to the podium.

Who knew that the GCA Mock Fantasy Draft II - Dream Course Edition thread had an official bookie?

[Eric Smith]

 
                                                                  Muirfield - Hole 9 - 509yds - Par 5
 
 

 
                                                             Pacific Dunes - Hole 12 - 529yds - Par 5
 
 
 

 
                          St. Andrews Beach - Hole 17 - 511yds - Par 5


And finally....my club house with the ultimate 1st teeing ground:



I don't know where this is...I saved it from a thread that Sean Arble posted last year.  Perfect vibe going on there...



Jim Colton,

I truly enjoyed this exercise - thanks for keeping up with all that it entailed.  Unfortunately for you though, it is still 2 months before you pick up a golf club!

[Ronald Montesano]

All right, now we are stuck...Jim is in meetings and has Christian's picks.  Christian, you out there?  Can you update for us?

[Wyatt Halliday]

Ronald,

I have this terrible suspicion that you are going to steal my 6th hole.

[Ronald Montesano]

You know what's funny?  Freaking JNC_Lyon stole mine, and he did it in the FINAL ROUND...Dude doesn't even LIVE in Buffalo and he filched the Country Club of Buffalo's 6th from me...It would be too coinky if I did it to you.

[Jim Colton]

From Cristian:

210. Cristian Willaert: Haagsche - No. 1, 490 Yds, Par 5; Royal County Down - No. 4, 480 Yds, Par 4; MPCC (Shore) - No. 11, 170 Yds, Par 3

My favorite New Yorker is up next...

p.s. only 5,8,9 left from Pac Dunes.  Impressive 15 holes picked so far!

[Mac Plumart]

I see online that the Askernish clubhouse was built last year.  Does anyone have access to a picture of it that they could post?

I want to see what my new digs look like!