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Malcolm Mckinnon

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Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) All holes posted
« on: September 21, 2012, 12:30:26 AM »
I'm not being disrespectful in the least, I LOVE this place. The club dislikes publicity so I am using a pseudonym which my good friend and member utilizes to describe the club logo (tongue in cheek of course).

PM me if you need to ask the name of this club. Lets just discuss the GCA without mentioning the name. Hint...USA. Many of you will know right away.

Also, I will abstain from discussing yardages and pars.

Hole 1 tee view

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1st Fairway

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1st approach

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1st looking back

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2nd tee

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2nd Fairway

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Mounds!!!

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Mounds and bunkers!!!

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Kinda a cop bunker befuddling the approach to the green

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Looking back at the tee with 13th to the left

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2nd Green

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3rd Tee

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Approaching 3rd Green

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4th Tee

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4th approach

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4th looking back

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5th tee

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5th Fairway

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5th getting nearer

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5th looking back

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6th Tee

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6th Fairway

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6th getting closer now

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6th Looking back

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More holes to follow later... Cheers
« Last Edit: September 21, 2012, 08:33:31 PM by Malcolm Mckinnon »

Brad Tufts

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Re: Fox and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-6 at present
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2012, 01:26:12 AM »
The good old rat and trumpet!
So I jump ship in Hong Kong....

Malcolm Mckinnon

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Re: Fox and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-6 at present
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2012, 02:06:46 AM »
Brad!

I like that better, I'm changing the title of this post from fox to rat and toilet plunger club right now.

Thanks,

Malcolm

Malcolm Mckinnon

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-6 at present
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2012, 02:40:35 AM »
Since I seem to have insomnia tonight I'll take us through to the marvelous ninth...

Hole 7 Tee, wind was really brutal this day from left to right

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The second shot on 7 is blind unless you crush your tee shot

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7th Green

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8th Tee

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Taking it all in...Ahhh

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Don't push your tee shot slightly to the right

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Second Shot on number 8

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View of 8th Green


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8th Looking back

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And the Devilish Short 9th

Tee view...

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Nasty Bunkers on 9...

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Kinda narrow green, looking back

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Rear Bunkering on 9

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More to follow...



Sean_A

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2012, 02:57:56 AM »
Now this is a bucket list course which gets me jumping to go like few others.  I think it looks marvelous.  Thanks Malcolm. 

Ciao
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Rich Goodale

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2012, 04:24:35 AM »
Timely post for me, Malcolm, as I'll be there in a few weeks.  I like the arse picture of the guy taking a cell phone call.  A GCA.com first, I believe.
Life is good.

Any afterlife is unlikely and/or dodgy.

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Steve Lapper

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2012, 04:45:54 AM »
One of my favorite gems!!! Grad (sic) to see cart ball taking a toehold there!!
Is that's Rabbit's nephew walking off the 9th?

 ;D ;D ;D
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ChipRoyce

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2012, 07:22:23 AM »
One of my favorite all time courses - used to live 15 min down the road by another early 1900's gem.

Reminds me, has anyone seen / heard from Matt Burrows lately? Matt used to be a frequent participant here on GCA.

Had the opportunity to visit this course a few times with him when he was the 1st or 2nd assistant superintendent. Matt left there to go to NGLA and last I heard was over at Winged Foot (Director of Golf Courses).

Rich Goodale

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2012, 07:27:46 AM »
Can you pleae move onto the 2nd 9, Malcolm?  I have a longest drive competion on the 15th and need to know whether to bring my power fade or slinging hook to the competition.
Life is good.

Any afterlife is unlikely and/or dodgy.

Jean-Paul Parodi

Bill_McBride

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2012, 08:07:17 AM »
Can you find balls in that brown stuff?   Looks worse than the worst heather!

PCCraig

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2012, 08:12:39 AM »
Phenomenal pictures, thanks for posting. It's been years since I've played it, but I had one of the most enjoyable rounds of golf there with friends...brings back fun memories!
H.P.S.

Mark McKeever

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2012, 08:49:29 AM »
Looks phenomenal and is extremely high on the bucket list!

Mark
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Steve Burrows

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #12 on: September 21, 2012, 09:41:06 AM »
Reminds me, has anyone seen / heard from Matt Burrows lately? Matt used to be a frequent participant here on GCA.

Had the opportunity to visit this course a few times with him when he was the 1st or 2nd assistant superintendent. Matt left there to go to NGLA and last I heard was over at Winged Foot (Director of Golf Courses).

ChipRoyce,

It seems that Matt is no longer in the golf industry:

http://www.elliman.com/real-estate-agent/matthew-burrows/7119

More related to the topic at hand, this place looks wonderful.  I have never played the course, but I have always had a pronounced fascination with it; truly a great club/course that I hope to see some day.
« Last Edit: September 21, 2012, 09:44:22 AM by Steve Burrows »
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Chris DeNigris

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2012, 09:54:39 AM »
For those of us not in the know...how about a hint?  Sounds like?

Tom_Doak

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #14 on: September 21, 2012, 10:13:18 AM »
They would really prefer to be addressed as "The Rat and Toilet Plunger Club" than be identified by their real name?

That seems a little short sighted of them.  ;)

Is that a good enough hint for you, Chris?

I have got to get back there someday.  It's been forever since I saw it.

Mark Bourgeois

Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2012, 10:39:25 AM »
It sure looks like some holes have benefited from active tree management whereas others need a chainsaw. Maybe it's my presbyopia. Regardless, a fantastic-looking place!

Nigel Islam

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #16 on: September 21, 2012, 10:49:16 AM »
Thanks Tom I was pretty lost too.

Dan Kelly

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #17 on: September 21, 2012, 11:15:07 AM »
Can you pleae move onto the 2nd 9, Malcolm?  I have a longest drive competion on the 15th and need to know whether to bring my power fade or slinging hook to the competition.

Rihc --

Bring them both. And don't forget the Claw (TM).

Best wishes with that long-drive contest. I know you've been hunting for some sort of glory, and I hope you win it, if only by the smallest margin -- say, an ångström.

Dan
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JMEvensky

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #18 on: September 21, 2012, 11:34:00 AM »


Best wishes with that long-drive contest. I know you've been hunting for some sort of glory, and I hope you win it, if only by the smallest margin -- say, an ångström.

Dan

The Rabbit,short sighted,and presbyopia clues were good--but this is next level type stuff.

RJ_Daley

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #19 on: September 21, 2012, 11:52:35 AM »
That is an interesting presentation of design in that the bunkers are deep but flat bottomed Ipswich sand with steep humps and slopes, yet the bulk of the greens seem low to no profile even with the approach grade.  So, I can guess which course this is since the clues seem obvious.  Since the design-architect was a gamesman-sportsman who came to golf at a relatively later stage of life, and reportedly with no real training or understudy of any existing few golf architects of that era, he merely dropped white chips in areas he observed good players were landing their tee shots in order to dig yet new bunkers, combined with his vision of low profile green platforms, this is an interesting approach, in my view.  It certainly presents a unique vision of how the golf course should be arrayed.
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Tim Gavrich

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #20 on: September 21, 2012, 12:06:09 PM »
I've been dying to see pictures of this course for a long time. Looks so cool; can't wait to see the pics of the inward nine.
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David_Tepper

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #21 on: September 21, 2012, 12:11:06 PM »
For those of use not quite in the golfing know, could someone please cite the name of this course?

Malcolm Mckinnon

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #22 on: September 21, 2012, 12:16:18 PM »
I'll get the next nine up later today.

A couple of interesting items to note...

The club basks in it's historic element and take huge pride in the fact that the golf course has seen very few architectural changes since it's early years.

Despite that, in recent State Amateur Championships, Rat and Toilet Plunger scores slightly harder than a certain other well known course in the state that has hosted more recent Open Championships as well as the Ryder Cup.
« Last Edit: September 21, 2012, 12:43:40 PM by Malcolm Mckinnon »

Pete Lavallee

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #23 on: September 21, 2012, 12:24:30 PM »
Despite that, in recent State Amateur Championships Rat and Toilet Plunger scores slightly harder than a certain other well known course in the state that has hosted more recent Open Championships as well as the Rider Cup.

That's interesting, at 6593 how does the course protect itself so well?
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Malcolm Mckinnon

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Re: Rat and Toilet Plunger Club (Photo Tour) holes 1-9 at present
« Reply #24 on: September 21, 2012, 12:31:59 PM »
Pete,

Severely canted, fast greens and punishing fescue have an impact. The camera just can't do justice to the green complexes.

I'll get to the incoming nine but 12, 13 and 16 score the toughest.

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