Even though it has been open for play since the start of the month the newly revised Turnberry is officially opening this week as the Donald flies in on his private jet which no doubt will be filled with golf journalist, bloggers, raters and the like. Assuming they are all looking for a lift back home I suspect the course will get glowing reviews
, and from what I’ve seen in terms of the proposals, the end result pictures and what I’ve heard from those that have already played it, it no doubt will deserve such praise. However over the weekend I played with someone who had played it the week before and one of his comments got me wondering. Specifically he mentioned how green it was, which was in stark contrast to the course we were playing which is a few miles up the road. It occurred to me that this was likely due to plenty of watering in the grow-in period. However another thought occurred to me and that was have they used the same grass they did up at Balmedie ? I sincerely hope not but can anyone advise ?
Niall