Thanks for posting David. De Pan is one of the world's best kept secrets. The flyover is great but what you can't see are all the humps and bumps and it's all perfectly natural. It's all on top of pure sand. The video was taken late in the year and the course looks very green. That's due to a significant amount of rainfall.
A few years back we had the Buda here and several GCA'ers came to see it. I'm very happy to say the club has made leaps and bounds since then. In many areas, they are slowing working on clearing out trees and bushes for obvious reasons, something very tough to do in that area as the trees are sacred. They are also working towards a long term plan that does everything right.
Imagine my joy in being able to play the course this last summer like this:
Not once but several times. Some of the most fun I've ever had on a golf course.
For me this is one of Colt's very best routings and sits right there with Royal Portrush, Pine Valley, Sunningdale and Swinley. What might make it even better is the crazy natural sandy rolling humps and bumps throughout the course, the uniqueness of the holes, the brilliance of the routing on such a tiny property and the fact you can play it in 2.5 hours walking.
On top of that it's 20 minutes from my home.
