Sean,
‘Keen’ in this context isn’t something likely to happen too often in Mid-Wales but in saying that a touch of care (thought) is needed on the slope sided holes. There is some rough tough, which should slow down balls that start moving sideways so they shouldn’t roll too far off a reasonable playing line.
A bit of care with shots into the greens is certainly needed however. They were pretty firm and playing shots above or into the ‘cut’ so the ball rolled down onto the ‘fill’ was the call for the day, likely just about every day. There’s a judgment skill in this though, where to land shots and how they’ll roll out. More ground game than aerial game. If a ball finishes below one of the square greens it’s likely to roll a fair distance away. A flighted recovery shot is possible but so is a bump into the bank aiming to hop the ball up onto the putting surfaces.
You’d like Knighton as would a few others posting herein. It’s probably marmite to some but I reckon all interested in the architectural and construction side of the game could learn something about how the early game developed and how shots can be played in different ways by playing courses like Knighton, even if only playing them once with a handful of clubs.
Gorgeously scenic part of the world too.
Atb
