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re: Name a Course that beat you down even though you were playing your best at the time.

Posted on 11/7/23 at 2:04 pm to
Posted by MAROON
Houston
Member since Jul 2012
1805 posts
Posted on 11/7/23 at 2:04 pm to
by no means playing great, but Boot Ranch ate my lunch and everyone in my tee time. To the point we said screw it and packed up and headed to a Luckenbach to drink beer after we finished #14.

Part of it was that none of us had ever played it, and on some holes had no idea where to hit with some blind shots.
This post was edited on 11/7/23 at 2:05 pm
Posted by Dire Wolf
bawcomville
Member since Sep 2008
36764 posts
Posted on 11/7/23 at 3:12 pm to
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Windswept Dunes - North of 30A. Never again.



i might have shot 130 at camp creek


152 slope is probably the hardest course ive ever played.

Played windswept the next day and it was a breeze

This post was edited on 11/7/23 at 3:15 pm
Posted by IlikeyouBetty
Bossier City, LA
Member since Nov 2010
1262 posts
Posted on 11/7/23 at 8:17 pm to
Windswept isn’t that bad if you play from the correct tees. From the back or next to back it’s brutal. But I think it’s fair.

Course I played down in Destin area that was a great course but tough was Santa Rosa Golf Club. Not long at all, but just tough. Greens and green complexes are really tricky. Has a very links feel. Cool place.
Posted by Vecchio Cane
Ivory Tower
Member since Jul 2016
17888 posts
Posted on 11/17/23 at 9:49 pm to
Pasatiempo.
In the bluffs on the north side of Monterey Bay.
I couldn’t tell if putts were up or downhill much less left or right
Posted by The General
Bossier City
Member since Nov 2003
541 posts
Posted on 11/17/23 at 9:57 pm to
The Honors Course in Tennessee. After three rounds (practice & two tournament), I seriously wanted to break every club and quit.
Posted by AlwysATgr
Member since Apr 2008
16602 posts
Posted on 12/7/23 at 12:42 am to
Shattuck in NH. Beautiful course. Played it 2X. First time it won. Went back to enact my revenge and was doing well until a quadruple on 18. That hurt and humbled.
Posted by llfshoals
Member since Nov 2010
15563 posts
Posted on 12/7/23 at 6:59 am to
Shoal Creek. Shot 78 from the tips the week after the PGA and played great. 6” out of the fairway and you were making bogey or worse. A yard off the green and you were making bogey or worse.

You get a real appreciation for how good pros are on days like that.
Posted by LSUAlum2001
Stavro Mueller Beta
Member since Aug 2003
47166 posts
Posted on 12/7/23 at 10:09 am to
Back 9 of every course.
Posted by DarkDrifter
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2011
2935 posts
Posted on 12/7/23 at 9:48 pm to
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Back 9 of every course.



Usually the front 9 for me.. a couple of weeks ago I played Greystone with my normal group... 50 on the front... 38 on the back.. you want to talk about being completely bewildered by a sport..
This post was edited on 12/7/23 at 9:49 pm
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
56576 posts
Posted on 12/9/23 at 7:09 am to
Spyglass.

Had no business playing from the tips.

Shot a 78 at Pebble the day prior. I have no idea what I shot at Spyglass. I was 1 under after four. After that a blur and smart arse caddy remarks. They were all deserved
Posted by Basura Blanco
Member since Dec 2011
8481 posts
Posted on 12/10/23 at 1:44 pm to
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Spyglass.

Had no business playing from the tips.

Shot a 78 at Pebble the day prior.


I had basically the same two days, only I played Spyglass the first day. Absolutely diabolical from the back tees. Everything felt like it played at 120% of actual length, from tee to green. I finished in the mid 90's with a few lost interest walking putts. I went to Pebble the next day and felt like I had the same swing and shot 80 from a mix of tees due to tournament prep.

The only other course that I felt embarrassingly overwhelmed was Champions in Houston on a damp day.
Posted by Blast from the past
Member since Dec 2016
54 posts
Posted on 12/13/23 at 11:10 am to
Oakborne, Lafayette. 2004 state Amateur…I didn’t break 90 for two days. Went home that weekend and shot 70, 71 at the home course. It killed me
Posted by 45RCRoy45
Northern VA
Member since Apr 2020
608 posts
Posted on 12/13/23 at 12:53 pm to
Whistling Straits
Posted by PropofolPapi
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2012
1467 posts
Posted on 12/13/23 at 4:14 pm to
Played Greystone today and I got a not so subtle reminder of why I never enjoy myself out there. frick those second shots.
Posted by EyeOfTheTiger311
Lafayette, LA
Member since Aug 2005
4361 posts
Posted on 12/14/23 at 12:24 pm to
quote:

Oakborne, Lafayette. 2004 state Amateur…I didn’t break 90 for two days. Went home that weekend and shot 70, 71 at the home course. It killed me


Always get sick enjoyment watching people play it for the first time

Most people 3- or 4-putt the first 6 greens before they finally realize not to hit it so hard

It's really interesting to watch the college classics tournament every year, those college golfers struggle so much on holes they think should be easy
Posted by Scottforeverlsu
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
984 posts
Posted on 12/14/23 at 3:11 pm to
I have "degreened" a couple of putts there. I love it. If you play well you can score. If you are missing a lot of greens it gets brutal
Posted by ChexMix
Taste the Deliciousness
Member since Apr 2014
25494 posts
Posted on 12/14/23 at 9:26 pm to
Kiva Dunes. Damn near ran out of golf balls
Posted by mikedatyger
Orlandeaux, FL
Member since Jun 2005
4021 posts
Posted on 12/15/23 at 9:03 am to
Wanamaker Course at the PGA Club in Port St. Lucie
That one just does not "fit my eye," or my game.
Posted by buzzedgolfer
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2016
350 posts
Posted on 12/15/23 at 9:46 am to
Quintero in Phoenix for me. Shot a 93 as a 4hcp after shooting a 73 at my home course 2 days prior.
Posted by bopper50
Sugarland Texas
Member since Mar 2009
9243 posts
Posted on 12/17/23 at 8:53 am to
quote:

The only other course that I felt embarrassingly overwhelmed was Champions in Houston on a damp day.



When you play Champions for the first time, it hard to grasp that most of the greens there are so huge.

Sometimes 2-3 clubs difference.

It was really tough before range finders.
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