Saturday, October 27, 2007

Holy $h*+

Two words that perfectly describe this golf course. Is this the toughest course I've ever played?

Pinehurst No. 2
Hazeltine
Blackwolf Run - River
Tobacco Road
Desert Mountain - Renegade
PGA West - Norman
East Lake Golf Club
Oak Hill
Congressional
Interlachen

This course has something none of those courses have...7781 yards. Pinehurst No. 2 or East Lake may require more precise shots, but Kinderlou Forest requires a lot of precision with a helluva lot of power.

* 7 of the 10 Par 4's over 445 yards (longest is 501)
* Par 5's - 566, 580, 614, 657
* Par 3's - 191, 195, 216, 240



Head to head I would probably say Pinehurst No. 2 is a more difficult golf course, but this course is by far the longest I've played and I will hit more 4, 3, and 2 irons on this course. It's going to be fun to play this course for 4 rounds in a highly competitive situation. I am very glad to be on this challenging course instead of on a course where shooting par will lose ground on the field.

Q-School - What you need to know

Great story about John Kimbell's continued success on this golf course. I played with John in a Hooter's Tour event last summer. Now he's 35th on the Nationwide Tour money list. With a good finish at this weekend's Nationwide Tour Championship, he'll be on the PGA Tour in 2008.

Hooter's Tour Leaderboard from 2006 - played at Kinderlou Forest
Nationwide Tour Leaderboard from 2007 - played at Kinderlou Forest

Neil

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It is funny to read your tow most recent headlines side-by-side in an RSS reader: "What an Easy Trip" and then . . . "Holy $h*+"