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Played it a couple of times around 15 years ago. Never again.....ROTW said:
In case you are unaware, Thamesmead course doesn’t come under Woolwich.golfaddick said:God, there are some beautiful courses now being sprayed about on here. Would love to The Berkshire & it's on my bucket list. I might have played Worplesdon. I'm sure I've played one of the 3 "W's but can remember which one....
Agree with both Piltdown & Crowborough. Both excellent heathland courses & worthwhile playing.
Played Old Thorns twice. 2nd time as a Corporate day & got scared silly when suddenly above the trees emerged a military helicopter. Must have been on manoeuvres & resembled a scene from Apocalypse Now.
My biggest regret is that I had a terrible round around the West Course at Wentworth. Couldnt find the fairways & seemed to be permanently in the rough. Scored over 100, although I did birdie the par 3 10th. Also played the other course (where they park the cars for the PGA tournament). Not a bad course but you are always thinking......but this is not the West.0 -
Did a society day at Upchurch. 9 holer in the morning as a warm up & then the 18 holer in the afternoon. Really felt like jumping in the pool as we finished & waiting for dinner0
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I remember when Gleneagles was chosen for the 2014 Ryder Cup. They did a special (limited time) offer for a round on the Nicholas course they were going to use.Swisdom said:
?? I paid £15AFKABartram said:See that RedLibbets are charging £50 a round at the mo.
Dying to play but I can’t justify that
My Dad is a member there and pays something like £450 a year and gets 200 points (something like that - he's sketchy on the details / doesn't bother looking). It costs around 8 or 9 points per round depending on time and date. They wanted £15 for me to play.
They are looking for members as far as I can tell so maybe give them a bell
The cost.......£20.14
Did 36 holes that day. 18 in the morning on the Dukes & then 18 in the afternoon on the Nicholas.
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Well that’s another of the W’s done :-)golfaddick said:
Played it a couple of times around 15 years ago. Never again.....ROTW said:
In case you are unaware, Thamesmead course doesn’t come under Woolwich.golfaddick said:God, there are some beautiful courses now being sprayed about on here. Would love to The Berkshire & it's on my bucket list. I might have played Worplesdon. I'm sure I've played one of the 3 "W's but can remember which one....
Agree with both Piltdown & Crowborough. Both excellent heathland courses & worthwhile playing.
Played Old Thorns twice. 2nd time as a Corporate day & got scared silly when suddenly above the trees emerged a military helicopter. Must have been on manoeuvres & resembled a scene from Apocalypse Now.
My biggest regret is that I had a terrible round around the West Course at Wentworth. Couldnt find the fairways & seemed to be permanently in the rough. Scored over 100, although I did birdie the par 3 10th. Also played the other course (where they park the cars for the PGA tournament). Not a bad course but you are always thinking......but this is not the West.
Never forget seeing a burnt out car on one of the fairways.
Quite a novelty.1 -
ROTW said:
Well that’s another of the W’s done :-)golfaddick said:
Played it a couple of times around 15 years ago. Never again.....ROTW said:
In case you are unaware, Thamesmead course doesn’t come under Woolwich.golfaddick said:God, there are some beautiful courses now being sprayed about on here. Would love to The Berkshire & it's on my bucket list. I might have played Worplesdon. I'm sure I've played one of the 3 "W's but can remember which one....
Agree with both Piltdown & Crowborough. Both excellent heathland courses & worthwhile playing.
Played Old Thorns twice. 2nd time as a Corporate day & got scared silly when suddenly above the trees emerged a military helicopter. Must have been on manoeuvres & resembled a scene from Apocalypse Now.
My biggest regret is that I had a terrible round around the West Course at Wentworth. Couldnt find the fairways & seemed to be permanently in the rough. Scored over 100, although I did birdie the par 3 10th. Also played the other course (where they park the cars for the PGA tournament). Not a bad course but you are always thinking......but this is not the West.
Never forget seeing a burnt out car on one of the fairways.
Quite a novelty.
Free drop.
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Definitely a man made obstruction but depends if it was still moveable or not 😉.bobmunro said:ROTW said:
Well that’s another of the W’s done :-)golfaddick said:
Played it a couple of times around 15 years ago. Never again.....ROTW said:
In case you are unaware, Thamesmead course doesn’t come under Woolwich.golfaddick said:God, there are some beautiful courses now being sprayed about on here. Would love to The Berkshire & it's on my bucket list. I might have played Worplesdon. I'm sure I've played one of the 3 "W's but can remember which one....
Agree with both Piltdown & Crowborough. Both excellent heathland courses & worthwhile playing.
Played Old Thorns twice. 2nd time as a Corporate day & got scared silly when suddenly above the trees emerged a military helicopter. Must have been on manoeuvres & resembled a scene from Apocalypse Now.
My biggest regret is that I had a terrible round around the West Course at Wentworth. Couldnt find the fairways & seemed to be permanently in the rough. Scored over 100, although I did birdie the par 3 10th. Also played the other course (where they park the cars for the PGA tournament). Not a bad course but you are always thinking......but this is not the West.
Never forget seeing a burnt out car on one of the fairways.
Quite a novelty.
Free drop.0 -
I was assuming the wheels still turned!RedChaser said:
Definitely a man made obstruction but depends if it was still moveable or not 😉.bobmunro said:ROTW said:
Well that’s another of the W’s done :-)golfaddick said:
Played it a couple of times around 15 years ago. Never again.....ROTW said:
In case you are unaware, Thamesmead course doesn’t come under Woolwich.golfaddick said:God, there are some beautiful courses now being sprayed about on here. Would love to The Berkshire & it's on my bucket list. I might have played Worplesdon. I'm sure I've played one of the 3 "W's but can remember which one....
Agree with both Piltdown & Crowborough. Both excellent heathland courses & worthwhile playing.
Played Old Thorns twice. 2nd time as a Corporate day & got scared silly when suddenly above the trees emerged a military helicopter. Must have been on manoeuvres & resembled a scene from Apocalypse Now.
My biggest regret is that I had a terrible round around the West Course at Wentworth. Couldnt find the fairways & seemed to be permanently in the rough. Scored over 100, although I did birdie the par 3 10th. Also played the other course (where they park the cars for the PGA tournament). Not a bad course but you are always thinking......but this is not the West.
Never forget seeing a burnt out car on one of the fairways.
Quite a novelty.
Free drop.
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I remember seeing a burnt out car at the back of a green at Cherry Lodge.ROTW said:
Well that’s another of the W’s done :-)golfaddick said:
Played it a couple of times around 15 years ago. Never again.....ROTW said:
In case you are unaware, Thamesmead course doesn’t come under Woolwich.golfaddick said:God, there are some beautiful courses now being sprayed about on here. Would love to The Berkshire & it's on my bucket list. I might have played Worplesdon. I'm sure I've played one of the 3 "W's but can remember which one....
Agree with both Piltdown & Crowborough. Both excellent heathland courses & worthwhile playing.
Played Old Thorns twice. 2nd time as a Corporate day & got scared silly when suddenly above the trees emerged a military helicopter. Must have been on manoeuvres & resembled a scene from Apocalypse Now.
My biggest regret is that I had a terrible round around the West Course at Wentworth. Couldnt find the fairways & seemed to be permanently in the rough. Scored over 100, although I did birdie the par 3 10th. Also played the other course (where they park the cars for the PGA tournament). Not a bad course but you are always thinking......but this is not the West.
Never forget seeing a burnt out car on one of the fairways.
Quite a novelty.0 -
You wouldn’t these days. It’s a carp pondgolfaddick said:Did a society day at Upchurch. 9 holer in the morning as a warm up & then the 18 holer in the afternoon. Really felt like jumping in the pool as we finished & waiting for dinner0 -
Cheers @DaveStorry ive booked a twilight for Pedham next week
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I was proper pants today. Golf being golf, everything that’s been working recently totally deserted me. Just felt hot and bothered0
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I once drove to within a foot of the flag on the 18th hole at Lully.WillJones26 said:
Lullingstone is a great track although I don't think it has re-opened yet. I learnt to play on the pitch and putt, then moved up to their 9 hole course and then the 18.sam3110 said:Haven't swung a club in anger for a few years, what's a good place to get back into the swing of things (pun intended) in SE London/NW Kent?
Went for a dog walk around Lullingstone the other day, never played there but looked a lovely course, used to play in Beckenham Place and a couple of the Addington courses a lot when younger, as well as Magpie Hall Lane for a quick 9
The 9 hole has a couple of cracking holes (2 & 4) whilst the 18 is only so underrated because of its budgetary constraints. The 18 wouldn't be a bad place to dust off rust either because whilst being quite hilly and difficult, plenty of it is fairly wide open off the tee (unlike the 9 hole).
In my opinion it is easily the best of the public courses in that part of Kent and is well priced.
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Back again with more noob questions.
a lot of the iron sets on Golfbidder are 4/5-PW. If I buy those, do I really need a 3 iron? I can use a hybrid club to compensate for the 3 iron.... correct?
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DoctorCharlton said:
Back again with more noob questions.
a lot of the iron sets on Golfbidder are 4/5-PW. If I buy those, do I really need a 3 iron? I can use a hybrid club to compensate for the 3 iron.... correct?
Correct.A hybrid is far easier to hit than a 3 or 4 iron - how I ever coped with a 2 iron back in the day is now beyond me!3 -
Completely agree Bob I even had a driving iron to go with my 2 iron,complete madness!1
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bobmunro said:DoctorCharlton said:
Back again with more noob questions.
a lot of the iron sets on Golfbidder are 4/5-PW. If I buy those, do I really need a 3 iron? I can use a hybrid club to compensate for the 3 iron.... correct?
Correct.A hybrid is far easier to hit than a 3 or 4 iron - how I ever coped with a 2 iron back in the day is now beyond me!Thanks, mate. I managed to get the Callaway X2 Hot irons for £250 as mentioned by @RedPanda
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killer kish said:Completely agree Bob I even had a driving iron to go with my 2 iron,complete madness!Even I didn't go that far! I had a little four wood (when they were wood!!) that I picked up in the second hand bin in the pro shop at Beckenham Place Park. I must have been 18 at the time, so 45 years ago - and I've still got it somewhere in the garage. My bag at the time was made up of an unmatched hotch potch of second hand clubs!When I could afford a new set of matched clubs I got 1,3 & 5 woods.0
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barnehurst has had set back due to an irrigation tank issue, would of likely gone on there the weekend as literally 5 mins from me, although imagine it will be in a state as people have just been playing it as open.1
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playing parkwood on monday and pedham hopefully next sunday0
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Horam today for me, and Littlestone Warren and Lydd next week.1
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The course is at the back of where I live & I walked around it last week. It is in a right mess - hasn’t been watered for a couple off months so the fairways are rock hard & the greens are pretty bare. Would give it a miss for at least a month once the watering system is back workingpalarsehater said:barnehurst has had set back due to an irrigation tank issue, would of likely gone on there the weekend as literally 5 mins from me, although imagine it will be in a state as people have just been playing it as open.
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I wonder how much longer it will be until we can play in 4 balls again??0
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Never I hope. Give me 3 hour rounds over four hour + rounds any day.Taxi_Lad said:I wonder how much longer it will be until we can play in 4 balls again??1 -
I missing miss the banter of playing with a group of mates though. Also nice to have an audience when you hit those “all too infrequent” pearlers2
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I remember I played at Cray Valley 9 hole once and the queue for the 1st tee must’ve been about 15 people deep.Taxi_Lad said:I missing miss the banter of playing with a group of mates though. Also nice to have an audience when you hit those “all too infrequent” pearlers
was so nervous heading up to the tee box but I hit an absolute belter of a driver right on the edge of the back fairway. Couldn’t believe it. Still took me another 4 shots to hole though bear in mind.0 -
My mate, who was quite handy, always used to aim to the left, over the mound.
Pretty much always on the green also.
Then again, he was a far greater player then the Cray Valley 9 hole group.0 -
Quite like Horam. Only played it the once but seemed a decent 9 holer.Sollydog said:Horam today for me, and Littlestone Warren and Lydd next week.
Played Lydd a number of times. Beware of the water.......and swan shit. Not bad course for the cost & often did 36 holes in a day there.0 -
Played last 2 days
Been playing great but yesterday, the signs were there....
Going out 11 points, coming in 20 - so recovered well.
Today 😩 Got 12 points front nine so 1 more than yesterday so was positive still....New 9 and all that jazz - I can recover...10 blob11 blob12 blobFfs 😩2 nd shot hole 10 went long into trees - lost ballNext shot shanked right into a jungle - lost ball11th hole hooked left - lost ballNext shot went long into the long stuff - lost ballLost 4 balls in 4 shots on 2 consecutive holesGo to be a record without a bit of water in sight 🤣
So can anyone beat my shiteness with a horror show of losing 4 balls in 4 shots?Thought not ..,.. 🤣0 -
First comp since lockdown today. Wind up here was breezy - gusts of up to 35mph.
My form thankfully continued. 39 points (official handicap is 8.6). Should be down to 8.
Long may my form continue but I am doubtful.3 -
Great golf - well done 👍👍-brutal out there today.supaclive said:First comp since lockdown today. Wind up here was breezy - gusts of up to 35mph.
My form thankfully continued. 39 points (official handicap is 8.6). Should be down to 8.
Long may my form continue but I am doubtful.
Well that’s my excuse !1
