This series is what made me play at Gleneagles for the first time. The first time beat the hell out of me, but the second time opened my eyes to what a tough, strategic test of golf really is.
I mostly play down in the mid-peninsula/south bay, where there are an abundance of courses that consist of little more strategy than "blast driver, hit a wedge." Gleneagles is a gem of a course by contrast because it so often asks a player to pick a poison-there often isn't an ideal play, only one that limits the downside risk.
Brilliant series. Hope more people find their way to the course (and Old Peculiar's too!)
I really appreciate it Frank. I'm glad this series helped people find this course. It's certainly not perfect, but I agree and enjoy that it asks things of players that most other courses do not.
I think people unable to look past the conditioning of a course are the same people who are responsible for the monstrously green, over-manicured courses you often find in the desert Southwest.
Those who fixate on the conditioning of courses like Gleneagles (or for similar reasons, Sharp Park) are sort of missing the point of what makes these courses great. The beauty of golf is so, so much more than how tight a fairway is mowed.
This series is what made me play at Gleneagles for the first time. The first time beat the hell out of me, but the second time opened my eyes to what a tough, strategic test of golf really is.
I mostly play down in the mid-peninsula/south bay, where there are an abundance of courses that consist of little more strategy than "blast driver, hit a wedge." Gleneagles is a gem of a course by contrast because it so often asks a player to pick a poison-there often isn't an ideal play, only one that limits the downside risk.
Brilliant series. Hope more people find their way to the course (and Old Peculiar's too!)
I really appreciate it Frank. I'm glad this series helped people find this course. It's certainly not perfect, but I agree and enjoy that it asks things of players that most other courses do not.
I think people unable to look past the conditioning of a course are the same people who are responsible for the monstrously green, over-manicured courses you often find in the desert Southwest.
Those who fixate on the conditioning of courses like Gleneagles (or for similar reasons, Sharp Park) are sort of missing the point of what makes these courses great. The beauty of golf is so, so much more than how tight a fairway is mowed.
A bar with a golf course attached is a novel idea but trust me it works! Go see for yourself