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**trilochana.nejman** · 12-09-2009, 09:33 PM

I'm not talking about Links vs Woods or anything like that. Rather do you prefer narrow fairways, lots of doglegs, water on a lot of holes, elevated tee's or greens. Large PGA style greens or small postage stamped sized ones?

I don't mind narrow fairways at all & water is a fun obstacle. Huge greens are nice for your GIR but I prefer the small ones for some reason.

My absolute #1 criteria though is plenty of elevation changes, I love courses which have huge elevation changes from tee to green. Forced carries over ravines, water, etc. Nicely designed doglegs are great too.

I don't like straight holes with 100 yd wide fairways, very boring. No elevation differences at all is a big no-no also.

Courses which separate each hole well are nice, I prefer the feeling of solitude when on a course & don't like looking over & being to see another 2-3-4 holes.

Then you get the courses which seem to toss some lame 120 yd par 3 with absolutely no challenge or thought process tossed into it. It's as if the architect was done with the layout & all of sudden figured out they were 1 hole short, so they squeezed in a crummy par 3 somewhere.

There's not a whole lot I could add to that as your post pretty much sums up what I like in a course. I particularly agree with the "solitude" part. I like courses where each hole is like being in a separate "room".

There are, however, some links courses that I've played that despite being out in the open still have that private feeling on most holes, but those are rare. I also don't care for courses with basically the same theme throughout. There's a course near me called "The Woods at Cherry Creek" which is the narrowest course I've ever played. It's noted for its tree-lined, narrow fairways, but it's like that throughout the entire course and it gets a bit claustrophobic after a while.

But overall, what you wrote pretty much says it all for me.

-JP

12-09-2009, 09:33 PM	#20
trilochana.nejman Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 578 Senior Member	I'm not talking about Links vs Woods or anything like that. Rather do you prefer narrow fairways, lots of doglegs, water on a lot of holes, elevated tee's or greens. Large PGA style greens or small postage stamped sized ones? I don't mind narrow fairways at all & water is a fun obstacle. Huge greens are nice for your GIR but I prefer the small ones for some reason. My absolute #1 criteria though is plenty of elevation changes, I love courses which have huge elevation changes from tee to green. Forced carries over ravines, water, etc. Nicely designed doglegs are great too. I don't like straight holes with 100 yd wide fairways, very boring. No elevation differences at all is a big no-no also. Courses which separate each hole well are nice, I prefer the feeling of solitude when on a course & don't like looking over & being to see another 2-3-4 holes. Then you get the courses which seem to toss some lame 120 yd par 3 with absolutely no challenge or thought process tossed into it. It's as if the architect was done with the layout & all of sudden figured out they were 1 hole short, so they squeezed in a crummy par 3 somewhere. There's not a whole lot I could add to that as your post pretty much sums up what I like in a course. I particularly agree with the "solitude" part. I like courses where each hole is like being in a separate "room". There are, however, some links courses that I've played that despite being out in the open still have that private feeling on most holes, but those are rare. I also don't care for courses with basically the same theme throughout. There's a course near me called "The Woods at Cherry Creek" which is the narrowest course I've ever played. It's noted for its tree-lined, narrow fairways, but it's like that throughout the entire course and it gets a bit claustrophobic after a while. But overall, what you wrote pretty much says it all for me. -JP
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