carey wrote:Never actually played The Vines but our new green keeper is from there, the advise he has given me is;
- Everything rolls towards the front gate no matter what it looks like
- Sand is dense as f@#k, must really really commit and hit hard (If were in a bunker i'll be filthy, its ambrose)
- Super quick greens and
- It's a really unforgiving course!
anything i've missed?
Unforgiving, not sure it's that bad. greens are quick, but manageable.
On the 4th hole make sure you get it on the tier the flag is.
You don't wanna be coming down the slope.
The 5th approaching green keep it left, between flag and the rubbish as it will bounce and roll on towards the green.
There's a few holes where you can really let fly with the driver.
On the 13th par 5, stay out to the right on approach shot as it feeds back to the left of the green.
Par 3 14th - watch out for the power lines!
15th - if you can play a nice power fade around the corner you can end up in a nice spot. Alternatively you can try and blast through the trees and roll out nicely, it's a bit of lottery play but it suits my general draw shape.
16th. A good drive and you can leave yourself a short 60mish chip. But if you end up on fairway from anywhere from 130m, you can pull out the hybrid/putter/7i and hit a little runner. You just have to aim at the stobie pole, get the pace right and it will run up nicely onto the green and next to the flag if it's at the front. Probably my fav shot on the course lol
You will enjoy the walk.