Well, I was actually playing at Rye Hill Golf Club near Susies, but as I walked around the course I could hear Peter Alliss commenting on my game. "Oh, there's a lovely shot" and "..that should have gone in...what a pity" and "...he's making a real pigs ear of this hole"
The Rye Hill Course is about 5 minutes from Bloxom, and I have played it twice before. Once about 7- 8 years ago with rented clubs...and last Saturday. As this area has not seen a lot of rain, last Saturday the course was very dry and while there was a lot of roll, the fairways were fairly hard and bounces were highly variable. Yesterday was much better as there had been rain during the week.
It is what I imagine to be a typical course over here, all golfers walking, not a lot of amenities like we see on the US courses, benches, ball-washers etc. The fairways on this layout are quite hilly with lots of sideway lies... and the rough is pretty rough.
Below is the club-house of Rye Hill. Also the link if you are interested.
Photo of the Golfer. I was alone until the 9th hole, so the camera
is sitting on top of a low tee marker.
Beautiful views on every hole
I had a few challenging lies. This one in front of the local hazard of choice,
a variety of gorse that is pretty vicious. The green is in a line directly behind the bush.
I had to hit sideways which required a delicate backing into the gorse.
Gorse up close.
Challenging lie # 2
Challenging lie # 3
(but I did get up and down in 2 !)
No houses, no rangers, no cart lady...no other golfers ! On both weeks I have just shown up on a Saturday about 11:00 am and walked on. I pay in the pro-shop, and they just point you to the tee. No need
for a slip as there is no starter. Except for a "honour pay" course Genya and played in New Zealand ( With a sign at the entrance that stated "Please close the gate firmly as you leave"), this is the most natural course I have played. I imagine it to be pretty typical of the area.
I shot an 89, only lost 2 balls.
