A few weeks back, I wrote about The most overestimated golf courses I played.
Some of you managed to seek the opposite – mostly underestimated Courses I played. So here we are.
What do I value in a golf course? Makes make it undervalued?
For starters, I would single out courses that are not honored or well -known in the golf community. Maybe they are respected among those who know, but they are not widely thought of as songs on the bucket list you need to play.
For another, price is important. Is it a good value? Does the investment guarantee the state of the course and the general experience?
Other variables are more subjective. I like my golf courses more thanks to tee, accompanied by intriguing green complexes. Give me some fun slopes. Make it movable where I will not lose many golf balls – but I will also be challenged in interesting ways.
You may not have heard of these courses, but they are hidden gems that deserve a little love.
Here are the seven appearances that I really appreciate. As a point of principle, I have only included public courses. I have also tried to spread them geographically.
If you have any other suggestions, tell me!
7. Course in Sewanee (Sewanee, Tennesses)
While all yuppies have finished at the Sweeten’s cow, I like to pick up my limited golf talents in nearby Course in Sewanee.
This is such a simple, but excellent nine holes. Built on a ridge, there are some great views.
It is one of the most beautiful courses I played in Tennesses – and you can walk for $ 55.
I like it very sweet, but I wouldn’t say it’s a better golf course. It has more influence and everyone knows the name now because of the following cult. Sewanee will not receive the same treatment, but it’s worth your time. Not for nothing, it is much easier to get in (and much less expensive) than that of Sweeten.
6. The Chaska City Course (Chaska, Minnesota)
Chaska City Course Was Stroke Play co-worker for last year’s amateur in Hazeltin.
It is interesting, is a savage A different course from Hazeltin.
The streets of the fair here are generous and they are maximized in about 6,800 yards. For a par-72, this is not long (especially if you are 19 and can hit a golf ball in forgetfulness).
But for the whole game of Chaska, it creates many difficult decisions. I think of the Fifth PAR-4 short hole that gives players some options from water cuts throughout the landing area, so you need to decide how aggressive you want to be.
I appreciate that strategic element in some of the holes.
Conditioning here is really beautiful and the price is reasonable. You can walk it for $ 78 during the summer.
5. Park Mammoth (Park City, Kentucky)
You will have to trust me here because this is a deep cut.
Park It is a relatively new course, built a few years ago, in the country of West Kentucky. It is not far from Bowling Green, where Western Kentucky University resides. If you live in Nashville or Louisville, it is a possible daily trip.
I have been here several times and I am very impressed with the whole object. The club is excellent, the staff is friendly, the practice object is extraordinary and the new Par-3 course is great.
The course itself is wide open, crossing the hills hills. The greens are excellent and the general situation is fabulous. There is a good chance that you will not lose a whole round ball. Birds may have here, but there are some ball attackers that will bite you. Some of the slope around the greens is treacherous.
The best part is the course has never been too busy in my experience. They will allow you to play unlimited golf for $ 137 On a weekend And there are many cheaper rates for the least ambitious among us.
Please give these people your business if you are in the area.
4. University Golf Club (Durham, North Carolina)
I have always liked this place. It hurts to say as a grade of NC State, but the Duke’s Golf course is superior (but we beat them in Elite Tight last year, so who is the real winner?).
While not the Pinhurst’s Sandhills Golf, Duke GC It is a wonderful representation of the parkland style that is usually in wonderful shape. I mean, they just expected the final open qualification. The greens are very, very pleasant (and fast).
I like design. It is not excessively punishing in a particular area, but you cannot cheat because the danger falls if you leave yourself on the hole. She fingers the beautiful line between movable and challenging.
I will admit that this course is a little expensive. Maximum rates to $ 170 but has cheaper time available.
In the same spirit, you will probably pay more in Sandhills. If you want to play good golf without leaving the triangle, Duke is a scary option.
3. Poppy Hills (Pebble Beach, California)
I can get some hatred for this, but listen to me.
They all go to Monterey for Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill. Maybe you climb the coast to Pasatiempo in Santa Cruz (one of my favorites of all time).
Poppy hills (nicknamed “Hills sloppy” again during the day) is thrown out of the way because it is not in the water.
Can we be real for a second here? After renovating in 2014, Poppy Hills have many matching golf holes (or perhaps even exceeding) internal holes in Pebble and Spyglass.
Now, don’t make me wrong – pebble and spyglass are better. But Poppy has an excellent layout with some truly delightful holes. Conditioning is the first grade. And you can get here for $ 100 on a summer afternoon with a lot of time to play 18.
You can choose for other underestimated gems in the area like Black & Bayonet or Pacific Grove (a poor man’s pebble). I get it. But don’t throw poppy just because it’s not on the coast.
2. Warren course in Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana)
For years, my response to the underestimated question of the golf course was The Warren Course in Notre Dame. She then hosted Senior Open 2019 in the US and climbed to the Top 10 in some rankings of the college golf course, so I’m not sure it is as underestimated as it used to be.
Regardless, I have to say how beautiful this place is. Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw took a memorable land and created a beautiful course that does not need to hit you in the face with crazy dangers to be challenging. It’s all in detail here.
For me, this is the Midwest Quintesential Golf. Maximum rates to $ 115, an absolute theft if you ask me.
1. Golf house Elie
Set up a fast 30-minute car in the south of St andrews, Elie Golf House It’s a strange and loving connection that will make you fall in love with golf.
Tee’s first hit is completely blind as you have to cross a massive hill about 80 yards in front of you – a periscope on top of the beginners hut is the only way to know if the road is clear.
At the time you are staying in the third tee, which is again near the club, you feel wrapped in the surrounding village. Soon you leave it, heading to the coastline where some spectacular holes are offered.
There are no PAR-5 on property as players receive 16 par-4 and a pair of par-3s.
This place is just fun. It is interesting and challenging, but it won’t beat you almost as bad as other courses in the area. There are some shorts that change drastically depending on the era-I hit a 3-tree in about eight meters in one of them-and the holes along the coast are great. I paid $ 120, but also peak times are much below $ 200.
All the love of Golf Scota goes to St. Andrews, Carnoustie, Royal Dornoch and the like, but Elie is heavenly. She scratched the exact itch I had for golf links.
So these are seven courses that I think are underestimated. Which others should you add to the list?
Tell me below in comments.
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