Originally Posted by
GarthM
Maybe I sound like a sunday afternoon soundbite from someone who shot a bad round, but so be it.
I have played many different courses and I have played SB a fair bit (estimate at least 40 times), especially when it first opened, and to me (as I said in my post) "IN MY HONEST OPINION" some of the greens at SB are unreasonably unfair. I'm sorry but when you absolutely CANNOT hold a green with a well struck wedge on a par-5, there is a problem.
Just look at what they were forced to do a few years back. There used to be 4 zones on each green for pin placements (on the scorecard), now there are only three I believe (it's been a while since I played there admittedly -- it might be down to 4 from 6?). There just are not enough places to put the pins because of the severity of many of the slopes.
No offense intended either, but when playing a casual Saturday round, repeated "bad bounces " (aka good design to some other's) are one thing. In a competitive round they are completely another. Which, as Marc mentioned, is why many Citizen players have criticized the choice of SB in the past, myself included.
I am more than willing to take the blame for me hitting a bad shot. Happens more often than I like. But I shouldn't have to put up with what I consider some poor design decisions on top of it.
By 2 cents. I'm done on this one, it's all be said before...