Really cool concept for this vid. Seeing you play the hole on diff days in diff conditions w/ the diff tee/pin setup was pretty awesome. Great job Rick. Definitely getting us hyped for the Open
It's different grass, fescue instead of bent, and it's a different game in Scotland, ground instead of the arial game it is in the States. but oh so fun. There is a reason they call it Carnasty, and the 16th is just one of 18 reasons. Having played Oakmont in the 80's from the back tees I can tell you there is no comparison. Carnasty is easily 5 strokes harder, at least. On the day I played it the wind was blowing at about 30 mph and it was brutal. Took 4 solidly hit shots to reach the 6th green.
@@sanderslongdrive Maybe not, but under the right conditions 170 putts are possible. I think the guy was asking a legitimate question assuming he is unfamiliar with Scottish golf courses.
The organizers of The Open should have Rick run through all the holes for whatever course is being played. I'd love to watch Rick run through all 18 before watching the actual tournament.
That was great to watch. Loved the in depth analysis of the hole. Please do more. Knowing the history and the difficulty of the hole will make watching The Open an even better experience. Please do more.
Dozens of shots . Great to see the hole . One player and his thoughts. Mr . Watson's a class act . A gentle man in the old sense . Never meet you heroes, wrong. Mr. Watson was outstanding with my old man . Thank you. William.
I played the 16th 3 times (@ 257 yds) the week before the 2005 Open, with a McGregor MT Drivers (exactly what Nicklaus used in the early/mid 70s). After the 3rd round, my great caddy exclaimed, "I'm really impressed, Watson had a rough time on this hole and you parred it 3 times." Falling in love with Carnoustie and parring 16, 3 times is my greatest joy in golf. We're all blessed to know this game :)
That third attempt is what golf and links golf is all about 😂 Not your best strike but you think you have got away with it then the course goes "Nah , not having that" Great vid Rick I reckon you could sell that +2 for all few quid come The Open 😀
@@thirstyvirus3744 I would go missed 3 iron power sliced 175 to the right and follow it up with a skulled wedge, chilly dip, chilly dip, chipped on followed by a three putt from close range. Just saying.
wow, the Fairways are so short it is really difficult to tell where the fairway ends and the green starts ... I think I would putt all the way around ;)
I had the honor of playing Carnoustie and it was by far the best course I’ve ever played. I played St Andrews the day before and it was sunny, no wind and about 70 degrees. 24 hours later on Carnoustie it was similar to your day 4 - cold, high wind and cloudy. 16 was a beast I hit 3 wood to the same spot you hit the bump and run from. That’s the only course Zi’ve ever had to account for wind on some putts. Best golf experience of my life. Thanks for sharing!
For me this was one of your most enjoyable videos. I think everyone could put themselves in your shoes and ask "what would I do here" with all of the elements of the hole and knowing your own game. Fascinating stuff Rick, thanks.
Way to go Rick!!!!!!!!!!!! I absolutely love this guys instruction videos and drills. He has a way of explaining things in a way that hits home. Since following Rick I;ve shaved 13 strokes off my Handicap. Just use his drills and watch the scores go down!!!!!!!
Thank you for your descriptions and your fair play. For those of us that cannot travel you have given us a great idea of how this wonderful hole plays. Thank you sir.
These videos, and last years at Birkdale really made watching the Open a much more enjoyable experience becuase Ifelt like I had a better understanding of the course. There's no way you would have time to go this in-depth during the coverage. Well done R&A and Rick Shiels. Love it.
Awesome video Rick !!! I would love to see you doing more like this on your channel. Famous holes through golf history replayed in similar conditions. Fun to watch thanks
Great fun to watch. Rick landed the ball in the perfect spot on day 3 and was unlucky to roll off. Legend has it Jack Nicklaus hit a driver on the Sunday in the 1968 Open!
My home course growing up and loved this hole, not played it in 20 years now,Rick spot on could hit any club in bag depending on weather,to me toughest hole on course,cheers Rick great video
For me it would’ve been difficult especially day 4, but it looked like loads of fun! If I walked off the green with a 4 I’d be relieved. Thanks for posting Rick! Hope to see more-hole 18 at Carnoustie would be fun to watch.
I was privileged to play that course five years ago. Scraped a 5 on that hole. Still a vivid memory of playing one of the greatest test's in golf. What a course! None of this pine straw stuff, off the fairway lost ball or at least one shot loss. Real bucket list
This is a terrific treat to see this Rick. Only thing is I really wish I was there with you giving it my all. That is one tricky golf course. Wow !!!!! I suspect I would be quite challenged on this hole lol. No idea how I would do but I love challenges !!!Best Wishes, Spider Dubiel
Great video. I'm coming over from the States in Sept. to take on St Andrews Old Course, Carnoustie, and Kingsbarns in three days. Love watching these to see what I'm getting into. Keep them coming!
Nice stuff Rick. Quick story, played Gullane course 3 long time ago and before i went out i had a look at the card and thought 'this looks pretty easy as most of the holes were pretty short'. Jesus the course ate me up. So tough.2 yards off the fairway and your in 4 foot thick gorse,the greens had been bikinin waxed so so fast, not to mention the undulations.Wicked pin positions.Bunkers as deep as wells.Not to mention the weather.The course was just over 5000 yards that's all. It taught me a hard lesson.Never look at a card and think just because it's a short course that you're gonna burn it up haha! Your vid just reminded me of my Scottish golfing experience that's all.
Loved it! I have played 6 rounds on carnoustie, and I must say, that it is by far the most dynamic course ever. Absolutely love it! Hopefully I'll get there soon again for another round. Great video Rick!
Really fun to watch. That IS the hardest par 3 in the world. Number 4 attempt was really a par 4 situation. I would probably be happy with a 5. Great video.
I was lucky enough to play this course the week of the Ryder Cup back in 2014. Hands down my favorite course ever. I made bogey on this hole but had to hit driver because of high wind. Total gem of a course.
1st time round the Champs today for me and had my fair share of disasters but made birdie on the 16th. Cuffed to bits, all the more so after seeing this!
Excellent vid and thanks for the effort. I would be very reluctant to take divots chipping/pitching to those greens - amazing green keeping! Cheers from Sydney, Aust - Dave
In the late sixties and seventies it was 237 yds from the back tee. They lengthened the tee almost back to the shelter which is why its longer now. I hit a 1 iron down to a 3 iron then depending on the weather and using the British ball which was 1.62" , better into the wind and easier to strike but not as good to putt with. I started using the American ball long before it was adopted here because of that, it made you a better striker of the ball and more putts went in! You could pretty much only get Titleist then and i've used them ever since.
Great video Rick! If I could pull a Watson and get bogey for all four days, I would be happy as heck. looking forward to watching The Open Championship in a couple weeks.
The 17th @ the Ocean Course Kiawah. Tips are 227 / all carry / left dead, long OB, short or right water. Typically has 2-3 club cross wind left to right.
What a great video, just found your channel... I love seeing pros playing holes like normal humans.. Had the chance to play le golf national last summer 40th birthday it was epic to walk the same holes and play like a pro
farming simulator music for the cow patch golf course. For the life of me I'll never understand the love for links golf. Good shots are rewarded with bumps and bounces that are frustrating and almost unfair and the puts don't even roll true. Edit: Having said that I love watching the pros try and deal with it, and because of it the open is a lot of fun to watch.
@@mekan0001 All the greats have won the Open for a reason, Their able to adapt their game to links golf which is golf in its truest form, one of the par 3's in the masters is the complete opposite end of the spectrum, everything leads to the hole
Loved this video! Great to see in depth stuff like this on the Open courses. Keep ‘me comin. Oh and if I got anything less than a 6 on that hole, I’d be ecstatic!
I would shoot at least a double. I’m in the U.S. and have never played links golf. I’m fascinated by it but looks very difficult. Love this series Rick. Great stuff.
This is why I love links golf over any other course type to play. The only course type that comes close is heathland courses. Fantastic challenge Rick, would love to see similar videos at other great courses. As for how I would get on... not sure, but I would take 3 wood on the last, as I know I can punch the 3 through the wind in a way that cannot guarantee with driver. But that would be my percentage shot and rely upon scrambling to get parr or bogey.
When I played it. Wind strong off right, competition tee next to netting, Big Bertha 4 iron fell off right of green half way up, chip with SW, 1 putt. Green has big dips in it. Very difficult.
When you watch the Open on TV you can never tell how difficult links golf is. This illustrates it quite well. I would have come up short with my driver on the last day. I dont hit 300y.
Links golf is a game within a game. The weather extremes, taking in to account on shore and off shore breeze makes playing tough. So enjoyable though, I've played driver off the tee on Par 3's and Driven the green on Par 4's. Imagine doing that with a stitched ball and a Hickory shafted Wood!
16 is certainly one of the most difficult par 3’s in golf but it is easy compared to the Rockies - the 5th at Anstruther in Fife. I would love to see you do a video playing that one!!!!
we have a similar difficult par 3 at our home club, right OB, left trees, in a left pin position you can only hit a draw to attack the flag. you have to carry it around 205-210 yards, the only miss you can allow yourself is short right or in the front left bunker, behind the green it falls off like 10-15 foot and if you are left of the green you are in the trees or anywhere else around the green you have to do a lob shot to give yourself a decent chance at getting the ball close. Since it's on our 9 hole course you can consider yourself happy scoring a 3 and a 4 during a full round even if you know the hole well and are a good player
I would be 'lucky' to play it in 6 AND would be happy with that. NOT that I wouldn't want a par - I just am looking at that third shot and how it looked great and then just rolled away. With my 'luck' it would catch every little nook or slope and take me away from the hole. Great video and please do more.
Great video Rick! Would love to play a round with you next time you get in for The Masters. I'm 20 minutes from Augusta. Lot's of great courses to play in the area. Keep up the great work on your vids!
Very interesting video. Shows us how good tour players are, especially the legends. You faired quiet well. Pete Finch seems to like the idea of playing you a round with only game improvement irons. You could call it that, The Game Improvement Irons Challenge. I'm seeing you picking up a set of PING Gs at GolfBidders.
I’d encourage you to take a look at the par 3 12th at Lilleshall. Designed by the same person that designed Wentworth, this hole has been described by Ian Woosnam as one of the most challenging Par 3 holes in the country. My Dad, a lifelong 20 something handicap achieved a hole in one on it about 6 years ago, aged 70, joining a very small group I imagine.
I had a round at Carnoustie a couple of years ago. Should be finished soon.
lol
I played there as well and your comment is too close to the truth to be funny.
I am in the foresome behind you’ll.... can you’ll hurry up please lol!!!
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I needed counselling after I played there.
From 5 iron to Driver on the same hole, but different day; that is crazy.
I hit this with a PW , depending on the wind
@@tigerbricks You hit a pitching wedge over 200 yards...
@@j-bonemcswiggans4597 Right now, my PW is my longest range club. Maybe the 45 degree from physics means something.
Really cool concept for this vid. Seeing you play the hole on diff days in diff conditions w/ the diff tee/pin setup was pretty awesome. Great job Rick. Definitely getting us hyped for the Open
Yea this is a great concept. Should show the distance and club used on the chart in between holes.
How can you tell the green apart from the fairway holy crap
The flag I suppose
It's different grass, fescue instead of bent, and it's a different game in Scotland, ground instead of the arial game it is in the States. but oh so fun. There is a reason they call it Carnasty, and the 16th is just one of 18 reasons. Having played Oakmont in the 80's from the back tees I can tell you there is no comparison. Carnasty is easily 5 strokes harder, at least. On the day I played it the wind was blowing at about 30 mph and it was brutal. Took 4 solidly hit shots to reach the 6th green.
Does it matter unless one is prone to taking 170 yard putts?
@@sanderslongdrive Maybe not, but under the right conditions 170 putts are possible. I think the guy was asking a legitimate question assuming he is unfamiliar with Scottish golf courses.
@@bradmiller9121 who has ever holed a 170 yard PUTT?! I wanna see that video.
The organizers of The Open should have Rick run through all the holes for whatever course is being played. I'd love to watch Rick run through all 18 before watching the actual tournament.
That was great to watch. Loved the in depth analysis of the hole. Please do more. Knowing the history and the difficulty of the hole will make watching The Open an even better experience. Please do more.
I wish Rick was my best friend, I just love how pumped he gets for golf.
Awwwwwwwww
Dozens of shots . Great to see the hole . One player and his thoughts. Mr . Watson's a class act . A gentle man in the old sense . Never meet you heroes, wrong. Mr. Watson was outstanding with my old man . Thank you. William.
Yes please... more single hole analysis challenges for me. The 4 day variety was a really good insight as to how hard this game can be for all of us
I played the 16th 3 times (@ 257 yds) the week before the 2005 Open, with a McGregor MT Drivers (exactly what Nicklaus used in the early/mid 70s). After the 3rd round, my great caddy exclaimed, "I'm really impressed, Watson had a rough time on this hole and you parred it 3 times." Falling in love with Carnoustie and parring 16, 3 times is my greatest joy in golf. We're all blessed to know this game :)
That third attempt is what golf and links golf is all about 😂
Not your best strike but you think you have got away with it then the course goes "Nah , not having that"
Great vid Rick I reckon you could sell that +2 for all few quid come The Open 😀
“I’m going to use a 4 iron because it’s 228 yards from here” no need to flex on me like that 😂
@@thirstyvirus3744 I would go missed 3 iron power sliced 175 to the right and follow it up with a skulled wedge, chilly dip, chilly dip, chipped on followed by a three putt from close range. Just saying.
I'm going 3 hybrid and come up short then blade one over the green. Then chug a beer after
Yep. Just started playing golf and I'm hitting clean drives 240 if I'm lucky
🤣 thinking the same, Be having the driver out and probably still not make it
Well done lad. I love seeing the hole played four different times in different conditions. Love to see more of this.
wow, the Fairways are so short it is really difficult to tell where the fairway ends and the green starts ... I think I would putt all the way around ;)
I have heard of people actually putting the entire time on some holes
Carnoustie fairways are really tight in some places .. other places they are tighter
I had the honor of playing Carnoustie and it was by far the best course I’ve ever played. I played St Andrews the day before and it was sunny, no wind and about 70 degrees. 24 hours later on Carnoustie it was similar to your day 4 - cold, high wind and cloudy. 16 was a beast I hit 3 wood to the same spot you hit the bump and run from. That’s the only course Zi’ve ever had to account for wind on some putts. Best golf experience of my life. Thanks for sharing!
For me this was one of your most enjoyable videos. I think everyone could put themselves in your shoes and ask "what would I do here" with all of the elements of the hole and knowing your own game. Fascinating stuff Rick, thanks.
Way to go Rick!!!!!!!!!!!! I absolutely love this guys instruction videos and drills. He has a way of explaining things in a way that hits home. Since following Rick I;ve shaved 13 strokes off my Handicap. Just use his drills and watch the scores go down!!!!!!!
Thank you for your descriptions and your fair play. For those of us that cannot travel you have given us a great idea of how this wonderful hole plays. Thank you sir.
These videos, and last years at Birkdale really made watching the Open a much more enjoyable experience becuase Ifelt like I had a better understanding of the course. There's no way you would have time to go this in-depth during the coverage. Well done R&A and Rick Shiels. Love it.
Such a likeable guy Rick. Great watch as always. 👍
Awesome video Rick !!! I would love to see you doing more like this on your channel. Famous holes through golf history replayed in similar conditions. Fun to watch thanks
One of your best videos ever! Your love of the game shines through at every moment.
Fantastic vlog, Rick! Well done!
Great fun to watch. Rick landed the ball in the perfect spot on day 3 and was unlucky to roll off. Legend has it Jack Nicklaus hit a driver on the Sunday in the 1968 Open!
One of your best, walked the course once, one of my best golfing experiences
Great job on this video. Please more like this!
Superb - what a hole. Great to see you play it and analyse it. Links golf at its best.
Happy with a 4 every time !
Great video Rick and a superb demonstration of the most natural form of golf.
Loved this video. Seemed like you were calm and at home. Felt comfortable. Much better in my opinion.
One of my favorite videos you've done.
Pretty good! Now use 1975 equipment...
"Oh that's gonna be good" *finds ball 50 yards from where you thought it was*- description of at least 60% of my golf shots
Love this approach. Will make it much more interesting to watch at The Open.
Great video Rick and thank you to The Open! Real crazy how much weather and pin position affects things. It's almost like 4 different holes!
My home course growing up and loved this hole, not played it in 20 years now,Rick spot on could hit any club in bag depending on weather,to me toughest hole on course,cheers Rick great video
Love the videos with Rick. Excellent choice to let him do these, the guy is awesome.
For me it would’ve been difficult especially day 4, but it looked like loads of fun! If I walked off the green with a 4 I’d be relieved.
Thanks for posting Rick! Hope to see more-hole 18 at Carnoustie would be fun to watch.
I was privileged to play that course five years ago. Scraped a 5 on that hole. Still a vivid memory of playing one of the greatest test's in golf. What a course! None of this pine straw stuff, off the fairway lost ball or at least one shot loss. Real bucket list
Very entertaining and informative. A great example of why this is such a tough test. Reckon +2 was a very effort.
What an unbelievable golf hole. If i could get out of there under 20, in the conditions that Rick played in i would be stoked.🇨🇦🇬🇧🇨🇦
This is a terrific treat to see this Rick. Only thing is I really wish I was there with you giving it my all. That is one tricky golf course. Wow !!!!! I suspect I would be quite challenged on this hole lol. No idea how I would do but I love challenges !!!Best Wishes, Spider Dubiel
Great video. I'm coming over from the States in Sept. to take on St Andrews Old Course, Carnoustie, and Kingsbarns in three days. Love watching these to see what I'm getting into. Keep them coming!
That was awesome !! You should make it the first of a series of " Historical Hole In Golf " the back story adds as much as the play.
Thank you Doug Doty for your epic comment!!!!
Nice stuff Rick. Quick story, played Gullane course 3 long time ago and before i went out i had a look at the card and thought 'this looks pretty easy as most of the holes were pretty short'. Jesus the course ate me up. So tough.2 yards off the fairway and your in 4 foot thick gorse,the greens had been bikinin waxed so so fast, not to mention the undulations.Wicked pin positions.Bunkers as deep as wells.Not to mention the weather.The course was just over 5000 yards that's all. It taught me a hard lesson.Never look at a card and think just because it's a short course that you're gonna burn it up haha! Your vid just reminded me of my Scottish golfing experience that's all.
That was great to watch Rick; what a challenge and didn't the weather have a heck of an impact.
Loved it; cheers!
Top work Rick, I'm be watching closely come July. Great series, keep them coming. I'm over-excited and it's still over 6 weeks away!
Loved it! I have played 6 rounds on carnoustie, and I must say, that it is by far the most dynamic course ever. Absolutely love it! Hopefully I'll get there soon again for another round. Great video Rick!
Rick makes fabulous golf content 🏌️♂️
Really fun to watch. That IS the hardest par 3 in the world. Number 4 attempt was really a par 4 situation. I would probably be happy with a 5. Great video.
I was lucky enough to play this course the week of the Ryder Cup back in 2014. Hands down my favorite course ever. I made bogey on this hole but had to hit driver because of high wind. Total gem of a course.
Great idea & video for the run-up to the Open.
You get to play so many dream courses that I will never get to play. keep up the great videos!
1st time round the Champs today for me and had my fair share of disasters but made birdie on the 16th. Cuffed to bits, all the more so after seeing this!
Rick, that was so much fun! Love this format.
I congratulate you for showing how hard a par 3 can be. You did very well to score what you did!
Loving these challenge videos. Keep doing your best, Rick!
Excellent vid and thanks for the effort. I would be very reluctant to take divots chipping/pitching to those greens - amazing green keeping! Cheers from Sydney, Aust - Dave
In the late sixties and seventies it was 237 yds from the back tee. They lengthened the tee almost back to the shelter which is why its longer now. I hit a 1 iron down to a 3 iron then depending on the weather and using the British ball which was 1.62" , better into the wind and easier to strike but not as good to putt with. I started using the American ball long before it was adopted here because of that, it made you a better striker of the ball and more putts went in! You could pretty much only get Titleist then and i've used them ever since.
Great video Rick! If I could pull a Watson and get bogey for all four days, I would be happy as heck. looking forward to watching The Open Championship in a couple weeks.
Really enjoyed this point of view of different conditions, yardage, of the same hole.👍🇨🇦
The 17th @ the Ocean Course Kiawah. Tips are 227 / all carry / left dead, long OB, short or right water. Typically has 2-3 club cross wind left to right.
This is a great example of what golf is. 1 hole turning into 4 completely different holes. Well done.
What a great video, just found your channel... I love seeing pros playing holes like normal humans.. Had the chance to play le golf national last summer 40th birthday it was epic to walk the same holes and play like a pro
Nice farming simulator music lol
What's the song name?
Didn’t even realize that the first time I watched this lol
'Nice'
farming simulator music for the cow patch golf course. For the life of me I'll never understand the love for links golf. Good shots are rewarded with bumps and bounces that are frustrating and almost unfair and the puts don't even roll true. Edit: Having said that I love watching the pros try and deal with it, and because of it the open is a lot of fun to watch.
@@mekan0001 All the greats have won the Open for a reason, Their able to adapt their game to links golf which is golf in its truest form, one of the par 3's in the masters is the complete opposite end of the spectrum, everything leads to the hole
Amazing video, it shows that with the game of golf it’s different everyday.
Great vid. 5 iron to full driver. What a great hole. Loved the breakdown
Loved this video! Great to see in depth stuff like this on the Open courses. Keep ‘me comin. Oh and if I got anything less than a 6 on that hole, I’d be ecstatic!
very enjoyable piece of work, bravo.
One of your best. Thanks
I would shoot at least a double. I’m in the U.S. and have never played links golf. I’m fascinated by it but looks very difficult. Love this series Rick. Great stuff.
This is why I love links golf over any other course type to play. The only course type that comes close is heathland courses.
Fantastic challenge Rick, would love to see similar videos at other great courses.
As for how I would get on... not sure, but I would take 3 wood on the last, as I know I can punch the 3 through the wind in a way that cannot guarantee with driver. But that would be my percentage shot and rely upon scrambling to get parr or bogey.
I had no idea it can be that changeable, what a ‘mare! Thanks for the vid.
Thanks Rick, that was fun, and hello from the States;)
Great vid Rick! I LOVE Augusta. Not much time for the barren, windswept bog that is The Open.
Loved that
Thanks Rick
When I played it. Wind strong off right, competition tee next to netting, Big Bertha 4 iron fell off right of green half way up, chip with SW, 1 putt. Green has big dips in it. Very difficult.
Can't wait to play this course in two months.....looking forward to it.
really enjoyed this... great hole, and great vid, from a golfer perspective. I watched many bogey's on it in July.
When you watch the Open on TV you can never tell how difficult links golf is. This illustrates it quite well. I would have come up short with my driver on the last day. I dont hit 300y.
Links golf is a game within a game. The weather extremes, taking in to account on shore and off shore breeze makes playing tough. So enjoyable though, I've played driver off the tee on Par 3's and Driven the green on Par 4's. Imagine doing that with a stitched ball and a Hickory shafted Wood!
16 is certainly one of the most difficult par 3’s in golf but it is easy compared to the Rockies - the 5th at Anstruther in Fife. I would love to see you do a video playing that one!!!!
I've played that hole, best I came up with was just pounding a 7 wood (for me) and double bogey
Love this video series! Keep up the great work
Great video. You've really hit (for me) the sweet spot of skilled but approachable. Really enjoying the content.
This is a great video. On another level
we have a similar difficult par 3 at our home club, right OB, left trees, in a left pin position you can only hit a draw to attack the flag. you have to carry it around 205-210 yards, the only miss you can allow yourself is short right or in the front left bunker, behind the green it falls off like 10-15 foot and if you are left of the green you are in the trees or anywhere else around the green you have to do a lob shot to give yourself a decent chance at getting the ball close. Since it's on our 9 hole course you can consider yourself happy scoring a 3 and a 4 during a full round even if you know the hole well and are a good player
I would be 'lucky' to play it in 6 AND would be happy with that. NOT that I wouldn't want a par - I just am looking at that third shot and how it looked great and then just rolled away. With my 'luck' it would catch every little nook or slope and take me away from the hole. Great video and please do more.
This was fun to watch. Thanks!
Great video, thanks Rick. Well done!
Very entertaining; always enjoy your vids. Keep up the good work.
Great video Rick! Would love to play a round with you next time you get in for The Masters. I'm 20 minutes from Augusta. Lot's of great courses to play in the area. Keep up the great work on your vids!
Great idea Rick. Very entertaining.
Very interesting video. Shows us how good tour players are, especially the legends. You faired quiet well. Pete Finch seems to like the idea of playing you a round with only game improvement irons. You could call it that, The Game Improvement Irons Challenge. I'm seeing you picking up a set of PING Gs at GolfBidders.
Course in my home town has a 222 yd par 3. I didn’t birdie it for about 5 years of playing the course 10-15 times a year.
I’d encourage you to take a look at the par 3 12th at Lilleshall.
Designed by the same person that designed Wentworth, this hole has been described by Ian Woosnam as one of the most challenging Par 3 holes in the country.
My Dad, a lifelong 20 something handicap achieved a hole in one on it about 6 years ago, aged 70, joining a very small group I imagine.
Here in Chattanooga, Jack Nicklaus designed a course that was so difficult and frustrating that the club went out of business!
Yeah because it was so tough
Sure
One of the best sequences you’ve shown- really enjoyed it!
Great video, Rick - loved it!
No doubt you are the best on ytube!! Your game proves that!!
And I thought the Ocean course at Kiawah Island, SC in the U.S. was hard. Way to go!
I'm always amazed that guys like Rick who can make a golf ball do just about anything they want still have trouble (well, sort of) on some holes.