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We were all in agreement that Ludlow Golf Course is a superb test of golf, with excellent springy fairways and greens that run fast and true, regardless of the weather
The tee to the ‘Crater of Doom’
you inevitably fall prey to the beautifully presented fairway bunkers. Incidentally, there can be no complaints about an inability to play a good shot out of Ludlow’s bunkers because of poor quality sand or bad maintenance, they are consistently excellent. We were all in agreement that Ludlow Golf
The approach to the 9th green crosses an unclassified road
Course is a superb test of golf, with excellent springy fairways and greens that run fast and true, regardless of the weather. It would not be prudent to describe the course hole by hole because the club’s website guide does this, with additional photographs, and also offers advice on the best ways to attack the course. I only wish that I had taken my own advice for a change and actually studied it before playing; a definite advantage if you are thinking of visiting the course for the first time.
Beautifully presented fairway bunker
There are three very interesting par 3s which are actually situated side by side on the course, but played in order as the 3rd, 13th and 14th. They all incorporate hitting your tee shot over considerable trouble and being longer is better than being short. Having been lucky enough to birdie the 3rd and 14th over the last four visits (sorry, but had to mention it), I will merely mention the 13th which I only managed to bogey once, the other attempts being significantly worse!
Gordon Moir has been Director of Greenkeeping at ‘The Home of Golf’, for fifteen years, a position he is immensely proud of.
DIAMOND GEEZERS
GORDON MOIR - IN THE SPOTLIGHT
48 I PC APRIL/MAY 2015
Working at St Andrews, possibly the world’s most iconic golf course, brings with it additional pressures, but Gordon says that he has always tried to put what has been best for the golf course and his employers first rather than what might have been best for him.
Often in the media spotlight, and with a constant stream of golfers from all over the world coming to play the various courses, Gordon
What the website description doesn't warn
you of is that it should be called the ‘Crater of Doom’ because there is trouble all around it. Within the crater there is a green that slopes from back to front and is always quicker than you think it is going to be. The photograph above illustrates the raised aspect, but not the slope which is obvious only when standing there. It is certainly a ‘green of three putts’. The tee position is 165 yards to the right,
off the white tees, with any wind at all creating a very tricky shot. When Steve chipped onto the green from the back, after an adventurous tee shot, the ball proceeded to roll off the front of the green. When he exclaimed; “that was an awful shot”, the reply was “it wasn't as good as that!” A very strange happening occurred at the side of the 16th fairway when I hooked a shot with some admirable style into what my learned friend Steve described as “old straw of Rosebay Willow Herb”. It is a rough area weed which has long stems topped by reddish flowers that turn to a cotton fluff when it seeds. It obviously has ancient and mystical powers of accumulative duplication. This is proven by the fact that I only hit one battered ball into it - that I failed to locate - but walked out of it having discovered, to my
says that having a supportive and understanding wife has been vital.
“I wouldn’t have been able to achieve what I have without her help and advice. It’s important to have someone a little bit removed from the immediate industry as a sounding board.”
She has obviously done a good job on him, as Gordon is regarded highly for his expertise and diligence.
The Open returns to St Andrews in July of this year, an event that Gordon both relishes and takes in his stride.
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