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Romsey Golf Club
- tee1up rating 9/10 well it is my home course!!!! want a
round just email me
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- Played 1st November 2005 Winter Warmer
- It had rained solid for two days before we played Romsey
on our winter warmer luckily for us the weather was fine in
the morning and no sign of a heavy cloud in sight. As it is
Andy Clarks and my home club we were both looking forward to
bringing our friends to the club but as I walked into the
pro shop I overheard the green keeper informing the pro that
there would be several temporary greens on for the day, my
worst nightmare and as you can expect I wasn’t at all
happy with the news. I couldn’t believe that I was not
told before hand so that I could have least has the option
to move the day. Fortunately work had already started on the
twelve green and they would be cleared by the time the first
group came through and as the next planned green was the
third the green keeper kindly moved it for us to the
seventeenth this meant we would play all the greens although
two would have been deep drilled and sanded.
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- There were only fifteen of us for this event, two of which
Terry McGinty and Bob Bailey were new tee1up members.
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- We played a singles stableford and team stableford games
over the eighteen holes along with longest drive and nearest
the pin. The day was won by Gary Stanley who took individual
stableford, team stableford and longest drive prizes only
leaving the nearest pin, which was won by Stuart Hensman.
The best score for the round was 36 points which was very
good considering the conditions this was followed 33 points
by Trevor Strange and 32 points scored by Andy Clark.
- In Gary Stanley’s team was Gavin Hall and Steve Dunn
they finished on a score of 96.
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- Played as a society day summer 2000 when we played
for the St Cross cup for the first time. The is a lovely parkland
course is difficult all the year round. fantastic food cheap bar
prices, very active social side and probably the only course
around with a half way hut.
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| Romsey Golf Club my home club, maybe
I am bias but I have to say its the friendliest club with 10
miles of Southampton that is the reason I joined the club. The
course is at Nursling just outside of Southampton with easy
access from the M27 and M3. The course is only 5856 yards long
but more than make up the shortness with tight tree lined
fairways, undulating and tiered greens. The first hole leads you
into a false sense of security a short par four which you could easily
reach with a straight drive, but it is safer played with a
medium iron centre of the fairway and pitch to the green. The
second hole is a long up hill par four with a green that is
lightening fast in the summer sloping from back to right. The
third is a shot par three guarded by a bunker that hides all of
the green. The fourth a lovely par four hole, tee shot over a
hill and you must be centre as it is guarded either side of the
fairway by ditches. At the bottom of the valley you have a
difficult short iron onto a top of the hill were you are met by
a two tiered green. The fifth is a long par three and the start
of what is called amen corner play enough club or you'll loose
you ball off to the left into two large bunkers, the green is
also two tiered. The sixth the tee shot is everything here keep
it as close as you can to the large oak on the left and watch it
end on the right hand of the fairway which more times out of ten
leave you a difficult long iron or wood to an elevated green.
The seventh lets just say holds no affection with me and I am
always happy to leave it with a four. Its all up hill 215 yards
long and nearly a full drive or three wood some days. You are
met with a triple tiered green. The eight hole par four a nice
straight drive will leave you with a shot iron to a difficult
green defending by a stream all round the front and right edge.
The ninth nicknamed cardiac hill leaves you gasping for
oxygen. Just an easy iron to the front of the hill and a short
iron over the top make sure that you look to see were the pin as
you walk up to your second shot as you wont see it from the
bottom of the hill. The green is quite big and is also protected
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- The tenth is a short down hill par three that looks easy
but club decision is vital as the green is protected by a
small bunker on the right and all round the front and left.
- The next hole is the eleventh and this is were you find
the half way hunt run by Will, Will takes your order and you
collect it after you have played the twelfth hole. You cat
beat the Sausage and Bacon roll with a cup of Bovril all for
about £2 on a cold day. The eleventh hole is stroke index
two and I think it is the hardest hole on the course as it
always catches me out. A straight drive is your only option
if you want a shot into the green, the hole dog legs left
and if you hit a good drive you are left with about a six
iron into a green that is protected on each side by a
bunker. Twelfth hole is a up hill tree lined par four, there
is a small bunker to the right of the fairway which is just
on your drive and catches any ball just of line. Only a
seven iron onto a large green plenty room on the left edge
which allows you to stay clear of the bunker on the right. Don't
forget to pick up your roll on the way to the next tee. The
13th is a lovely hole played off the back tee you play
across the third green when it is clear you have to be long
and straight on this hole as dog legs right. Your next shot
is down hill to a green. The fourteenth is a great driving
hole aim your ball just over the trees on your left and
watch it race onto the fairway leaving you a wedge into a
sunken green. The fifteenth is a short par four which you
could drive but the fairway slopes right to left and the
green has a narrow entrance protected by two bunkers, This
hole is best played with a medium iron to the middle of the
fairway. The sixteenth is another great par four a blind
drive straight over the marker will set you up for a short
iron into a tight green but just make sure are not right of
the marker or green or you'll find your ball down the hill
or worst in the ditch. The seventeenth is a dog leg right
par four hit your drive left side of the fairway but not in
the sneaky bunker not easy to see from the tee. Anywhere
right of the fairway blocks your line off the green which
slopes from back to front and has some evil burrows in it.
Last of all is the eighteenth a long par five up hill I bet
your drive will end up on the right in amongst the pine
trees that separate the eighteenth and second fairways. If
you hit a good drive careful of your next choice as there is
a large bunker from the centre of the fairway to the trees
on the right. Then its a short iron into a large green which
has small tier and evil burrows.
- Anyway that's a round at my course and I bet you wont
leave it feeling you didn't like it ......
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