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Mendip DGC reviews
5
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Lovely place to play 2+ years
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Updated:
Played on:Feb 10, 2017
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
- Good Disccatcher baskets throughout (now 18 permanently)
- Gravel laid tee pads for 10 of the holes
- Great mix of wooded and open holes
- Full range of shots tested
- Beautiful location with stunning views from the top
- Three different layouts to play a beginners 10 hole green course, a very fun short course "blue" course and an excellent 18 hole main course comprising a couple of par 4's and some extremely challenging woods holes.
- Cafe and other activities on site along with toilets etc.
- Good car parking
- Disc hire available
- Gravel laid tee pads for 10 of the holes
- Great mix of wooded and open holes
- Full range of shots tested
- Beautiful location with stunning views from the top
- Three different layouts to play a beginners 10 hole green course, a very fun short course "blue" course and an excellent 18 hole main course comprising a couple of par 4's and some extremely challenging woods holes.
- Cafe and other activities on site along with toilets etc.
- Good car parking
- Disc hire available
Cons:
- Grass in the summer gets very long on the open holes
- no pads for the extra 8 holes.
- Signage and flow for the extra holes is not great, flow especially, it's difficult to find your way around by yourself.
- Tics!
- No Pro shop
- no pads for the extra 8 holes.
- Signage and flow for the extra holes is not great, flow especially, it's difficult to find your way around by yourself.
- Tics!
- No Pro shop
Other Thoughts:
I love playing here, There is a lovely quiet/calm feel about the place. I'm a bit biased as it's the scene of my first open division win but it just starts you off so well from hole one a 100 meterish woods hole with fair but difficult lines to hit. It just feels like a real "welcome to Mendips this is what we have in store for you " hole. When you get it right and snatch the two it's such a rewarding feeling, get it wrong and you could easily start your round with a 5 or worse.
The first 4 holes through the woods are all very different and incredibly fun. The later holes on the extension course again are all very different each with a unique challenge in shot shaping, lines and elevation.
For course design alone this would get at least a 4 from me, but there are some limitations in the maintenance through the summer and the feeling of second fiddle to other activities, I wish the activity center would realise what a gem they had here and support it as currently it is the efforts of the club and designer Matt Cutler in particular that make this what it is.
The potential at Mendips is huge and I hope one day to see a multi course setup here with Matt C in as the resident pro.
Edit* As this course is based at a dry ski slope the signage follows skiing runs so Red course is tougher than blue in case of confusion!
The first 4 holes through the woods are all very different and incredibly fun. The later holes on the extension course again are all very different each with a unique challenge in shot shaping, lines and elevation.
For course design alone this would get at least a 4 from me, but there are some limitations in the maintenance through the summer and the feeling of second fiddle to other activities, I wish the activity center would realise what a gem they had here and support it as currently it is the efforts of the club and designer Matt Cutler in particular that make this what it is.
The potential at Mendips is huge and I hope one day to see a multi course setup here with Matt C in as the resident pro.
Edit* As this course is based at a dry ski slope the signage follows skiing runs so Red course is tougher than blue in case of confusion!
