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Lots of history, drama at 17th

From Wednesday's Globe and Mail

Course designer originally thought island green was no big deal, only a short iron ...Read the full article

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  1. Scot Loucks from Pickering, Canada writes: Thanks for the history on that hole Lorne.... enjoyed it.

    There is a copy of this hole on Wooden Sticks in Uxbridge... the 17th as well.
    First time I played it.... with wind... I couldn't hit the green and ended up with a 10 and shot over 100.
    Second time I birdied it and shot an 85.

    Key thing for me was that we all wanted to sit there and play the hole over and over.

    I swear somebody could build a course with a copy of this hole and a long par 5 where people could wail on their drivers... people would line up to play it over and over.

    Cheers

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