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"Merion"

• Agassi1991 777 Posts

  Thu, May 30 2013 4:36 PM

  Hi

  Don't really know and maybe it is just me, but I find merion the hardest cource

  on WGT.

  There are simply 5-6 holes, where I honestly don't feel at home.

  Anybody else have the same feeling?

  Have a happy golfing.

  Agassi1991

• TarheelsRule 5,566 Posts

  Thu, May 30 2013 4:42 PM

  Strange course in my mind.   There are some really easy holes and 5 or 6 holes, as you mentioned that are almost impossible.   I'll put 5 up there from the Legend tees as one of those.

  The four par 3 holes are all very tough, even 13 at only 135 from the back is very difficult to judge and getting above the hole is death.

• RJThom 115 Posts

  Thu, May 30 2013 5:59 PM

  I agree as Merion is a strange course. The book I have on Merion reads the holes as follows:

  Hole 1: Damned Sycamore treeon the right of the tee!

  Hole 2: I worry about the Out of Bounds line and the deep rough on the left

  Hole 3: Miss the green and a recovery shot is impossible

  Hole 4: Damned right-to-left slope

  Hole 5: Fairway slopes right-to-left also but a good driving hole

  Hole 6: Uphill slope to the green with a back left to the front approach

  Hole 7: Begins a stretch of holes for possible birdie chances

  Hole 8: Fun and good luck driving up to the green

  Hole 9: Difficult par 3 on a downhill green, with a nasty water hazard

  Hole 10: On the green, a severe right-to-left curve to approach the hole

  Hole 11: Miss the fairway and you're in the brook!

  Hole 12: Another severe sloped green from back left to front right....any approach that misses left has a mean up-and-down

  Hole 13: Probably the smallest green on the course, but I'm able to birdie it pretty regularly

  Hole 14: Uphill par 4, and if you miss on the left you are out of bounds

  Hole 15: Dangerously close out of bounds hole on the left

  Hole 16: Last real shot at birdie before the 17th & 18th

  Hole 17: slightly downhill to the green with a pronounced ridge in the front

  Hole 18: Downhill pitch and steep right to left...better to be long on the approach than short

• senec 254 Posts

  Thu, May 30 2013 6:07 PM

  The more I play it the worst I play it.But I keep trying.The 5th hole kills me every time.

  61 was my best round and I really don't think I'll even come close to that again.

• tiffer67 1,764 Posts

  Fri, May 31 2013 11:05 PM

  I play the first 11 holes in the qualifier without too many difficulties, then I hit a birdie brick wall. 13 and 16 should be relatively easy birdies but both holes I invariably par, the others I just don't get close enough often enough.

  I am still chasing a 56 to make qualification a certainty but it isn't half knocking the stuffing out of me trying. 61,59,58 & 59 this morning and I'm damn near suicidal now lol.

• bubbadork 984 Posts

  Sat, Jun 1 2013 3:54 AM

  In a month my 58 has gone from being 26th place to 157th place (missing the cut). I've only played it once. I guess I'll do the ol' multiple thangy and try to improve.

• yumezukuri 9 Posts

  Sat, Jun 1 2013 4:07 AM

  Well it's a relief that a tour legend like tiffer67 is having the same experiences as me....Ive lost count of the number of times I've got it to -9 thru 11, only to hit that brick wall you mention, and close at -10. There are definitely birdie chances in the final 7 holes but crazy things happen once i reach 12.

• filmslayer 2,340 Posts

  Sat, Jun 1 2013 5:41 AM

  best i can muster is 66 . there is always one hole i implode on , 5 or 6 on the front and take you your pick from the 12 thru 15 stretch on the back .... the other night i was on 6 green -3 with a 4.5ft birdie putt and 5 putted for triple bogey .... i did go on and birdied 7,8 and 9 for a 33 ...

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sat, Jun 1 2013 5:53 AM

  TarheelsRule:

  even 13 at only 135 from the back is very difficult to judge and getting above the hole is death.

  Try the 8i punch full and use spin to compensate for the wind. 

• KittyWumpus 345 Posts

  Sat, Jun 1 2013 6:58 PM

  YankeeJim:

  TarheelsRule:

  even 13 at only 135 from the back is very difficult to judge and getting above the hole is death.

  Try the 8i punch full and use spin to compensate for the wind. 

  Awesome!!! TY!!!

  I just tried this with my L79 Bladez, worked like a charm! It will take some play time to get a good feel for it, but I dreaded this hole previously.

  nikki