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Our 4 Nines

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Mon, Feb 22 2010 5:52 PM

  I was wondering what others thought about the ease or difficulty of the current foresome of nine holes we play. From easier to harder, mine is thus:

  1) Kiawah back nine

  2) BPB front nine

  3) Kiawah front nine

  4) BPB back nine

  What are your rankings?

• onestonemanone 45 Posts

  Mon, Feb 22 2010 6:17 PM

  for me that is close

  1)KI b9

  2)KIf9

  3)BPB f9

  4)BPB b9

• TarheelsRule 5,566 Posts

  Mon, Feb 22 2010 6:27 PM

  Mine are the same as your SP. Kiawah back 9 BPB front 9 Kiawah front 9 BPB back 9 The front nine at Kiawah would not be that tough except for 4 and 5 and the difficult putts on the 7 and 8 holes. Nine is a par hole for me for some reason as well. BPB is mainly last due to #15 which can turn a 4 foot birdie into a double bogey. The wind at Kiawah could make it more difficult. The course itself usually has a wind off the ocean, meaning blowing across the course, if that wind was consistently on the back nine, it would not be so easy. Imagine being on #17 with a 20 MPH wind blowing across the green and having to hang your iron shot over the water.

• jimgriff 127 Posts

  Mon, Feb 22 2010 8:42 PM

  Ki F9

  BP F9

  Ki B9

  BP  B9

   

• AvatarLee 1,644 Posts

  Tue, Feb 23 2010 5:04 AM

  SweetiePie:

  1) Kiawah back nine

  2) BPB front nine

  3) Kiawah front nine

  4) BPB back nine

  I'll agree with your assessment although under certain conditions #2 and #3 are interchangeable.  I think Kia F9 is harder than BP F9 in high winds.

   

• marioh 1,055 Posts

  Tue, Feb 23 2010 5:13 AM

  Kiawah B9

  Kiawah F9

  BPB F9

  BPB B9

   

  Kiawah B9 barely edges out Kiawah F9 for easiest.   Kiawah F9 has the easiest 3 consecutive holes in 1, 2, and 3.   I'm always disappointed if I end up on hole 4 without being -3.

• AvatarLee 1,644 Posts

  Tue, Feb 23 2010 5:20 AM

  marioh:

  Kiawah F9 has the easiest 3 consecutive holes in 1, 2, and 3.

  This is true, but then there is #4 (remember that one in the early days lol) and then #5, probably the most skill demanding par 3 in here, not to mention #8 and #9 coming down the stretch...

• marioh 1,055 Posts

  Tue, Feb 23 2010 5:55 AM

  AvatarLee:

  marioh:

  Kiawah F9 has the easiest 3 consecutive holes in 1, 2, and 3.

  This is true, but then there is #4 (remember that one in the early days lol) and then #5, probably the most skill demanding par 3 in here, not to mention #8 and #9 coming down the stretch...

  Yeah, 4 can be a real momentum killer, especially back in the old days with the reduced distances and no spin.   Back then, I considered par a win on that hole and on 5.  

  5 used to drive me nuts (from the tee), but once I got the G10's, I didn't need loads of luck to stick the green.

  I consider the back 9 just slightly easier than the front 9 overall.   That's mostly due to the water hazards on the back 9 dragging down my overall back 9 average.

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Tue, Feb 23 2010 7:29 AM

  One thing that can get me exercised is that I find Kiawah hole #2 to be the easiest par we have and never a done deal birdie regardless of how close I get it to the pin. The most annoying 3' to 4' putts I can think of.

• TarheelsRule 5,566 Posts

  Tue, Feb 23 2010 8:25 AM

  Having played the Ocean Course at Kiawah a number of times, I can say that the green speed is only that fast in the spring or fall and a number of the pin placements on the front nine are in places that the pins are never placed. The pin placement on #2 is very difficult, trying to get close to the pin is not as important as being 5 feet below it.