Mike Clayton
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Golf Architecture - Clayton, DeVries, Pont. Sandbelt Invitational. Golf Writer. Occasional caddy.
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For all the pictures of Tiger on the 18th green this has to be the photo of the year.
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Bamberger great here.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: There is no better 1-2 punch in golf journalism than
@BambergerBot
and
@AlanShipnuck
.
@firepitstories
is 🔥🔥🔥
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Before and After. New Zealand Golf Club. Before is never better.
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Blackwell 18. Hard to imagine a better clubhouse / 18th green relationship in golf.
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Things Augusta does that every course should do. Measure holes in 0s and 5s. None of this 452/3 stuff. Make it 450 or 455. No visible ball washers. Short grass between green and tee. Short grass around the greens. (where practical)
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Finally the multi-course sandbelt tournament Melbourne’s golfers have long wanted. With thanks to Royal Melbourne,
@pkcgc
@YarraYarraGolf
@KingstonHeathGC
. Dec 20-23.
US Open champion
@GeoffOgilvyGolf
has launched a brand new pro golf tournament in Melbourne - The Sandbelt Invitational.
Held on 4 world-class courses, the event boasts an unorthodox format and a vision to become Australia's premier pro tournament.
@10NewsFirstMelb
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Bryson says in praising the 17th hole at Pebble Beach where his 4 iron only moved 2 yards “it’s not acceptable” a high 4 iron runs out 15 yards. He will have fun at Royal Melbourne in December.
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“The tree is the only defence any more”. Azinger
Such an American-centric view of the game. Completely ignores the effect of the ball on links courses or sandbelt courses - which are the finest groups of courses outside of the US.
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All the years Hannah Green tried to win the Australian Amateur she couldn’t get past the Koreans or the semi-final. Now she beats their best in a major. Ash Barty too. What a day. Just wow.
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Blackwell’s 13th. Bobby Jones played here the day after he won the 1930 Open. Augusta 12th was built two years later.
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Christmas Day- the day when all the neighbourhood kids could sneak onto Royal Melbourne.
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Harrington is brilliant here. Pointing out two things.
1/ Societal differences between US and the Rest of the World.
2/. The freak in one generation is always the norm in the next.
The idea the game doesn’t address this problem is ludicrous - and selfish.
I asked
@padraig_h
for his ‘quick’ rollback take. He then spoke for 7 consecutive minutes without coming up for air.
I promise it’s worth your time, especially if you stick around for the very end when he makes an incredibly bold prediction for the future of golf
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Golf lockdown perfection. Low tide at St Andrews Beach. Right to left into wind. Flat tee. Fun shots.
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All this rubbish about the bunkers being “perfect” and “no bad lies” is just going to encourage average players to insist on the same. It’s a superintendents nightmare. They are hazards and are supposed to be somewhat inconsistent.
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I will never understand how anyone can seriously adopt another position.
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No appearance money. No demands. Just a delight to deal with and we can’t be happier to have
@camdavisgolf
back to defend - and more importantly to help the young kids with their games and careers.
We are thrilled to announce that
@camdavisgolf
our 2022
#sandbeltinvitational
champion, is set to return to the
#melbournesandbelt
in December to defend his title! 💪
#visitvictoria
#visitmelbourne
#agolfinggreat
#geoffogilvyfoundation
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And $70,000(2nd in Vic Open) to The Australian Bushfire Relief. And still some golf companies what to charge some of the best women golfers in the world for clubs.
@Rod_Morri
After winning
#Klpga
Korea Women's Open today,
@1soyeonryu
donated the entire 1st prize of approx £170,000 to Covid-19 charity relief funds.
📷 via
@KoreanGolfNews
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Not everything 80s was as ugly as our memories. 1988.
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Alice Dye’s advice to Pete “Make sure the cart path runs alongside the right-hand side of the women’s tee. Ladies don’t like showing their behinds to the rest of the foursome when they bend over to tee their ball”. RIP.
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If Australia needed another reason to love
@1soyeonryu
she just donated half her runner-up check
@VicOpenGolf
to the bushfire appeal. 👏🏻👏🏻
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He’s right. One of only two superstars big enough to say it without annoying the manufacturers.
I don’t understand the anger about the golf ball roll back. It will make no difference whatsoever to the average golfer and puts golf back on a path of sustainability. It will also help bring back certain skills in the pro game that have been eradicated over the past 2 decades.
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“Women tend to take golf more seriously than men. They play faster, dress better,follow the rules more closely.There are exceptions to every rule, but for the most part I’m right.” Pete Dye.
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Thanks to Mat Goggin for his confidence in us to build his dream course. It sure is a dream site for us- and Tasmanian tourism.
We are proud to announce that we have been appointed as architect to Seven Mile Beach in Hobart, Tasmania.
@mikeclaytongolf
and
@DeVriesDesigns
, who were axiomatic to the creation of
@Barnbougle
Dunes and
@capewickham
Links respectively, will co-lead our first new build project.
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Brian Twite.Long time pro
@MetropolitanGC
Ex assistant of Arthur Lees at Sunningdale. One of, I think, three living players from the ‘51 Open at Portrush. Still moving it pretty well for 93. We’ll excuse the golf cart.
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The Ocean Course asked a lot from players at the PGA Championship. Phil Mickelson seemed to be the only one who had the experience to answer the call.
✍️:
@the_woke_yolk
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“The biggest shame is I can’t go to Cy. Point. & play the course the way the designer designed it to be played.The biggest problem for me is when we lose the architectural integrity of the golf course. We’re to the point where that’s where we are. Something has to give.”P Cantlay
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Check out Ariya and Lizette in the background as Hannah holes the putt. Class.
There's nothing quite like your first.
Congratulations Hannah Green on your first major championship win!
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Bamberger. Voice of reason.
One of the joys of the Augusta National Women's Amateur is seeing the course play the way it was designed. With all eyes on golf's Cathedral over the next nine days, Michael Bamberger hopes the green jackets will draw a line in the sand. His must-read:
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“If I wanted to be a brain surgeon and take the time to study that, I could”. Greg Norman.1996 US Masters Sunday. . “Maybe so, but he wouldn’t operate on this cowboy- not on Sundays, anyway.” Dan Jenkins. RIP.
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Royal Melbourne West 16th. 193y. The hardest short hole green to hit in Australia.
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Another lousy early winter day
@Barnbougle
4,6 and 7. The best time to play here - contrary to all instincts - is May-July.
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Cam Davis nurturing the game by playing the
@SandbeltInv
with the best young juniors. Dec 19-22. Kingston Heath. Royal Melbourne Yarra Yarra Peninsula/Kingswood. Free to watch.
@GeoffOgilvyGolf
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Pros wanting drops out of divots - and leaving this in practice rounds. Aust PGA
@RQGOLF
Like - at least make an effort.
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The best golf course list you'll find. Forget the 'rankings' - this one gets it right.
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Shoots out of the sky “these guys are better athletes” argument. They may be but it’s primarily ball and club - not agronomy, fitness, instruction. They may contribute but the game is deskilled and courses devalued.
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Ben An and John Huh helping each other out here. What a joke.
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One way to make smaller Australian tour events look more professional is have caddies carry the clubs - especially the lighter bags. If this old man can carry so can most :)
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Perhaps those advocating narrow fairways and higher rough and cherry picking MacKenzie quotes saying ball was going too far in 1932 could also consider this from him. And he was right about it going too far. It obsoleted many great courses of his era. Now we’re repeating history
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Adding to
@johnhuggan
argument
@NiallOfficial
is one of the most important people in golf - promoting it regularly to his 39m followers (perhaps more followers than all the PGA Tour players combined?) - and to a valuable young female demographic.
Excited to see
@leona_maguire
start her 2019 season
@VicOpenGolf
this week.
Thank you
@ISPSHanda
&
@GolfAust
for supporting Leona. Going to be a great event!
@13thBeachgolf
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Meanwhile Richard Green wins the Champions Tour tour school in the US. Won 1st stage by 12. The final by 4. Only 4 cards - maybe 5. Either way, amazing golf.
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. Me on a near flawless Tiger and the implications for RM of the modern game.
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'In the next 15 years a new generation of tour players routinely will be able to drive the ball 330-360 yards,rendering all courses obsolete. Is the USGA going to exercise its traditional mandate to protect and preserve the game of golf?' Deane Beman. Letter to Fred Ridley 2005.
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@Barnbougle
-one of few holes where it’s one of 2 clubs. 4 iron into and wedge down. Like
@GeorgiaAFowler
it never takes a bad photo.
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Gene Sarazen. 1978. People have been saying the same thing for a while now.
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It’s so obviously the right thing to do. Not in the age of Hagen and travelling by boat but travel now is hardly onerous in comparison.
HERE HERE
@mcginleygolf
!!! Fantastic idea! And
@chambleebrandel
concurs??? You guys finally agree! 😂
@PGAChampionship
⛳️👍❤️
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If you’re tired of Royal Melbourne you’re tired of golf. West Course. 12,13,17 and 10.
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Fun Sandbelt Invitational story. A friend of mine bought his 5 year old daughter to watch at Royal Melbourne. Two days later she has a surprise Christmas present.
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“If the architecture of an 18-hole course isn’t interesting at 6,200 yards, there is no chance it will be more interesting at 7.400 yards” Ran Morrissett
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Alister MacKenzie on golf’s problem with the ball. More relevant now than a century ago.
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Does it count as a hole-in-one when you’re playing alone and no one sees?
@MetropolitanGC
13th.
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Couldn’t have cared less about the other three but paying full attention to his boss
@jjluff
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“Golf can’t function if guys decide to do what Patrick did.” Geoff Ogilvy in
@GolfAustMag
column.
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See if this gets as many likes as
@Yeti2319
video of Gil Morgan’s 2 iron at Pebble Beach. Both great shots.
1-iron and balata - cool footage of
@NickFaldo006
hitting a baby fade butter knife in to the 36th hole of the 1989 Suntory World Matchplay at Wentworth. He made eagle to beat
@IWoosnam
having played the final 7 holes in 7 under👊
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@lawrencedonegan
Probably not - but with 38 million followers he’s taking golf to an audience who presumably think golf is a game for old men.
Only good comes from him playing so publicly
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If the Solheim Cup proves one thing it’s the Presidents Cup should be a mixed teams event.
@NoLayingUp
This from Geoff Ogilvy.
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To 41.3 million followers - most of whom presumably think golf is an old man’s game.
If you’re a young person looking for inspiration to get in to golf, turn your tv on now.
@TheSolheimCup
is incredible. ❤️
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One of the great things about English golf. A family walking the dog through the middle of the course. West Sussex GC. Morfontaine class.
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Stimp Reading-USGA 1977
Augusta 7’11
Cy Pt 7’8
Merion 6’4
OHills 8’5
Oakmont 9”8
PV 7’4
Pinehurst 6’10
SFGC 7’2
Shinnecock 7’2
W Foot 7’5
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I wonder what Peter Thomson would make of LIV golf. Perhaps some clues here.
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Dogs and golf. When they care about you they really care. The Berkshire.
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Glad to see Tom Doak finally made it all the way to
@portfairygolf
. Well worth the drive for anyone wanting great, cheap golf.
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Comparing some recent comments with this last week from
@NiallOfficial
on Women’s golf.
@Marina_Deee
@TheChristinaKim
@suohgolf
He gets it and with 40m followers one of golf’s most important voices - especially to its hardest to attract demographic. Young women.
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Where you were when you heard
@LukasJMichel
played his way into The Masters and the US Open. Just wow
@Barnbougle
6.
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EL. Never misses.
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Caddied for Elvis at the Aust Open last November. 70,67,75,71. Pretty good for 17 playing with
@RodPampling
and
@mweirsy
He just won the Qld Stroke play. 66,68,63,66. 20 ahead of 4th Getting better.
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I also love Royal Melbourne, in the sandbelt region of Melbourne – one of the greatest pieces of terrain on earth. Australians know how to take care of their courses, staying on the lean side, conserving water, and taking care of their native grasses. BEN CRENSHAW
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Holes that would be one of the best short par 4s in the world with one tree gone. Arrowtown 18th. One of golf’s truly amazing courses.
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Pretty good par 3 with grass on it. St Andrews Beach.
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It’s a new beginning - an exciting one, joining with two of golf architecture’s really good and talented men to cover the truly global world of golf.
@cdpgolf1
@DeVriesDesigns
@IVGD1
@mikeclaytongolf
@DeVriesDesigns
@IVGD1
are proud to announce the formation of Clayton, DeVries & Pont, a new truly global golf course architecture partnership.
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Peter Fowler - 83 Aust Open and 89 World Cup winner- once asked Peter Thomson how he could improve his game. “Shoot lower scores,Peter”. He was angry for ages until he finally realised what a great piece of advice it was. What he was saying was: “stop obsessing with your swing”’
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Think pro golf is hard? Takumi Kanaya shot 53 under par for 14 rounds at the European Tour School. Didn’t make his card. “Play better”?? Really.
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Whilst Augusta & Royal Melb were designed by the same man with same aims & philosophies inbuilt into both there is a huge difference in how the courses play. It's summed up by a RM member I played with a month ago.
'I haven't fixed a pitch mark here in 8 years" There aren't any.
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@BrendanPorath
@GolfChannel
Hard to imagine someone who’s played Royal Melbourne (Presidents Cup 2019) being so clueless. Let’s grow the rough, plant trees and ruin one of the best courses in the game.
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Fire. The great regeneration of heathlands. Royal Melbourne 3 East.
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Huggy and me on the great Royal Melbourne. All of us living in Melbourne need to remember how special it is and how lucky we are to have it on our doorsteps. It’s a long way to Augusta and that’s not MacKenzie’s best course. Royal Melbourne is
Presidents Cup 2019: Royal Melbourne's composite course 'the closest thing you will ever see to Pine Valley' - Golf Digest
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"It is necessary to have a healthy circuit outside America because there are too many golfers to have just one circuit in the world." Peter Thomson 1968. It's still true.
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“In the US,where greens are watered to softness & the ball never bounces,the idea is to get as near the green off the tee as possible.In this sort of set up a strong arm often achieves more than a clever brain” P Thomson 1961
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Kingston Heath 12. Long par 5. Perfect Melbourne mid-winter evening light.
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“The Game”. A
@GeoffOgilvyGolf
initiative. 4-5 groups each week of the best kids & pros in Melbourne. This last week. Geoff playing with 14-year-old Lenny Saville
@TheNational1988
Thanks to
@dapsui
Yesterday
@KingstonHeathGC
@BlakeCollyer
won KH with amazing 68 in howling wind
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.
@txominhospital
I’m walking on the beach tonight swinging a club. Some random guy passes me and says “we’ll have to call you Seve”. Good to know he’s never forgotten down here.
@javier_liniers
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My new website: Thank you to the multi-talented US Mid-Am champion
@LukasJMichel
for putting it together, and to all those who have supported me in this new venture.
@cdpgolf1
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Peter Thomson on Greg Norman. Perhaps as relevant how as it was in 1995.
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