(03-18-2018, 11:31 AM)PF* Wrote: I want to know more about golf courses from Jax-Daytona. I've played a bunch of them but want to discuss them.

The Real Marty- I hated Royal St. Augustine the first few times I played it, then I began leaving the driver in the car and played much better. I use it now but I pick my spots. Now the course is a favorite (of course, raiding the garage on the 12th green for a cooler full of beer is an added attraction).

The hardest holes there are #1, 13 and 15 IMO. 15 runs along SR16 and is a tough second shot.

Royal St Augustine is really far from my house.  It's about a 45 minute drive.  I have a friend that lives down there.   That's why we played there. 

I don't like #15.   I don't like the way the ground slopes into that lake in front of the green.   If you're short on your second shot, you roll back towards that lake.   The only other time I played #15, I teed off with a 5-wood and drove it into the lake from the white tees.  I had no idea that down slope was there.  

#1 doesn't seem that hard, although when I played Friday, I hit two tee shots into the woods on that hole.   Great way to start a round.   I was doing that all day.  

The courses I usually play are Bent Creek, Hyde Park, and occasionally Hidden Hills.   We played Julington Creek the other day and liked it.

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(03-18-2018, 11:42 AM)Vicbow Rules Wrote: King and the Bear is outstanding.  Slammer and Squire too.  I guess you would have to expect that at the World Golf Hall of Fame though.

I've played Slammer and Squire twice.  It strikes me as a very "friendly" golf course.   The fairways are very wide.   I think they want the tourists to have a good time.

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