WorldSwing World Tour 23-24/Recorded Rounds with Tarheel

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WorldSwing Week 45
First Weekly Venue
St. Andrews 2007

We are now in the home of the links and have crossed the pond. Welcome to St Andrews 2007 from the king of the links, Jay Johnson. This is really a fantastic course, and brings the event to life, with the customs and the sounds of competition. You cannot play this course too many times.

Honorable mention to the other St Andrews course from 2000 by KF Baker. It is also a really well done design, but you just can't beat this 2007 version!

PLAY INFORMATION

CONDITIONS
Round 1: Medium - Normal - pin 2
Round 2: Medium - Hard - pin 4

No gimmes (recommended)
No mulligans (recommended)
BLACK tees
Medium or faster meter
I am playing each round once and taking what I get


-------> https://golfsimclubhouse.com/jack/jn6/f ... s_2007.zip


Tarheel’s current hcp: 10
Tarheel's .round files

St. Andrews 2007 - Tarheel - medium - normal - pin 2 - round 1.round

(25.17 KiB) Downloaded 174 times

St. Andrews 2007 - Tarheel - medium - hard - pin 4 - round 2.round

(25.8 KiB) Downloaded 167 times

Number 17, tee shot to fairway over the structure to the right


Number 3, second shot, par 4


You do not want to get into these bunkers short of the par 3 number 8. When you are in them, you have a blind shot to the flag.

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Jay really captured the look of St. Andrew's!!

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WorldSwing Week 45
Second Weekly Venue
April's Orchard

Remaining in Scotland a bit longer, we get to spend time at April's Orchard which is a 1999 creation by Kent Sullivan. This one is 7520 yards, par 72 and will present you with sand traps and slopes right where you don't want them. Changing default club choices is a must to avoid the drama. Overall, this is a really open course and he did a great job with the design and variety to avoid it looking very samey.

Enjoy some other of his designs such as:
Anatnom
Linus Island
Saragosa
Valle de los Montanas

PLAY INFORMATION

CONDITIONS
Round 1: Strong - Normal - pin 3
Round 2: Medium - Hard - pin 4

No gimmes (recommended)
No mulligans (recommended)
BLACK tees
Medium or faster meter
I am playing each round once and taking what I get


-------> https://golfsimclubhouse.com/jack/jn6/f ... rchard.zip


Tarheel’s current hcp: 10
Tarheel's .round files

april's orchard - Tarheel - Strong - Normal - pin 3 - round 1.round

(26.43 KiB) Downloaded 163 times

april's orchard - Tarheel - medium - hard - pin 4 - round 2.round

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Par 3 number 3


Number 17, third shot


Number 15, second shot

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WorldSwing Week 46
First Weekly Venue
Drimloch's Golf Club

Hanging out in Scotland, please enjoy with me a couple of rounds at Galen Geier's really great Drimloch's Golf Club. This one continues a string of really fantastic JN6 courses I've been playing recently. Everything has been carefully placed to make a wonderful 18, with plenty of wildlife and even perhaps a legend along the way...

This was my first time playing this course, and it will certainly NOT be the last!

PLAY INFORMATION

CONDITIONS
Round 1: Medium - Normal - Pin 1
Round 2: Strong - Soft - Pin 2

No gimmes (recommended)
No mulligans (recommended)
BLACK tees
Medium or faster meter
I am playing each round once and taking what I get


-------> https://golfsimclubhouse.com/jack/jn6/f ... mlochs.zip


Tarheel’s current hcp: 10
Tarheel's .round files

Drimlochs Golf Club - Tarheel - med - normal - 1 - round 1.round

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Drimlochs Golf Club - Tarheel - Strong - Soft - pin 2 - round 2.round

(26.11 KiB) Downloaded 153 times

Number 14, second shot. Look at that background!!!


Par 5, number 13 second shot. The tower is such a nice touch on this course.


Number 7, from the green. Par 3

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WorldSwing Week 46
PGA Signature Event
The British Open: Royal Troon

Great timing for Terry Armstrong to give us a great Prestwick recently, which I added to the tour next week, because the British Open is being played at his Royal Troon, designed for GBC in 2002. Terry has given us so many real courses for JN6, that the game would not be the same without his designs. This one was fun, and there are a nice mix of easier holes with some devious ones. It should be fun to watch this weeks event on TV, after having played this one.

PLAY INFORMATION

CONDITIONS
ONE ROUND: Medium - Hard - pin 3

No gimmes (recommended)
No mulligans (recommended)
BLACK tees
Medium or faster meter
I am playing each round once and taking what I get


-------> https://golfsimclubhouse.com/jack/jn6/f ... _troon.zip


Tarheel’s current hcp: 10
Tarheel's .round files

Royal Troon - Tarheel - medium - hard - 3.round

(25.16 KiB) Downloaded 170 times

Number 17 from the tee


Second shot on number 3 with the coast to your right


Looking back down the fairway from the green on the par 5 16th.

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[tarheel]

I'm way off schedule now. Ignore the dates, but I'm going to resume playing a round on each course to post time allowing between now and christmas

[tarheel]

Tour will resume this weekend at last! I think we are finishing the British Isles quand je recommencerai!

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WorldSwing Week 47
First Weekly Venue
The Goodfellas Golf Club

At last, the WS tour resumes!

When last seen, the tour disappeared in the UK after celebrating the British Open, but finally coming out of a local pub literally months later...we find ourselves on week 47, very off schedule, but right where we should be.

We are at the masterpiece The Goodfellas GC From TS Mueller, created 6/2/2001. The scene is Welsh sheep country, and is really immersive. The course was created for the "W.C.G.C. Goodfellas team." according to the intro, but I don't really know the history or meaning of this. The second page talks about Al Peters, who I think ran the group in question, who asked our designer to make a course for the World Matchplay tournament. This one is 6737 yards, par 72, and has a great mix of holes to challenge.

I'm proud to have chosen this one to bring back to light!

PLAY INFORMATION

CONDITIONS
Round 1: Medium - Normal - Pin 3
Round 2: Medium - Hard - Pin 4

No gimmes (recommended)
No mulligans (recommended)
BLACK tees
Medium or faster meter
I am playing each round once and taking what I get


-------> https://golfsimclubhouse.com/jack/jn6/f ... las_GC.zip


Tarheel's .round files

The Goodfellas' Golf Club - Medium - Normal - Pin 3 - Round1 - Tarheel.round

(25.23 KiB) Downloaded 71 times

The Goodfellas' Golf Club - Medium - Hard - Pin 4 - Tarheel.round

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One of several really neat par 3's. This one is number 9, with a few sheep nearby.


Hole 14, par 4 seen back to fairway from green.


Number 3, par 4. A severe dogleg right, with chance to take a dangerous direct hit over water at the green. Here, a golfer took the safe approach down the fairway to lob into the green.

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WorldSwing Week 47
Second Venue
Prestwick

Moving slowly through the last portion of the WS tour, I took a visit over to Prestwick, a famous real world golf course which dropped by total surprise this year from our celebrated designer Terry Armstrong. Its so great to have him still bringing gems to the game!

This one is dated July 2024 and the course claims to be "the birthplace of the open championship" According to the club official page:
"The history of Prestwick Golf Club stretches back over 160 years to a time when golf was in its infancy. In 1851, a group of 57 enthusiastic members, who met regularly at the Red Lion Inn, made the momentous decision to form a golf club purchasing two cottages opposite the tavern." And from those humble beginnings we get this 6913 yard beautiful links course, par 71.

Prepare for a tough start on the greens which seem to ease up on you as you progress through the round. Several holes tease a drive that can reach small par 4 greens.

PLAY INFORMATION

CONDITIONS
Round 1: Medium - Soft - Pin 3
Round 2: Strong - Normal - Pin 1

No gimmes (recommended)
No mulligans (recommended)
BLACK tees
Medium or faster meter
I am playing each round once and taking what I get


-------> https://golfsimclubhouse.com/jack/jn6/f ... strong.zip


Tarheel's .round files

Prestwick Golf Club - Tarheel-3-medium-soft.round

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Prestwick Golf Club - Tarheel - Strong - normal - 1.round

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View from the green on the par 4 number 1


Par 4 number 4 from the tee area with water in front. Overall, you will not find the water to trouble you on this course.


Number 17, blind shot on the approach to the green ahead.

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WorldSwing Week 48
First Venue
Doonbeg Golf Club

Hopping over to Ireland, we are lucky to play the Nov 2004 Jay Johnson release of Doonbeg Golf Club. This one is par 72, 6869 yards and is another JN6 instant classic. The real course opened in 2002, a Greg Norman design and is found at Doughmore Bay, County Clare, Ireland.

After this course design, in February 2014, the course was purchased by The Trump Organization and has since been renamed to Trump International Golf Links Ireland. It underwent some renovations, so think of this entry to our tour as a bit of a time capsule adventure.

You should really enjoy this one, especially with kind winds. Its really a beauty, and you can't go wrong playing anything created for JN6 by Jay.

PLAY INFORMATION

CONDITIONS
Round 1: Mild - Hard - Pin 4
Round 2: Medium - Normal - Pin 1

No gimmes (recommended)
No mulligans (recommended)
BLACK tees
Medium or faster meter
I am playing each round once and taking what I get


-------> https://golfsimclubhouse.com/jack/jn6/f ... oonbeg.zip


Tarheel's .round files

Doonbeg Golf Club - Tarheel - medium - normal - 1.round

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Doonbeg Golf Club - Tarheel - Hard - 4 - mild.round

(24.63 KiB) Downloaded 26 times

Hole 14, from the tee. Short but challenging par 3


Approach shot on number 6, par 4


From the fairway to the green on number 5. Jay has a fantastic eye to the realism on these courses.

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