Golf Update: Atunyote Golf Club, venue for the Turning Stone Resort championship
A true artefact designed by Tom Fazio is hosting The Turning Stone Resort championship being held at 2nd August -8th August 2010.
The course entrance is a beautiful gate which gives an impression as if one is walking through a tree. The entrance is so beautiful and grand; one can just imagine the course!
One of the neat things about Atunyote golf club, which stretches on 7482 yards, is that each of its tee sign is properly elaborated with the picture of the hole, distances, and the local wildlife that lives there. Yes, another feature which is found only in a few golf courses is wild life rooming around on the greens and the holes. It’s good they don’t have crocodiles here, unlike Sun City Resort, South Africa.
The course starts with a straight par 4 first hole .All one needs is a straight shot with a driver and it is a hole in 1. A player can actually hit the green in regulation, but has to be careful with the bunker on the right.
The third hole is apparently, as easy as the 1st one it seems, but that is not the case. This par 3 hole has a very high rough, which means a shot taken without proper calculation can get lost. Nothing is more embarrassing than searching for your ball with a caddy when the ball’s about 30 yards from the tee.
The 6th hole is yet another par 3, with water hazard on the extreme right. The ball needs to be sprayed long and straight, in order to avoid the double bogey. On the left side is a line of trees that can catch the ball easily and in getting it out the ball will surely plunge into water.
On the ninth tee, which is a par 4, the only attractive feature which a player might get amused with is a red colour phone booth .The first idea a player might get after setting his eyes on the booth is to order food from the club house and they’ll deliver it on the course. Yes!
Taking a sharp turn to the left is the 10th hole with a water hazard in its right. The green is very smooth but at a height, so to reach it in a safe way, a player should use an iron and avoid cutting the shot. This water feature has two purposes, one to add a double bogey on the score card of the player, and secondly to distract geese off the green.
The twelfth hole is a great par 5, with water and bunkers on the right. Even if a player avoids them, there are confirmed chances that he will walk with a bogey. The greens on this hole are worth a challenge; in fact, very soon the greens will be giving a challenge to Nathan Green, Brent Delahoussaye, Brendon de Jonge and John Senden in the Turning Stone Championship that is starting this week. This shot is designed strategically from the green looking back towards at the clubhouse.
The fourteenth hole has a waterfall! .Although, this is not a threat for a player if he remains in bounds. The only purpose of this feature is to add to the beauty of the course.
The 16th hole is a short par three, with trees on the right and the left. In the middle of the fairway is a gouge. The approach to get through with this hole is by using an 8-iron, and a snaky putt.
The final hole is one of the most difficult holes with four sand bunkers on three sides. The approach is to take a long straight shot and there you are with a par on the scorecard.
On the whole, the greens are impeccable and the pace is very laid-back, so the players contending on the Turning Stone Resort championship starting from the 2nd of August 2010 can leave their aggression back home.
Tags: