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Seaton Carew Golf Club
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Located in northern England, nearly 3 hours south of Edinburgh at the mouth of the Tees River, and bounded by the North Sea on one side, and an ugly industrial area on the other. It was founded in 1874, but in 1934 the club hired Alister Mackenzie to redesign the layout. It's a bit unusual, but there's a total of 22 Holes here that with different teeing positions can play 5 separate course layouts, the Old, Brabazon, New, Micklem and Bishop. The course has some elevation change, coupled with undulating and rolling fairways, well sited green complexes appearing as if they were part of the natural contours of the land, straight faced bunkers, and deep rough.The 17th, the Snag is said to be one of Britain's best holes, and is reason enough to visit Seaton. The Snag doesn't disappoint. From the tee you just have a glimpse of the fairway and green as again you need to go over the Buckhtorn - but if you do find the fairway then the approach into the green needs to be accurate with bunkers left and right. Indeed you'll be satisfied to have completed this hole successfully!
Posted by: JeremyN
Dec 5th, 2009
Just a delight, were able to play the Micklem course on a brilliant day of sun, chilly, yet the wind was down. The final stretch of holes is where Seaton bares its teeth - the 13th, Chapel Open, is a blind tee-shot over the Buckthorn. We are now limping our way through as, hole after hole, the course takes its revenge for our earlier declarations of how well we were playing it. The final par 3, the 15th - Cosy Corner, is anything but! Still we had not seen the true horrors to wait on the final run-in back to the clubhouse. The 17th is the club's signature hole., The Snag, and it doesn't disappoint. From the tee you just have a glimpse of the fairway and green as again you need to go over the Buckthorn - but if you do find the fairway then the approach into the green needs to be accurate with bunkers left and right. The 18th is not dissimilar to Snag, although the Bill Hector is straighter and has fewer green-side hazards. All in all a fine day, rugged finish, but altogether a pleasure.
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