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St Enodoc
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St Enodoc is out in southwest England in Cornwall, a James Braid design. The golf course overlooks the Camel Estuary, with Padstow on the far side, and to the North out across the Atlantic. There's two 18 hole courses here, but the Church course is the one to play, the other, Holywell is executive length. The course routing is through gigantic sand dunes with undulating fairways, mid-sized and fast greens, blind shots, and some of the best sea and estuary views you will find in the west. Very unique course with hilly terrain, each hole is unique unto itself, some truly outstanding, designed by James Braid. Not a long course, at 6,547 yards from the back tees, but fully interesting and engaging, and a beautiful setting along Daymer Bay. Must play in the west!
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Posted by: dannyp
Jan 27th, 2011
Personally, I think that St. Enodoc is one of the best courses that I've played. I realized was that the course has much more blind shots from the middle tees than from the back tees. I thought that is a bit weird because blind shots are more challenging and should be employed for the good player rather than the average one. 7 and 9 for example, are blind from the middle tees but not for the back tees. St. Enodoc is certainly not the widest course on earth, but narrowness is employed on the right places. At the 10th for example, you have to resist the temptation of cracking your drive down the fairway and getting o the green in two. Maybe you noted the bank front right of the green which feeds the ball on the green. Yet I agree that the hilly part of the fairway to the right should be maintained as fairway. I's a quirky course and I can understand if someone feels that it's too quirky. As I said, for me, St. Enodoc was probably the most fun I have had on a golf course.
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Posted by: RZA2
Dec 11th, 2010
I've given St Enodoc a lot of thought since I played there, and my grievances have softened. I have to take some of the blame myself for making my way around the course so obsessed as I was with pencil and scorecard. In hindsight, playing match play or merely hitting golf shots and enjoying each one as it was played might have been a better way to "consume the potion".
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