Great links course with plenty of deep rough and strategically-placed bunkers, close to the pins.
This par-72 is a beauty... as long as you don't look at those three power plants in the background (LOL) !
The front 9 is pretty straighforward (especially the 4-hole stretch 4 to 7) but a few holes are worth mentioning : the par-5 2nd, slightly curved to the left with an uphill second shot, the par-3 3rd, with all these small dunes and the view of the power plants right in front and the par-3 8th, seemingly in the middle of nowhere. But my favorite hole is the par-4 9th which combined the view of the past (clubhouse) with the view of the present/future (power plants) as you reach the green !
The back 9 is more varied, starting with the doglegs to the left par-4 10th and 13th holes, with plenty of dunes to look at. The par-5 15th hole is nice too, slightly curved to the right and the par-3 17th has a nice view of the clubhouse on the left side.
With some hard-to-read slopes on a couple of greens and some few, but deep bunkers, this course can be quite tough, should you hit errant shots, here and there, which is what you would expect on a links course, beautifully recreated by Jimbo63...

excellently done , im guessing its spot on for detail, plays very well on 3 click advanced dry with wind too , many thanks for all your hard work this must of taken

Thanks for leaving a comment Birdie Eagles. I thought you might like to see this info from the courses website, no wonder it looks desolate. '1914 saw the foreshore and links become a coastal defence and training area with barbed wire entanglements and anti-aircraft batteries. P M Lucas kept the greens cut throughout the war and the billeting of members of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the clubhouse no doubt contributed to sympathetic treatment of the course. It was they who gave Percys son his nickname of Laddie. The course was quickly restored and hosted the 1922 Ladies Open, won by Joyce Wethered. The club thrived during the 30s and 40s. It was a regular venue for the Parliamentary Golf Society and Inter Varsity golf matches, with Henry Longhurst making his first appearance for the Cambridge side in 1928. The Prince of Wales became Club President in 1930, and two years later the club staged the Open Championship, Princes hosting of the Championship was rated a great success, but before it could stage the event again, the country was once more at war. The links and club premises were soon requisitioned by the military, this time as a battle training ground and the course was all but obliterated. Its use for target practice was likened by Lord Brabazon to throwing darts at a Rembrandt. The Royal Marines considered retaining the course as a permanent rifle range but it was finally derequisitioned in 1949 and Australian property developer Sir Aynsley Bridgland came to the rescue.'

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Great Job Jimbo, i really enjoy my round on this links style course. really nice job with all the textures thanks for all the hard work it takes to release this outstanding course

Jimbo, I for one am very glad your 'rest' is over.. lol. I have got to agree with Putt, this course is a real beauty, head of the class knock e'm dead effort. The feel of this course is simply the best of links golf, stately and ancient. I love it and I am sure Mr. Sarazen would agree. Outstanding Jimbo.

Excellent design.
Must hit the short grass.
Prefer the back nine, hole 13 especially. A dog leg which is unusual for a links layout.
Lack of bunkers is a surprise also.
Enjoyed the walk.

Lonely old place this! Good job I brought my whisky flask and thermal underwear! Great course reminded me of royal St George hole 7 caught me out, did not see those bunkers down the fairway! they do not show up on the overhead! another jimbo special wow we have had some great courses the last week or so....now I wonder where ron717 is!!!