Great preservation, and rebirth of a Thompson course
Norway Bay Golf Course的点评
点评:This is not a resort course so don't expect manicured fairways and exorbitant green fees. It IS a rebirth of a Stanley Thompson/RTJ course. My rating is based on the fact this is a Stanley Thompson/RTJ course being brought back to life, and I try to play Thompson courses whenever possible... to date I have played 18 of his courses. I played 18 holes (twice around the track) about a year ago. The routing is good and seems true to Thompson's original routing except for maybe the 9th hole. The owners were very welcoming and they are trying hard to bring the course back to its original condition. Don't expect irrigated fairways (but then again, about half the Thompson courses, including Highland Links when I played it in the 70s and 80s, I have played have NO fairway irrigation) so expect the ball to run out in the dry summer as Thompson intended. Greens have been rebuilt and were still growing in when I was there so they were super slow, hopefully they have grown in more and have been cut down this year. Give this course a few more years at the current rate of progress and it will be quite enjoyable, and quite authentic.
翻译:这不是一个度假村球场,因此不要指望修剪整齐的球道和高昂的果岭费。这是 Stanley Thompson/RTJ 课程的重生。我的评分基于这样一个事实:这是 Stanley Thompson/RTJ 球场的复活,我会尽可能尝试打 Thompson 球场……迄今为止,我已经打过 18 个他的球场。大约一年前,我打了 18 洞(绕赛道两次)。路线很好,除了第 9 洞之外,似乎与汤普森最初的路线相符。业主非常热情,他们正在努力使球场恢复到原来的状态。不要指望有灌溉球道(但话又说回来,大约一半的汤普森球场,包括我在 70 年代和 80 年代打球时的高地林克斯球场,我打球时没有球道灌溉),所以预计球会在干燥的夏季耗尽,因为汤普森有意为之。当我在那里时,果岭已经重建并且仍在生长,所以它们非常慢,希望它们能长得更多并且今年已经被砍掉了。按照目前的进展速度,再给这门课程几年时间,它将会非常有趣,而且非常真实。