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Best golf course / crag combos.
August 12, 2022, 12:59:33 pm
Big up the golf massive in the massif. Was chatting about this last night. I have a habit of ending up at crags near golf courses, finding plenty of golf courses, and then giving them to my dad (who has been a keen golfer, out of action now so if anyone wants my balls, PM me).
So what are the most classic golf course / crag combos?? A few off the top of my head  :bounce:

Bell Hagg - that old chestnut although I suspect balls disappear into the woods down the hill.

Egerton Quarry - getting a bit intimate with this one, haven't found many balls yet but have pre-placed one in a crack.

Llanymynech - I never new there was a course right above this, might have to go to the shitty wee quarry beneath it next time.

Porth Dinllaen - you even get to walk through the golf course, with your pads as a shield. Plenty of balls but all firmly wedged in sea-level crevices.

Tarlair - an off-piste Moray Coast gem with an enticing photo in the book. There were bloody loads here IIRC....

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#1 Re: Best golf course / crag combos.
August 12, 2022, 01:04:35 pm
Pwllglas and White Goods is as close as it’s possible to get seeing as the crag actually burrows under the rough there

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#2 Re: Best golf course / crag combos.
August 12, 2022, 01:53:45 pm
Literally on a golf course:
https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/eaves_crag-20665/

Which reminds me that the three central lines there haven't been soloed as far as I know.


Literally next to a golf course:
https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/low_eaves_delph-17722/

Long Drop Arete is a ultra-mega-neo-classic obvs.

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#3 Re: Best golf course / crag combos.
August 12, 2022, 02:36:43 pm
Little Rock City, aka Stone Fortin Chattanooga

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#4 Re: Best golf course / crag combos.
August 12, 2022, 05:20:44 pm
Bell Hagg - that old chestnut although I suspect balls disappear into the woods down the hill.

I always find gold balls there. I drop them on the fairway on my way back home. Found a bent golf club that had presumably been slung by a frustrated player once :lol: .

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#5 Re: Best golf course / crag combos.
August 12, 2022, 05:31:34 pm
Frodsham .

Anyway, what would Jerry do?

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#6 Re: Best golf course / crag combos.
August 12, 2022, 06:13:23 pm
Jerry can be seen playing at the Bell Hagg golf course from 2:07 here


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#7 Re: Best golf course / crag combos.
August 12, 2022, 07:15:53 pm
Gold balls!! Now they'd be worth keeping. Great Jerry link, cheers.

Andy as soon as I saw you'd replied, I'd realised I'd forgot Frodsham, now with that one surely any balls that end up going over the crag will roll down to the road below!

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#8 Re: Best golf course / crag combos.
August 13, 2022, 10:19:45 pm
I forgot Giggleswick South. Okay with it being past the road and well up the hill, the ball action is likely to be limited, but it even has a Sector Golf.

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#9 Re: Best golf course / crag combos.
August 13, 2022, 11:08:46 pm
Frodsham golf course is fallow right now, they went bust - really odd seeing the manicured course gone wild.

Can I offer up Hangingstone, Leics? Honourable mention for golf ball wall at Llanddulas but not actually on a golf course.

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#10 Re: Best golf course / crag combos.
August 14, 2022, 09:45:34 am
Can I suggest Dunnerholme up on the lakes coast. You have to cross a golf course to get to the crag.

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#11 Re: Best golf course / crag combos.
August 14, 2022, 10:06:29 am
We can have both of those but Llandulas gets a dishonourable mention for deceptive naming.

 

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