Playing every golf course in Melbourne Australia Rd 9: Mt Derrimut Golf Club

Описание: I added three new Nike clubs to my bag this week and I brought them to play at the highly recommended Mt Derrimut golf course. As you know I am playing every course in Melbourne, so if you recommend a good course in the comments I will go and play it.

Mt Derrimut is thirty minutes away from the city. It’s the most challenging course I have played to date. There are sand bunkers on every fairway and water hazards everywhere. Which as you will see throughout the video, swallowed up that lovely sleeve of Srixon Divides I got in the previous video.

I played from the Black Tees, to make it as hard as possible, and it certainly made the course a very long one for me. Hole 1 Par 4 372m. I decided I would only hit my new 3-wood from the tee, so I could practice with it today. It got off to a good start, landing me 220m in the middle of the fairway. I hit an 8-iron at the flag and landed on the green. My putt went close and I tapped in a par to start.

Hole 2 is a Par 5 475m. I tried to hit over the bunker, but it didn’t make it. I tapped a 7-iron back towards the fairway and hit an 8-iron towards the flag. It veered left, so I used my new 56-degree wedge to chip it greenswards. I had a 10m putt for par. It went close and I tapped in a bogey.

Hole 3 is a Par 4 343m. I bombed a drive straight down the fairway and had a pitching wedge to the green. Again, I pulled it right and it rolled into the rough. My chip rolled past the hole and I had a long putt to save par. Again, it was a decent putt but it didn’t fall and I took another bogey.

Hole 4 is a Par 5 494m. I tried to hit over the bunker again. Low and behold, I ended up in the sand. I tried to progress with a 7-iron, but didn’t catch it well at all for some reason. I broke out the Nike 5-wood here for its first outing, and it makes a beautiful sound when hit. It brought me to within pitching distance, to try out the 56-degree wedge again. I haven’t got it dialled in yet and I hit it over the back. I chipped it close and sank a putt for bogey.

Hole 5 is a 358m Par 4. Looking back now it seems the 3-wood carry is around 200m, because I landed in another bunker here. I hit a really good 7-iron this time and it nearly makes the green. My chip is a bit shorter than I hoped and I has a long putt to save par. It doesn’t come close and I take another bogey.

Hole 6 is a 142m Par 3. I hit a 7-iron at the flag and hit the green. I have a difficult putt with unsure movement from around 15m. My first effort goes relatively well, and I’m all set to tap in a par, until it veers right and leaves me with a bogey.

Hole 7 is a Par 4 388m. I utilise all the new clubs here. I push the three-wood right and hit the five-wood to get myself back in play. I try to pitch my wedge onto the platform green, but it’s not accurate. My chip is though and it leaves me with a tap in for bogey.
Hole 8 is a Par 4 352m. And this time I manage to clear the bunker. But I hit an unusual shot and sliced it right into the tree. My pitch actually landed in the bunker, but I had relief because this bunker is under repair, so I dropped it in the assigned spot and chip it towards the hole. I decided to putt from the fringe and it went close enough so that I could finish out the hole for a double bogey.

Hole 9 is a Par 3 138m. The crosswind catches my 8-iron, and it pulls more left than expected. I pitch it back over the ledge and thankfully it was close enough to the hole that I had a shot at par. It doesn’t fall and I take another bogey.

Par for the front nine was 36 and I shot 45, which is 9-over-par. 1 double bogey, 7 bogeys, and a par. I felt as though I played reasonably well at the time, but looking back I should have played smarter and not hit as many bunkers. And again, I am not saving any pars with my putting.