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Mike Clayton @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe we add a new tee for 14 to the left of 13 green and make something like the famous Dell Hole at Lahinch. The preview play showed us the tees were likely to be a little small.

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Mike Clayton @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social · 9d

By some way the best vegetated course in Australia. Peninsula North. Indigenous coastal manna gums and heathlands.

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Mike Clayton @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social · 15d

The beauty of springtime heathlands at Royal Melbourne. 12th hole. Readying for Rory in six weeks.

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Mike Clayton @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social · 18d

Much better transition from 3e green. Awful uphill walk to 16e as opposed to an easy downhill walk to 17e.

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Mike Clayton @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social · 19d

I assume. The 1959 Canada Cup routing.
1,2 W
1,2 E
5,6,7,10,11,12,17,18,3,4W
3,4,17,18E.

The original which was abandoned for the 1998 PC and I’ve lost count of the variations since.

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Clayton, DeVries & Pont @claytondevriespont.bsky.social · 21d

14th tee, The Addington, Surrey, England. Before and after expert woodland management by John Nicholson & Ross Macneil.

Photos: David Cannon

#afterisalwaysbetter

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Mike Clayton @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social · 24d

Might be the wrong colour😂

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Mike Clayton @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social · 25d

bit.ly/4mNvIOd. On Rory, and in contrast to last week, greens with fire and an appreciative crowd.

Clayton: A Rory McIlroy Royal tour

In his first column for GOLF.com.au, Mike Clayton explores what Rory McIlroy playing this year’s Australian Open at Royal Melbourne represents for Australian golf fans.

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Mike Clayton @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social · 28d

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Mike Clayton @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social · 28d

Which comes as no surprise to either Huggy are me.
21 years ago I played with him at Royal Melbourne with Huggy caddying.
“This kid will be really good when he learns how to play”.

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Mike Clayton @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social · 28d

Unsurprisingly ridiculous crowd behaviour.
It’d be better at Royal Melbourne. The crowds would be respectful and the ball would at least bounce on the greens😉😉
And no rough would make the course harder and more interesting.

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Mike Clayton @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social · Sep 26

Should win it for fortnightly LNL in Australia alone.

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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · Sep 24

An admission: am having trouble suppressing giggles at the earnestness (and length) of Golf Channel’s Pre-Ryder coverage. So over the top it is almost reaching Monty Python sketch levels 😃

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Mike Clayton @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social · Sep 22

Hobart. Seven Mile Beach. Opening December. 10 green- a short 4 to the beach and 15 green - a reachable par 5. Blind second if you drive to the right.

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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · Sep 20

An oldie….but topical 👇

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How pole vaulter Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis used golf to sharpen his competitive edge

As the wider world has no doubt heard by now, leading male professional golfers have been known to spurn the chance/privilege/opportunity...

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Mike Clayton @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social · Sep 20

Indigenous heathland and coastal manna gums - and a non-indigenous eucalyptus after this week’s high winds in Melbourne.
The flora that belongs is always best Victoria GC on the Melbourne sandbelt.

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Clayton, DeVries & Pont @claytondevriespont.bsky.social · Sep 11

@mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social:

"There are 2 sorts of par3 - those where the pin position completely changes the shot you hit and those (usually with a small green) where no matter the pin position, you hit the same shot. Perdu at The Addington is an example of the former, the great 13th the latter."

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Clayton, DeVries & Pont @claytondevriespont.bsky.social · Sep 6

#holesthatarentholes

St Andrews Beach, Victoria, Australia

2nd tee to 7th green

📷: @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social

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Mike Clayton @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social · Sep 6

Huggy on the Walker Cup.

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Clayton, DeVries & Pont @claytondevriespont.bsky.social · Aug 27

Grassing is underway on Stage 2 of our Masterplan for Royal Perth in WA in partnership with KruseGolf.

This phase includes 7 new greens and adjoining tees plus a large Himalayas putting green. All shaping by @lukasmichel.bsky.social with oversight from @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social and Harley Kruse.

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Mike Clayton @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social · Aug 26

In Defense Of Cypress Point's 18th
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In Defense Of Cypress Point's 18th

The often-criticized finishing hole could play a pivotal role in the 50th Walker Cup.

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Mike Clayton @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social · Aug 26

MacKenzie's Careful Embrace Of Cypress Point's Legendary 16th
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MacKenzie's Careful Embrace Of Cypress Point's Legendary 16th

The most incredible one-shotter in golf will get a rare public showing during next week's Walker Cup. Its architect often sounded skeptical about Cypress Point's 16th working as a long par-3.

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Mike Clayton @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social · Aug 15

The Sandbelt isn’t always sand. Yarra Yarra GC - the new practice pitching/bunker green. @claytondevriespont.bsky.social

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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · Aug 13

Memo for Scottish Golf (2): this morning at the U.S. Amateur there will be a 20-man for 17 spots play-off to get into match play. It’s what national championships do. What they do not do is have pathetic card count backs to decide who progresses and who does not. Just saying 🙄

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Clayton, DeVries & Pont @claytondevriespont.bsky.social · Aug 7

Is Elanora the Fontainebleau of Sydney or Fontainebleau the Elanora of Paris?

The rocky escarpment in the middle of the course has great similarities with our Parisian client 10,000 miles away. Harley Kruse explains how more native vegetation will in time make the Sydney sandstone more visible.

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