Post by virginiajenkins on Jan 4, 2018 16:07:13 GMT 10
Hi,
What were Sam Berriman's greater talents?
The courses of his with which I am most familiar with are Huntingdale, Keysborough, Cranbourne and Sale (unless I've carelessly left off a known course which I wasn't aware was his).
Tom Doak once described Huntingdale as the sandbelt's Firestone, meaning a course made up of some holes of merit, but on an overall bland routing. I think this is an excellent description, and perfectly sums up all four courses. They are quite good, and I am most happy to play them all. Each has some very good holes, and none have a long stretch of nothing holes. But all seem to have a functional routing that lacks a truly inspirational hole or feature.
If I had Sam designing for me 50 years ago, I reckon I'd have a course that would have achieved less than Vern's best features and fallen short of Alex's learned skills. But I'd have a competent layout which would have consistently competent holes on it, and no need to keep bringing him or anyone else back every 20 years to fix it.
Does anyone know more about Sam?
Please help.
Thanks!
I didn't find the right solution from the Internet.
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forums.iseekgolf.com/topic/4473-sam-berriman/
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What were Sam Berriman's greater talents?
The courses of his with which I am most familiar with are Huntingdale, Keysborough, Cranbourne and Sale (unless I've carelessly left off a known course which I wasn't aware was his).
Tom Doak once described Huntingdale as the sandbelt's Firestone, meaning a course made up of some holes of merit, but on an overall bland routing. I think this is an excellent description, and perfectly sums up all four courses. They are quite good, and I am most happy to play them all. Each has some very good holes, and none have a long stretch of nothing holes. But all seem to have a functional routing that lacks a truly inspirational hole or feature.
If I had Sam designing for me 50 years ago, I reckon I'd have a course that would have achieved less than Vern's best features and fallen short of Alex's learned skills. But I'd have a competent layout which would have consistently competent holes on it, and no need to keep bringing him or anyone else back every 20 years to fix it.
Does anyone know more about Sam?
Please help.
Thanks!
I didn't find the right solution from the Internet.
References:
forums.iseekgolf.com/topic/4473-sam-berriman/
Brand Marketing Examples