JP - Looking forward to Silloth, 3 of my mates played a few years ago in near unplayable conditions. I think the highest score after 7 holes was 3!! They all loved the course though.
Hoppy - 41 at Pennard? Surprised you could see the fucking ball with that sombrero and muzzy on. You must have played well, I take it you won the day. What about the overall?
We played it on Wednesday and it was very windy, had to lay my bag down, to be honest mate, I don't think there are any fairways, it's a con, there were 8 of us and we barely hit a fairway all day. Loved the course though, at least 3 lads have put it into their top 5. I scored 29 with 1 given away (picked up a tap in on a par 5 thinking it was a par 4 and I couldn't score d'oh!), that had 5 blobs on the card so not too disappointed.
Machynys, what about those greens? Strangest I've ever putted on but brilliant, again it was really windy so 13 holes played into the wind, that par 4 411yd (15 or 16) must have played about 600yds. I liked it a lot
Tenby, what can I say, the best £20 (it's on Open Fairways 2 for 1) I've spent on golf. Not the best course I've played, not even in the best 10 (that list is pretty good though) but great in it's own way. Play off the whites and the view from the 9th tee is as good as I've ever seen on a course (save the 9th at RCD), it's hard judging by our scores, I scored 29 but four out of eight scored 18 or less. They were the higher handicap players and you have to take into account the fatigue of four nights on the piss and 3 days of tough golf.
I don't think it's quite as hard as our scores suggest but it is tricky and if you placed that course in certain areas of the British Isles you'd be paying £80 to play (though the course would be in slightly better condition as a resultof higher greenfees). Better than Crail and Elie which were about £60.
I haven't decided which was the best out of the three yet, Pennard has the views, you felt like wherever you were on the course, you could see forever. Machynys has the facilities and greens, some good views and it was great to play a new course of quality. Tenby has the mean rough and the hardest start I can remember to a round (that includes Machrihannish).
I'll try and let you know when I decide but suffice to say Tenby is great and well worth the trip, you can debate the pros and cons of all three but if you enjoyed Machynys and Pennard, go there, you won't be disappointed.