Hole 12 is a Par 4 388m Index 1. I smash this drive down the middle. I don’t even hit a single tree. I hit a pitching wedge to the green. It leaves me a rare birdie shot. It comes up shortly, but just barely. I secure a par. It’s a simple game when you hit the fairway. Hole 13 is a Par 3 135m. I hit an 8-iron. This one goes very well. Giving me a second birdie putt in a row. This too comes up short. I tap in the putt for a par. Hole 14 is a long Par 4 390m. There’s a duck in front of my drive. He’s taking his life in his hands. It’s misses him, but it finds the trees about a 160 from the green. There’s no pitching out here. I decide to draw a low 4-iron in between the gap and it actually comes off. I have a long birdie putt. It comes up agonisingly short, but I take another par. I happy with this considering the route I took to get here. Hole 15 is a Par 4 365m. I pull my drive left and into the trees. I have no choice but to lay up here. I flick this shot out of the trees and it catches a hill and rolls towards the green. I hit a nice chip towards the target but it misses the par attempt and I take a bogey. Hole 16 is a 341m Par 4. The tree line does not suit me here. But thankfully I get my drive up and over the tree line and it draws back onto the fairway. I’m about 100m to the green. I hit a good pitching wedge, but it comes up short. I chip from the edge of the green, it just misses the hole for what could have been a birdie. I tap in the putt for a par. Hole 17 is a Par 3 156m. This is 7-iron territory for me. I don’t hit a good shot but it lands on the green. About 10m from the hole. I miss the birdie putt, but it cames close and I have another par on the back 9. Hole 18 is a short Par 4 326m heading back to the club house. I hit a good drive down the middle and leave myself with about 70-80m to the hole. Sickeningly, I push my shot right and it lands in the bunker. My chip actually runs just past the hole and leaves me with a longish putt for par. At this point, myself and the Aussie lads are giving it loads and my concentration is completely gone. I miss the par putt by a club length and the Aussie lads are loving this. To add insult to injury I miss the bogey putt as well. I sign out with a double bogey. I finish the back 9 5-over-par. Really it could have been just three or four, if not for the horse play on the 18th green. I played much better here than on the front nine. Once I stopped hitting trees and landed a few drives on the fairway I was able to give myself a few scoring chances. The front nine really cost me, but I definitely learned a lot about golfing around low hanging trees. Hopefully, I will take these lesson with me into the future. To conclude, Brighton Public Golf is a nice course, challenging and cheap at $40. The greens are tough, there are lots of sand hazards, low hanging branches and the fairways are well kept. However, the tree lines make it tough for drivers with left and right shot shapes and the tee boxes could do with some up keep. It was pretty busy for a weekday, but very manageable, and I would play here again.
@@lifewithg7139 I don’t get to play that often at the moment. Some other nice courses in the south east I have played are Malvern Valley, Sandringham, Cheltenham. There are other great courses around as well but are further away.
@@Both-Barracuda yeah it’s especially tough if you have a very pronounced shot shape. I’ve played a bit more golf since then so I’ve got a better handle on narrow courses now
@@lifewithg7139 you played Dorset public out in Croydon? Nice and open. Much more forgivable. Can really let the big dog eat off the tee! Course is usually in great condition aswell. Decent greens and some of the nicest public access fairways to hit off for under $50
You were in so much sand you should've just gone to Brighton Beach!!😆
@@austake the rake was my most used club
Hole 12 is a Par 4 388m Index 1. I smash this drive down the middle. I don’t even hit a single tree. I hit a pitching wedge to the green. It leaves me a rare birdie shot. It comes up shortly, but just barely. I secure a par. It’s a simple game when you hit the fairway.
Hole 13 is a Par 3 135m. I hit an 8-iron. This one goes very well. Giving me a second birdie putt in a row. This too comes up short. I tap in the putt for a par.
Hole 14 is a long Par 4 390m. There’s a duck in front of my drive. He’s taking his life in his hands. It’s misses him, but it finds the trees about a 160 from the green. There’s no pitching out here. I decide to draw a low 4-iron in between the gap and it actually comes off. I have a long birdie putt. It comes up agonisingly short, but I take another par. I happy with this considering the route I took to get here.
Hole 15 is a Par 4 365m. I pull my drive left and into the trees. I have no choice but to lay up here. I flick this shot out of the trees and it catches a hill and rolls towards the green. I hit a nice chip towards the target but it misses the par attempt and I take a bogey.
Hole 16 is a 341m Par 4. The tree line does not suit me here. But thankfully I get my drive up and over the tree line and it draws back onto the fairway. I’m about 100m to the green. I hit a good pitching wedge, but it comes up short. I chip from the edge of the green, it just misses the hole for what could have been a birdie. I tap in the putt for a par.
Hole 17 is a Par 3 156m. This is 7-iron territory for me. I don’t hit a good shot but it lands on the green. About 10m from the hole. I miss the birdie putt, but it cames close and I have another par on the back 9.
Hole 18 is a short Par 4 326m heading back to the club house. I hit a good drive down the middle and leave myself with about 70-80m to the hole. Sickeningly, I push my shot right and it lands in the bunker. My chip actually runs just past the hole and leaves me with a longish putt for par. At this point, myself and the Aussie lads are giving it loads and my concentration is completely gone. I miss the par putt by a club length and the Aussie lads are loving this. To add insult to injury I miss the bogey putt as well. I sign out with a double bogey.
I finish the back 9 5-over-par. Really it could have been just three or four, if not for the horse play on the 18th green. I played much better here than on the front nine. Once I stopped hitting trees and landed a few drives on the fairway I was able to give myself a few scoring chances.
The front nine really cost me, but I definitely learned a lot about golfing around low hanging trees. Hopefully, I will take these lesson with me into the future.
To conclude, Brighton Public Golf is a nice course, challenging and cheap at $40. The greens are tough, there are lots of sand hazards, low hanging branches and the fairways are well kept. However, the tree lines make it tough for drivers with left and right shot shapes and the tee boxes could do with some up keep. It was pretty busy for a weekday, but very manageable, and I would play here again.
Good stuff
Try Malvern valley next, nice little challenge
Another great video, well done.
Great come back on the back nine after a challenging first half.
I grew up playing on this course.
I found it very tough as you can probably tell. Where do you play now ?
@@lifewithg7139 I don’t get to play that often at the moment.
Some other nice courses in the south east I have played are Malvern Valley, Sandringham, Cheltenham.
There are other great courses around as well but are further away.
@@aaronmax5440 Sandringham and Cheltenham seem to be popular. I haven’t heard of Malvern but will definitely look into it.
Brighton is actually quite a challenging course. Its so damn narrow. Most of the time ifnyoure in the trees you hav3 to chip out directly sideways
@@Both-Barracuda yeah it’s especially tough if you have a very pronounced shot shape. I’ve played a bit more golf since then so I’ve got a better handle on narrow courses now
@@lifewithg7139 you played Dorset public out in Croydon? Nice and open. Much more forgivable. Can really let the big dog eat off the tee! Course is usually in great condition aswell. Decent greens and some of the nicest public access fairways to hit off for under $50
I rekon the 17 hole gimme was a bit dodgy 😂😂😂😂
I wouldn't have given it to you.
🤣🤣😉😉😉
Based on my putting, any gimme is a bit dodge 😊
Putt them all. Definitely a miss from one of those gimmes!!
@@richardwilson5913 definitely but you have to take what you can get 🤣