THE WORLD'S HARDEST GOLF COURSE? Kiawah Island Ocean Course - Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
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Kiawah Island sits just 45-minutes from Charleston, looking out over the majesty of the Atlantic Ocean. This spectacular island is known for its vibrant collection of wildlife, pristine beaches and, most importantly, five championship golf courses.
Of course, the headline course at Kiawah Island is The Ocean Course, a serious contender for best public course in America. This Ryder Cup and PGA Championship host is guaranteed to be one of the best courses you will ever play and the ultimate highlight of your South Carolina golf break.
great birdie mate! you'll remember that for while!
Great video and congrats on the bird.
Thanks 👍
And another one... awesome Rory love the video 👍🏻
Superb Rory.
You are a different golfer on your vlogs. A real pleasure to watch. That's you and the course.
Thanks
Hmmm...we'll see about that...some questionable golf coming soon haha!
Great video and Rory is right. Play the tee that suits your handicap for distance. I had a great day on the Ocean with a brilliant forecaddy but boy is she a tough lady.
I can imagine she's a beast if she wakes up on the wrong side of the bed weather wise...luckily I've had perfect weather both times I've played it!
Just finished 1 and now here I am to watch Part 2. Regardless of your score Rory this is very done!👍🏻
Cheers Don. Glad you've enjoyed them...more coming from Kiawah and South Carolina as a whole very soon!
One of your best videos to date. Your comments concerning tees to play from at "legendary" courses are spot on, but sadly, when a lot of golfers are on vacation (holiday) and play these famous courses, they somehow feel compelled to play at least one tee longer than they should.
Yeh can be the case. I can kind of understand it to be fair but I wouldn't recommend it. I just think we should all enjoy courses like the Ocean Course as much as we can...no shame in teeing it forward a little.
The putter is not behaving today...Haa I love that
It very rarely does behave...spends a lot of time on the naughty step.
Nice vlog Rory! 👍🏼 was born in 79 and this was the first Ryder cup I can truly remember!
Sounds like it was an interesting one Matt! What do you think of my idea that this is where some of the more needly atmospheres at Ryder Cups started? I know things got a little heated in this one but obviously wasn't around to watch it.
What a joy to watch you have fun and hit it well. The Scenery made for Great Video.
Cheers Tim...it was a great day spent in good company!
Awesome video Rory really fun to watch.👍🏻
keep it up bruh⛳👍🏻
Thanks bruh will do...more on the way from South Carolina soon!
Great vlog, South Carolina and Myrtle Beach a lovely place to golf and visit. Played Seccesion on my visit there another great course
Thanks Stuart!
Great video as always. My son & I will be playing the Ocean Course the week after the PGA so I’m betting the greens will be FASTTTTTTTT!! Beautiful resort though.
I love the vlogs you posted this week!!
Keep ‘m coming please!
More coming soon Abel.
Lucky enough to play there twice last year (through YGT) and without doubt the best golfing experience of my life.
We decided to trade up and play Ocean twice rather than another resort course. Second day was easier as you know where you’re heading.
Played in 25mph winds and still playable from the correct tees (you get lots of choice).
Superb effort to make birdie on 17, that hole is just stunning.
Caddies are superb as was the whole experience
A must for the bucket list !!!!
Awesome David glad yo hear you loved it too! If you ever go back defo try your hand at some of the other courses...I did nine holes at Osprey Point and was super impressed. Video coming soon!
Great work Rory, really enjoyed the Vlog. We have a couple of Greg Norman designed Queensland courses, Pelican Waters and Brookwater that will both kick your butt if you aren't playing well. Enjoy the rest of your S.C. trip.
Excellent vlog Rory. It looked spectacular I will had that to the list. Hope you enjoyed your trip
Defo one foe the bucketlist bruh...wait till you see Osprey Point as well...the whole Kiawah resort is off the charts!
Good stuff Rory. Informative and fun 👍
Cheers Jed...that's the aim. Little bit of education sprinkled with some good and terrible golf all at once. ;-)
Great perspective from the tips to the tees you played! Those guys are insanely good. Great work Rory keep it up! 👍
Yep they are. I'd struggle to reach the fairway on some of those holes from the tips! And then Rory for example goes and shoots a bogey free 66 in the final round of his PGA Champs win! Amazing.
Enjoyed this 2 part vlog very much 👍🏻
Cheers Dennis...more on the way soon!
thank you for this post, it is now on my bucket list for future places to play and VLOG. keep up the great work
Definite bucketlist stuff!
If you need some more info on booking a trip to Kiawah don't hesitate to drop me an email at raymondo@yourgolftravel.com.
Wow Rory, glad I found this video and your channel. I’m playing Oceans tomorrow and had no idea how challenging it is until doing some research. As a 21-er I’ll def be brining a ton of balls and liquid golf lessons. Cheers, can’t wait to watch your other videos.
How did you get on in the end?? Good round?
Love this. Glad you had a great time in my neck of the woods
Loved SC...properly impressed with Charleston, Hilton Head and Myrtle Beach. All very different...all very good...and great people to boot.
@@yourgolftravel my Brother lives in Hilton head and I have yet to play any golf his way. He works at a Private course. I definitely need to go visit him more often. Charleston golf is beautifully built courses. A few private courses that Hootie and the Blowfish band live on like Bullsbay Gc and Daniel Island Gc where Bill Murray plays. Patriots point is a must play, just for the views. I live in Pawleys Island, which has all the nicest courses in a 15 mile area. Caledonia golf and fish club is a must play next time you come. Paige Spurranick promotes that course and all the Myrtle Beach courses. Glad you had fun Raymondo. Loved the video with Lee.
More of these sort of vlogs!
More on the way bruh.
Great vlog Rory, best one yet and a Birdie on 17👍⛳👍
Hardest Course I have played is Carnoustie with the wind coming in from 4 different directions at once, the closing holes 16, 17 & 18 are brutal but a Great experience for a golfer who plays mainly Parkland golf.
4 different directions at once? Was your ball just hovering bruh haha? Would love a crack at Carnoustie but have heard it can be a brute. Links definitely something all keen golfers have to try their hands at at some point.
@@yourgolftravel Let me explain, On the 1st Tee I asked my playing partner ( a local member) what the prevailing wind direction was, as it was pretty gusty. He looked at me pityingly and scoffed, "Four different directions all at the same time laddie"! (Actually, he didn't say Laddie, I just added that for effect)!
Halfway around the course oddly I understood what he meant, the Holes tend to twist and turn around the Course so that you get quite disorientated and it does seem as though the wind direction keeps changing!
Played there 20 years ago with a couple of scratch players. We played off the backs as we thought that was the Ryder cup tees. I shot 96 with a 6 handicap and won by 4 shots. Ridiculously hard but a great course.
Haha love that Derek...adds some nice context...96 in a heartbeat certainly doable from those tees.
Brilliant Rory
Cheers bruuuhhhh
Looks like the caddy earned his tip, nice work if you can get it! Played Salgados (Algarve) as a 21 handicapper 20 years ago and I've never lost as many balls as I did on that course, water EVERYWHERE. I still have nightmares about it now. Going back as an 11 handicapper now I'd expect to do better but just thinking about that course gives me the creeps lol
Haha yeh I know what you mean re Salgados...water EVERYWHERE and the wind can "get to whipping" as Chandler said in part one of this vlog. ;-)
Great vids on this course. Ta!
Cheers Kevin...more from Kiawah Island coming soon.
Great video. Really enjoyed it. Carton House Montgomerie was the toughest I have played
Good course that...cracking resort in fact and mega value for money.
great vlog, what a pleasant guy Chandler is. thanks
Yeh top boy was Chandler. We had fun.
Great topic Rory! I think tee box choice is really overlooked and not discussed as much as it should be. In the past (10+ years ago), I would just get to a course and not even think about it until getting to the first tee and then 98% of the time choose by color. Never really checking to see what the total yardage was. These days, I'll look at the courses web site to get the yardages before I even arrive. I typically like to play no more than 6500 yards to really enjoy it. Any more than that, makes it more challenging and I need to feel my A game is readily available, which is also fun when that's the case. Again, awesome video and thanks for shedding more light on a topic seldom talked about!
Too much pride / ego in the mix unfortunately. Again...I realise the irony of that statement considering we play from the backs on MC's vlogs. But that's a different story.
Beautiful and somewhat brutal course.
It can be brutal...but from what I learned also more playable than you might think if you're sensible and don't go too far back.
Certainly looks like one of the toughest, I did play at Kiawah once but the Ocean course was shut so played one of the others (but can't remember which one now!) and that was difficult enough. However the most difficult course I've played in recent years is Lofoten Links in Norway, you need to get out there and play it through midnight but take a big ball bag with you!
WOW would love a crack at Lofoten and never met anyone who's played it...how was it? As stunning as the photos make it look?
It is without doubt the most spectacular golf course I've ever played, it is still relatively new so some aspects are a bit rough but the combination of narrow fairways (if your ball is a foot off the defined fairway its gone) good condition greens and breathtaking scenery are not to be missed. We also played a course in Tomso which is even further north in the Arctic circle and is said to be the most northerly 18 hole course in the world BUT it is plagued by flies and mosquitoes the size of B52 bombers which rather spoilt the experience!
Well I got the right number Rory +11 but very well done especially on 17th don't need to talk about it..lol
Hardest I have played was Carnoustie,,
Hardest golf experience was the day before on Lethal grange old course, I got well and truly battered by the course, I have never since come off a course where my brain has been totally fried....it was one of those days, before my clubs are hung up I want to go back and play it again and put the course to bed.
Would love a crack at Carnoustie! Great guess too bruh...I was happy with the score. 17th...stop ittttt. ;-)
My friend caddies their really nice course does get windy tho
Yep...think Rory got very lucky with the weather he got!
Seriously good vlog and very decent knock. Regardless of weather, a strange course with tough green complexes would regularly play 2-4 over handicap. Hole a couple more putts and you’d have played level or close to it. I’ve shot everything between 70-90 round my home course so I think the “hardest” track can often come down to you on the day, it did look special though. 👍🏌️⛳️🇺🇸🍺
It's a great course Steve. Definitely played well tee to green on the most part. Putting could've been better but still happy with the score. #SG ;-)
Have you got to try Oakmont? Sorry if it’s out there I didn’t see it, this is the first I’ve seen of your videos. Good stuff! Love Ocean course, from close to Pittsburgh (Oakmont) and now live in Myrtle Beach (close to Ocean Course)
Glad to see you in Charleston Rory! I live in Charleston and have played the Ocean Course several times and the wind can be tough to brutal. It was a great vid and you played good, the grass there can grab your wedge and those smallish Pete Dye greens can be tough to hit. Wish I'd known you were in town I would have bought you a cold one. FYI the biggest gators on any Charleston area golf courses are on the Kiawah courses some real swamp donkeys
Swamp donkey's. Hahahahaha...love that.
I'd like to see the Muppet Tour visit Black Jack's Crossing at Lajitas Golf Resort. It's literally in the middle of nowhere about a quarter mile from the Mexican border...but you should all do it anyway.
Nice job Rory! Love the content.
Cheers William. Glad you enjoyed it bruh.
Wallasey back 9 into the wind, horrendously tough.
Comments reminds me of the back nine at Royal Cinque Ports...devilish!
It's the price that takes it out of the reach of 90% of amateur golfers not which tees you play off.
Kind of a separate point. But you can't get fillet steak for big mac prices. It costs more because it's one of the world's best.
My wife and I are playing Turtle Point and The ocean course for ~$500 this next weekend. Including a 2 night stay at the sanctuary. You just have to know when to go... I live in Charleston, so it’s more accessible, but it’s not ridiculously expensive. It’s on par for high end courses.
tmtaylo4 $500 for 2 rounds for 2 people and 2 nights at the hotel - including a round at the OC??
Michael Yardis yeah- it’s called the Golf and Gourmet Package - it runs November-February every year. The least expensive way to play!
I just played it. The wind was wiping plus the course was soaked. All in all a good round. I think we played from the same pins. The Kiawah pins or blue. I also got a birdie on one of the par 5.
Absolutely beautiful course and you can see how hard it would be with the wind blowing your caddy was a good bloke, I think you should have a practice putt before playing bruh especially when the muppets aren't there, great video bruh 👍
Too busy running around with the camera bruh! Plus that's cheating... ;-)
Try compare it with whistling straits mate - go explore 🏌️♂️🤘
I would love to! That course has been on my list since I started at YGT!
What is the price of a round there? A great watch though Raymondo, hope to see more of these. And I could only dream of +11 around there. 19 handicap, I'm useless lol 😭😭😭😭
We don't do green fees bruh so I'm not entirely sure but to give you an idea of a package deal here's some more info: www.yourgolftravel.com/kiawah-island-golf-resort
Pretty reasonable when you break it all down and considering this is one of the premium products in world golf.
Glad you enjoyed the video bruh!
Played Turnberry in a 40mph wind! That was nearly impossible. The members all walked of the course!!! That was the toughest I have played.
Yeh I can imagine...isn't the easiest track on a gentle day let alone gusting like that!
Great vid Ray. Shame your putting was off, that could have been a reasonable round. Hardest course - Mario Golf World Tour.
Could've been?? Haha...I'll take +11 all day my friend.
Boom. I was correct! 😎 +11 love the video.
Cheers Andy...good guess bruh! Had more faith in me than some others on in this comments section haha.
High wind can make any course very hard
Yup...definitely the hardest thing to play in if it's extreme. Harder than the rain for sure.
Hardest I've played is the sultan Belek great course but very tough.
LOVED that course. One of my favs from our Turkey tour.
What would you say your average yardage into greens was playing at 6200???
Rory you should really adjust your handicap according to the course slope rating, like we do in the rest of the world!
Haha defo don't have a good understanding of that after growing up here. Wouldn't know where to start! ;-)
@@yourgolftravel What is your home course and its slope rating, I can work it out for you.
Woodhall Spa was the hardest I have played so far.
What a golf course that is! Loved it.
to be fair to yourself, Rory: the grain on those greens (i live close to Kiawah half the year) is stronger than you are used to. reason for your putting distance woes?
Could well be...definitely get foxed by grain as we don't really have it over here.
Go play chambers bay
Does look like fun!
Beautiful course. You're too hard on yourself with 4/5 v close putts.
Where did the caddy get his hat?
I'm not sure re the hat bruh...they all wear them down there though. Have to when you're out in the sun 24/7!
What's the opening song name??
No idea...it's just a royalty free track from a subscription site. 👍
24 hrs travelling with 4 hrs sleep, I wouldn’t even attempt to play.
Haha not an option for me bruh. Actually felt ok through this course...the nine holes later that afternoon were more of a slog. Coming soon!
7 handicap my ass.
Correct. I play off 8 now.
@@yourgolftravel All kidding aside thanks for the review. I just played the Ocean Course Saturday on a calm day and had a magical experience. The videos do not give it justice.
@@jl6158 Yeh very hard to bring it to life on camera. Need a drone...that would help a little! Glad you enjoyed the course.
That guy is gross, I thought it was a chick
Thanks Alan. Appreciate the feedback.
And another one... awesome Rory love the video 👍🏻
Thanks Steve glad you enjoyed it bruh...Ocean Course on your bucketlist?