Ryde-Parramatta Golf Club
Sydney, NSW | User Rating:
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In a breathtaking setting of tall gums and water courses, the par 71 course is both exciting and challenging. This 6008 metre, 18 hole Championship course has now been reconstructed and is rated one of the top courses in the country.
Ryde Parramatta has a well equipped pro shop together with motorised carts, a halfway house and practise facilities.
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02 Jan 2011
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Measures 6040m Par 71 with four par 3s ranging from 141-168m, eleven par 4s ranging from 302-391m and three par 5s ranging from 452-542m.
Course is well maintained with water coming into play on at least 9 holes. Lush, slightly undulating kikuyu fairways, with flat lush couch teebeds but patchy greens which mostly play slow surprisingly slow. The course has 67 strategically placed bunkers on the course where there was good sand coverage.
Highlights include, the 368m tree-lined 1st (rated index 5) which is quite narrow with a fairway bunker 150m from green on the right and a small water gully across the fairway near the green which is guarded by 4 bunkers and water right of the greenside bunkers, 302m 3rd (index 15) requires a narrow iron shot to a fairway which slopes left to the creek to a green guarded by 4 bunkers, 380m slight dogleg left 6th (index 1) has a wide fairway with 2 bunkers on the right with water far left and a large undulating green guarded by 2 bunkers, 391m slight dogleg left 9th (index 3) with a narrow tree-tined fairway with bunker on right about 230m from the tee and a green guarded by a large right-side bunker with the motel overlooking the green.
I agree with others that 538m 11th (index 4) and the 542m 18th (index 6) are 3-shot par 5s, simply for its length but also both have large greens guarded by deep bunkers – these par 5s are generally challenging.
Holes 12-15 are an easy stretch of holes but requires accurate long irons off the tee.
The signature 168m 17th (index 2) with all water carry with bunkers left and back right with a bail out option way short right is a good test.
Played here 31/12/2010 and paid $60 competition fees. Course has tall tree-lined holes in an north-south direction. Smallish clubhouse. Well-maintained course.