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"The Golf Course" by The 2009 Chairman of Green R Pike
If you like your golf to be challenging without the need for a ball retriever then you will enjoy Came Down. The course has no water hazards, less than 40 bunkers and at 5903 yards, from the visitor’s tees is quite short by modern standards. For the ladies it is a formidable challenge, at 5563 yards, one of the longest around, but there are few long carries from the tee so the shorter hitters need not despair. The fairways are not narrow and the rough is maintained at a level that should enable you to find your errant shots, or at least most of them.
That should equate to easy but you will find that is not true.
Much of the course is set high on the hill overlooking Dorchester so there is usually enough breeze to be a factor in club selection and the greens have subtle, sometimes not so subtle, slopes, so few 10 foot putts are straight. The amateur course records for men and ladies stand at 65 and 71 respectively.
If your golf is not going well you can still enjoy the wildlife, the wildflowers and the views. In the summer months you can see swifts, swallows and martins; the swallows are often flying past your feet. Buzzards are usually wheeling overhead and there is usually a kestrel hovering in search of prey. Pause a moment on the 16th tee to look at the view of Weymouth harbour and Portland and if the visibility is really good you can look to your right on the 18th fairway and see Bournemouth and even the Isle of Wight.
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