Andrew and I took the opportunity to play the 1770 Golf Course (you wouldn’t expect anything less) today. The course is just outside of Agnes Water which is 6 k’s from 1770. Its known as the Town of 1770 Golf Club.

It’s a rather unique little course with only 9 fairways and greens but 18 tee boxes. It’s not a long course but anything off the fairway is into heavily treed areas, no long rough here. It’s either fairway or forest, so with a strong southern easterly blowing at times, it was a challenge to keep the ball on the fairway.

Having only 9 fairways makes it hard to compare with other courses but as I have stated before, we can only rate the course as how it played on the day! So here is my CRAPP report for the 1770 Golf Course.

Design – 15 out of 20 (Would have had a higher rating if it had another 9 fairways similar to the 9 on fifer)

Condition – 16 out of 20 (The greens were particularly worth noting, very consistent with a good even pace and roll)

Cost – 18 out of 20 (Very good value at $30 for 18 holes)

Visual Appeal – 15 out of 20 (A very pleasant outlook of the club and the course when to arrive, good green colouring on the fairways despite minimal rainfall in recent months)

Facilities – 6 out of 10 (All faculties were there but very much a minimalistic approach)

Ambience – 7 out of 10 (All in all it was a nice course, not many members around, mainly because it was a Sunday but it seems, many use this club just for their handicap not to actually play)

So after all this the final rating is 77, which is equal second so far! I think if it was an 18 hole proper course then we may have had a new clubhouse leader. Andrew and I are having our final game together this coming Saturday at Coral Cove, not far from Bundaberg. It’s reputed to be a very fine course of Championship standard, so we are looking forward to that.