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Why I’m so proud<br />
of my first design<br />
By lee Westwood.<br />
Close House is a perfect<br />
members’ course that is capable<br />
of staging a major tournament in<br />
years to come. For a brand-new<br />
course it is in great condition.<br />
The greens are of a very high<br />
quality and I always look<br />
forward to going back and<br />
playing it again, as I usually do<br />
when I am back in england.<br />
on the front nine the 6th is a<br />
great hole, a downhill drive that<br />
looks tight but has more fairway<br />
over the wall than there looks.<br />
Then it’s a nice downhill second<br />
with out of bounds on the left<br />
and a deep bunker front right.<br />
on the back nine, there is a<br />
great run in the middle. The 12th<br />
is a lovely slightly uphill par 3 to<br />
a sloping green and is followed<br />
by a long par 4 with incredible<br />
views from its wide fairway.<br />
There are lots of bunkers to<br />
avoid of the tee and a stream to<br />
the right of what is a large green.<br />
another good short hole<br />
follows at the 14th, with this one<br />
located in the trees. It’s the<br />
shortest hole on the Colt but you<br />
must find the course’s smallest<br />
green and also clear a stream.<br />
after a short but dangerous<br />
uphill par-4 15th, comes the dogleg<br />
left 16th that plays through a<br />
corridor of trees. You need to<br />
get past the corner to have a<br />
shot to the green then hit over<br />
the cross-bunkers and try to use<br />
the slopes left of the green to<br />
run the ball in. a very good hole.<br />
• Lee Westwood is a former<br />
world no.1 and a Ryder Cup<br />
stalwart for europe since 1997.<br />
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