Mike Clayton
@mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social
Clayton DeVries Pont. Golf Course Architecture
Occasional (very) caddy. Golf writer.
Occasional (very) caddy. Golf writer.
Maybe we add a new tee for 14 to the left of 13 green and make something like the famous Dell Hole at Lahinch. The preview play showed us the tees were likely to be a little small.
October 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Maybe we add a new tee for 14 to the left of 13 green and make something like the famous Dell Hole at Lahinch. The preview play showed us the tees were likely to be a little small.
By some way the best vegetated course in Australia. Peninsula North. Indigenous coastal manna gums and heathlands.
October 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
By some way the best vegetated course in Australia. Peninsula North. Indigenous coastal manna gums and heathlands.
The beauty of springtime heathlands at Royal Melbourne. 12th hole. Readying for Rory in six weeks.
October 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The beauty of springtime heathlands at Royal Melbourne. 12th hole. Readying for Rory in six weeks.
Hobart. Seven Mile Beach. Opening December. 10 green- a short 4 to the beach and 15 green - a reachable par 5. Blind second if you drive to the right.
September 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Hobart. Seven Mile Beach. Opening December. 10 green- a short 4 to the beach and 15 green - a reachable par 5. Blind second if you drive to the right.
Indigenous heathland and coastal manna gums - and a non-indigenous eucalyptus after this week’s high winds in Melbourne.
The flora that belongs is always best Victoria GC on the Melbourne sandbelt.
The flora that belongs is always best Victoria GC on the Melbourne sandbelt.
September 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Indigenous heathland and coastal manna gums - and a non-indigenous eucalyptus after this week’s high winds in Melbourne.
The flora that belongs is always best Victoria GC on the Melbourne sandbelt.
The flora that belongs is always best Victoria GC on the Melbourne sandbelt.
Huggy on the Walker Cup.
September 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Huggy on the Walker Cup.
The Sandbelt isn’t always sand. Yarra Yarra GC - the new practice pitching/bunker green. @claytondevriespont.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The Sandbelt isn’t always sand. Yarra Yarra GC - the new practice pitching/bunker green. @claytondevriespont.bsky.social
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July 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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On the new Royal Sydney and its 18th hole now being “able to hold its head up in polite society” (A.W Tillinghast)?
On the new Royal Sydney and its 18th hole now being “able to hold its head up in polite society” (A.W Tillinghast)?
June 30, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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On the new Royal Sydney and its 18th hole now being “able to hold its head up in polite society” (A.W Tillinghast)?
On the new Royal Sydney and its 18th hole now being “able to hold its head up in polite society” (A.W Tillinghast)?
. Nice summation by @geoffshac.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
. Nice summation by @geoffshac.bsky.social
The mystery is isolating one hole from another. I don’t get it.
Here at Woodlands (Melb Sandbelt) instead of looking into a wall of rubbish ti-tree left of the par 5,15th you now see through to the 13th hole. And vice -versa.
Here at Woodlands (Melb Sandbelt) instead of looking into a wall of rubbish ti-tree left of the par 5,15th you now see through to the 13th hole. And vice -versa.
June 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The mystery is isolating one hole from another. I don’t get it.
Here at Woodlands (Melb Sandbelt) instead of looking into a wall of rubbish ti-tree left of the par 5,15th you now see through to the 13th hole. And vice -versa.
Here at Woodlands (Melb Sandbelt) instead of looking into a wall of rubbish ti-tree left of the par 5,15th you now see through to the 13th hole. And vice -versa.
A great Australian short 4 almost no one talks about. Curlewis 12 (old 3) No hole in the country uses a boundary better (down the left) as a hazard and the green is one of Vern Morcom’s best.
June 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A great Australian short 4 almost no one talks about. Curlewis 12 (old 3) No hole in the country uses a boundary better (down the left) as a hazard and the green is one of Vern Morcom’s best.
Seven Mile Beach.
17. Looking good and getting closer.
17. Looking good and getting closer.
June 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Seven Mile Beach.
17. Looking good and getting closer.
17. Looking good and getting closer.
I simply thought it interesting 12 of the top 15 are ‘foreigners’
Australians have done particularly well at the last two tour schools.
8 of the 10 possible cards.
Australians have done particularly well at the last two tour schools.
8 of the 10 possible cards.
May 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I simply thought it interesting 12 of the top 15 are ‘foreigners’
Australians have done particularly well at the last two tour schools.
8 of the 10 possible cards.
Australians have done particularly well at the last two tour schools.
8 of the 10 possible cards.
Frank Pont in Seoul with the great So Yeon Ryu. @claytondevriespont.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Frank Pont in Seoul with the great So Yeon Ryu. @claytondevriespont.bsky.social
Two more views of the same.
April 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Two more views of the same.
Played all 18 at Seven Mile Beach yesterday with Goggy, Dave McKenzie and Steph Bunque. It’s getting there - The 13th - short 4. 14 Down the hill into the dunes. Par 3. And 3 - the long 5 swinging right across the top of the property. @claytondevriespont.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Played all 18 at Seven Mile Beach yesterday with Goggy, Dave McKenzie and Steph Bunque. It’s getting there - The 13th - short 4. 14 Down the hill into the dunes. Par 3. And 3 - the long 5 swinging right across the top of the property. @claytondevriespont.bsky.social
Par 3 17th at Woodlands. 160y. A great example of a small green making for a demanding short iron.
March 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Par 3 17th at Woodlands. 160y. A great example of a small green making for a demanding short iron.
Shackelford pointing out the selfish ignorance of blokes 20+ yards longer than Snead, Nicklaus, Weiskopf, Seve and Norman. No- they are not superior athletes.
March 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Shackelford pointing out the selfish ignorance of blokes 20+ yards longer than Snead, Nicklaus, Weiskopf, Seve and Norman. No- they are not superior athletes.
Just hanging out in front on the 3rd green at St Andrews Beach.
March 1, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Just hanging out in front on the 3rd green at St Andrews Beach.
Before. Elanora 9.
February 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Before. Elanora 9.
Until today you couldn’t see the green from the cart because of all the trees in the gully (a brilliant natural hazard) beyond the fairway bunker. Elanora 9th. (Sydney) @claytondevriespont.bsky.social
After is always better.
After is always better.
February 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Until today you couldn’t see the green from the cart because of all the trees in the gully (a brilliant natural hazard) beyond the fairway bunker. Elanora 9th. (Sydney) @claytondevriespont.bsky.social
After is always better.
After is always better.