How do the hickory golf clubs of the 19th and early 20th century hold up against the golf club technology of the modern era? We went to The Lido to find out.
Considered one of the greatest golf course designs of all time, The Lido Golf Club in Long Island, NY is arguably the most famous lost golf course in history. It opened its doors in 1917, though despite its renowned, the course fell into disrepair during the great depression and closed its doors forever during WWII.
With years of work, implementing various types of surveying technology, Tom Doak and his team are meticulously restoring The Lido in Wisconsin, 1,000 miles away from its original home.
We do a deep dive into The Lido on an episode of Adventures in Golf – be on the lookout for that over on the Skratch YouTube channel.
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Always a good day when EAL drops a video
Mulligan on the first tee! One of us! One of us!
As somebody who followed the thread Peter ran for multiple years and 3 iterations of the course designer software that he went through to get everything as well as he did from the plasticine model and pictures, this is as close as its going to get. Doak took the height maps from the PGA2K21 release of LIDO and converted it to a GPS data that the GPS controlled bulldozers could then build to the exact same specs as in the game.
This course is truly remarkable and having played it a couple hundred times now virtually I can't wait to get out there and play it myself on the non member days.
I wanna get a real set of hickory clubs so bad
Can you get your videographers to get some lenses so they can stay out of frame? it really kills the feel when they are just standing there in some shots. You used to have some of the best production in youtube golf. please go back to how it was.
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excited to see what The Lido looks like next year when it opens and the new course at Sand Valley in 2024, hopefully, it won't be private but we'll see. Was just at Sand Valley in August for a 3 Day | 5 Round Trip
if there's no range and you're not playing for money, a breakfast ball is always available on the first tee for anyone in the group and there's no debating it lol
Absolutely love the way this was shot! Can’t wait to have the opportunity to play there!
I never like to give myself breakfast balls because then I feel like I'm lying to myself about my actual skill. One shot is nothing (especially at my handicap), but then when I hit scoring milestones I never quite feel the same satisfaction knowing that I didn't actually score what's on the scorecard. Maybe it's just a pride thing for me haha.
That's my take, but if you're golfing with me and wanna take free mullys and breakfast balls then more power to you. As long as we're not doing league play or we agreed to it before making a bet then I couldn't care less.
It’s a challenge
If you can adapt to the must softer shafts, the putter in the hickory set probably requires the biggest adjustment. Greens in that era were a lot shaggier and putters were designed with more loft to get the ball on top of the longer grass.