After our round at the Ocean, we did our replay at the Conservatory course a Tom Watson design. First off, if you're doing a 36 at Hammock Beach, make sure you give yourself plenty of time as 2 cours... Continue »

After our round at the Ocean, we did our replay at the Conservatory course a Tom Watson design. First off, if you're doing a 36 at Hammock Beach, make sure you give yourself plenty of time as 2 courses are 15 minutes apart. Ocean Course being more open course near the ocean, conservatory is wooded course that has similar feel to one of Irish courses you see on TV. As far as the layout is concerned, this course isn't as grandeur like the ocean course but it has its own charm and personally, I liked the layout here better. I'm not sure if its due to too much play or lack of care, compared to the Ocean course, conditions here weren't as top notch. Some parts of the fairways were thin and burnt out. Greens were fast but much slower than the Ocean course so balls stayed on the green and was easier to 2 putt. Sand here is also different than the Ocean course. It is much finer white sand that is fluffy while the Ocean course sand was more brownish dirt mix. Bunker here at Conservatory is much nicer. If they can keep the condition here as good as the Ocean course, I would choose to play here vs. the Ocean. As the way things are right now, if I can only choose 1 course out of 2, I will choose Ocean course hands down due to its conditioning. By the way, if you want to know what it feels like to play the longest course in FL, then tee off from the back tee here at conservatory at over 7800 yds and rating of 78.1. I've never seen rating higher than 76 until coming here.

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