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itsinthemail

Marg2k8 wrote: »

If the link is Wellington's monument, then perhaps word two is "monument". I've been searching for monument + golf, but once again, I've been getting nowhere. Google throws up something in Scotland, but that link is useless.

I think its Turnberry Golf Club - on The Ailsa course 12 hole is called Monument, and 14 hole is called risk-an-hope, both holes on the back nine - homeward

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/theopen/5834743/The-Open-2009-hole-by-hole-guide.html

http://www.turnberrygolfclub.net/

thingamaBob

Can a Golf CLUB be the answer at all? We are supposed to be looking for a PLACE and most Golf Clubs are entities that play on Golf Courses.
e.g. Turnberry Golf Club is an organisation that plays golf at Turnberry Golf Course.
Past hunts have not had different clues leading to different words in the answer but the clues as a whole led to a specific place.
I suspect we should not be looking for Golf to be the second word in the answer, but then again, it could be.

itsinthemail

Bob, your probably right, but the best I can come up with

Cmdr_Bond

Marg2k8 wrote: »

If the link is Wellington's monument, then perhaps word two is "monument". I've been searching for monument + golf, but once again, I've been getting nowhere. Google throws up something in Scotland, but that link is useless.

Could be, or it could be memorial. I haven't looked up anything yet though.

itsinthemail wrote: »

I think its Turnberry Golf Club - on The Ailsa course 12 hole is called Monument, and 14 hole is called risk-an-hope, both holes on the back nine - homeward

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/theopen/5834743/The-Open-2009-hole-by-hole-guide.html

http://www.turnberrygolfclub.net/

It's a possibility.

reniannen

thingamaBob wrote: »

Past hunts have not had different clues leading to different words in the answer but the clues as a whole led to a specific place.
I suspect we should not be looking for Golf to be the second word in the answer, but then again, it could be.

That's not the theory I'm working under, I don't believe the clue tells us what one of the words is either. I think we have to take the second word from something, then find it on a map or otherwise then link it probably with golf. Since the number of letters in the clue fit golf club that's what I've been aiming for, but I'm not completely discounting 'go homeward with hope' as a clue that might lead us from golf to somewhere else fitting the letters.

itsinthemail wrote: »

I think its Turnberry Golf Club - on The Ailsa course 12 hole is called Monument, and 14 hole is called risk-an-hope, both holes on the back nine - homeward

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/theopen/5834743/The-Open-2009-hole-by-hole-guide.html

http://www.turnberrygolfclub.net/

Turnberry looks like it's worth a punt too then

Marg2k8 wrote: »

Could be. As you say, it is one entry per day and I've been having a guess most days when I remember, with random nine letter word golf clubs, as there is nothing to lose.

I can't help but feel though, that had the answer been Callender , then they would have been tempted to have included a clue of calendar somewhere.

yeah you're probably right, oh well back to the drawing board again


I think they've deliberately made this one quite vague, there seem to be a number of possibilities for everything which makes it hard to say what's right

Cmdr_Bond

Taken from Wikipedia

Wikipedia wrote:

Wellesley arrived in Lisbon on 22 April 1809 onboard HMS Surveillante,[66] after narrowly escaping shipwreck.[67] Reinforced, he took to the offensive. In the Second Battle of Porto he crossed the Douro river in a daylight coup de main, and routed Marshal Soult's French troops in Porto. He then combined with a Spanish army under General Cuesta in operations against Madrid. The allies meant to isolate and attack Marshal Victor, but King Joseph Bonaparte reinforced the latter and blunted their offensive at the Battle of Talavera. [68] For this narrow victory, Wellesley was ennobled as "Viscount Wellington of Talavera and of Wellington".[69] Nevertheless, the strategic advantage lay with the French; with Wellington's logistical and medical arrangements breaking down, the allies were unable to manoeuvre as Marshal Soult approached from the north with 50,000 men and severed Wellesley's communications.[70] Gravely underestimating Soult's strength, Wellington marched to challenge the French—courting certain disaster—but Cuesta forwarded intelligence obtained by Spanish guerrillas, allowing the British to turn around in time.[71] Wellington was compelled to retreat to Portugal and Cuesta soon followed amid mutual recriminations, souring the Anglo-Spanish alliance.

I think word two could be Talavera - although I cannot link it into anything right now.

I have found the following results pertaining to Talavera - ignoring anything foreign...

Talavera Infant School, Gun Hill, Aldershot


Talavera, Bromley Green Rd, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent TN26 2EF, UK - Middle of nowhere.

Talavera, Llangar Grove, Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest RG45 6EA, UK - This one is just off of Dukes Ride

Talavera, The Devil's Hwy, Crowthorne, Wokingham RG45 6BJ, UK - this one is not far from Dukes Ride either, and is close to East Berkshire Golf Club

Talavera Close, Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest RG45 6DE, UK - Also off of Dukes Ride

Talavera, Sandy Way, Woking, Surrey GU22 8BB, UK - Close to the International School of London in Surrey and Hoebridge Golf Centre

Talavera, Bardfield Rd, Finchingfield, Braintree, Essex CM7 4LL, UK - Middle of nowhere, Gosfield Lake Golf Club is the first golf club to appear when zooming out.

Talavera Rd, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1TQ, UK - Close to Cantebury Golf Club

Talavera Way, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN3 8, UK - Close to Overstone Park Golf Club

Talavera Rd, Norton Juxta Kempsey, Worcestershire WR5 2, UK - Worcester Golf and Country Club is visible when zoomed out a bit.

Cmdr_Bond

Liking the Crowthorne, or Crow Thorn link...

http://www.berkshirehistory.com/villages/crowthorne.html

The 'Crow Thorn' was originally a local landmark on the moorland which covered this part of Windsor Forest. It is marked at the junction of the Devil's Highway (the Roman road from London to Silchester) and the Sandhurst to Bracknell Road - now called Brooker's Corner - on Roque's Map of 1761

This was a highly appropriate place for siting the College, for the 1st Duke of Wellington used to enjoy hunting in the area, hence the name of 'Duke's Ride'.

East Berkshire Golf Club - Hole 2: Wellington, Hole 18: Nearly Home

Marg2k8

Their website says that there are extra clues on Twitter. I have had a look at their Twitter page, but it looks like that has been hacked. There have been no extra clues tweeted since November 09, but there is one recent Tweet that looks like spam. I have emailed them to tell them.

kragen_ironfist

The part of their site that I read said that random clues would be posted "somewhere" on the main sitew but that you have to check often as they wont stay there for long

Cmdr_Bond

Well as of yesterday I still couldn't post an answer - tells me my email address isn't recognised, even though it let me log in with it and wouldn't let me re-register with it.

I have sent them an email, but so far only received an automated response.

[edit] It is working now. [/edit]