What happened to this course? I played several years ago and it was a gem, not anymore. Very disappointing. With the amount of rain this year I expected it to be in better shape. We played last year 2 x and a lot could be blamed on the heat index of July and September. There is no excuse for the condition on this Friday in June.
New owner? New grounds crew? its not being maintained, I've seen old public courses in much better shape.
Save your $115 and go else where. $230 with cart for myself and a 1st time buddy is just way too much for the condition. Both are 8 & 9.5 handicappers. All the tees were in bad shape, dead spots, uneven, broken tees from previous days play, clumps of grass and burned out spots with holes. Some of the tee boxes had more divots than grass (#5 & 14) just a real mess. Sand traps were also troubling. Crabgrass growing in some of them, sand is spilling out of some, others lacked sand. Lawn clippings left in some. Almost all were unraked with previous days or weeks footprints. One positive is that some of the traps were "edged" which means some one has looked at them. Others had tall fescue and clover rimming them- uncut. Greens were pitted with ball marks everywhere. Many of the hole cups were not level around the cup causing the ball to break inches from the cup. Previous cup positions were not seated correctly with gaps, often higher than the green surface. Dead areas lacked grass on the greens on some. They just looked bad, ruffed up, damaged what a waste. Some fairways were ok, others had divots and loose divots from previous play days. Some had aeration holes but no apparent over seeding took place. Others had dead areas, no grass, but weeds instead. Certain landing areas were again pitted with divots unfilled. The rough was also very inconsistent, some were cut some were not, some lush and really long in some areas clumped grass pods in others. So
Commiserating after the round we found the food of what was available. Nothing sounded terrible appetizing . Shack at the turn was closed. We didn't bother to order. Beers were noticeable expensive $10 for a draft? The bar was noticeable empty, same with the deck. I asked the starter as we were leaving why the course was in such rough shape? He admitted so with a shrug in his shoulders.
I can't recommend this course for the premium price they charge. Its a nice layout but going south fast. Some one needs to step in and right this ship. read more