Got 18 holes in with grandson Jesse today. Was so nice to get out and play. Beautiful fall weather. 38, 41 today. Greens were slow, so I was putting well.

Big Calcutta this weekend and I haven't played in the last 3 weeks due to a Canadian fishing trip and illness until today's nine holes.

Practice session tomorrow and then grind it out for the $$$.... 🏌

9 holes with the Korean women at the club. I love playing with them. Ho hum -3…. Still not hitting it great… especially driver.
First hole par 5 catch a drive thin down the middle, 5 iron from 190 on the green -1
Next couple holes, iron left side of green, little pull, iron right side of green, poor alignment. Made pars. Fourth hole par 5 decent drive, thinned a 7 iron just short and got it up and down for -2. Short par 3 I think I nearly shanked… but just missed the green, up and down par. Crap drive on 6 left in a trap. Knocked it on the green and 2 putts. 8 th hole or 3 I decided I was too far from the ball putting so got closer and hit the 12 footer for -3. Par on 9.

Just when I think I got it at the range I go out and play and it’s not it. I need to get to a grass range.

87, Wednesday. Not much good to say about anything that day, except maybe driver was 'normal'.

Played a course I've been wanting to play for a few years. Newer course that had some really bad operation/owner problems from the gitgo. I'll just say .....delays and prisons and bankruptcies for local banks.

Had not read any reviews about the place but figured they were doing well now a few years after startup. Supposed to be a Nicklaus designed course, but if so, Jack has never seen the design nor set foot upon the land. It has taken me 2 days just to try to understand what I saw and went through that day.

Right off, we pull into the parking lot and it is dirt and rock, not gravel.....white rock of the large size. Then it is an uphill trek to clubhouse, which is some type of prefab deal, with doors trying to fall off hinges. Paid(way too much) then wanted to get a drink to take out. Only thing they had was diet Mtn Dew, water, or Gatorade.....only lemon-lime!! Not sure if they had beer, but iirc, I did see just 1 brand in cooler. Later found out they had $10 cheeseburgers. I got a bag of chips and Gatorade for $7.50!!

Took a while to find the 1st tee due to no directions anywhere, not even on scorecard. BTW, the carts are maybe the slowest things I've ever driven. Gas powered.

Just really not 1 thing I can say good about the whole operation, or the course itself. No idea why anyone would think it would make a good playing golf course site. I'd have to check the area history, and maybe find it was a coal mining operation wayyyyy back when. Most of the FWs were a steep drive down to. The FWs themselves were like carpets, if not laminate flooring. Less than 1" of grass on top of sand. I never had 1 good nor decent ball contact in 18 holes. After the fact, I'm thinking these FWs were 'rolled', not mowed. The greens....omg....not a 2' area of flatness on any of the 18. 'Undulation' is not even the proper term. 'Nightmare' is a bit closer, but still not a good description. Do not think of 1 putting unless the ball is within 3". And then it's iffy.....and 2 putts back. And the greens have been rolled many times over, hard as concrete, every one.
A horrible golf course. jmo, of course.

It does 'look' nice when just standing/looking around. But to play it is not something I'll ever do again.

Acres of wasted land. Not a course that would ever be walked unless you have some type mental problem. And if walked, you'd need medical attention during the round. (I don't think they allow walking anyway.) A couple holes have a few blocks to navigate between green & next tee. We drove probably 1/2 mile between 2 holes on the back 9!!!
A couple holes are cart path only, due to the steepness of the slopes down to FWs. And of course I hit the right side of 1 with a left side cart path. Hella workout just on 1 hole. Sheer idiocy in design.

The scorecard would give us yardage, GPS would give us something entirely different, and when the ball was hit, you got something different yet. Been trying to figure that out since we left the course. ex.- card shows 344, GPS(over water...straight line) shows 292.(pic #6) The 2 boys can both do 300 easily, but wisely chose to go more straight out. Their 2nd shots were from 130!!! Will never figure this out. Every hole was like that. It was basically a 'poke n hope' type thing. I played the same tees as they did as there was only the 1 tee box open, out of 4 or 5.

So, my advice to anyone that may be thinking of playing this course........DON'T!! I will not go back even if paid to do so.....well....unless it's 3+ digits.😄
No idea how I managed to break 1000!!!

Also, no bathrooms or refreshments on course and when we were finished, I tried to go inside to use the bathroom......but doors were locked at 5:15!!

pics....looks nice, like I said....plays exceptionally horrible. jmo again.



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(back) son due to marriage....Jake's Dad
(front) son from (prior) marriage

    Par4QC It looks great in your pictures anyway. I hate the kind of green contours you described. Ours are tricky here. I never seem to have a straight 4 footer.

    Anyway, I’m guessing you don’t agree with the review below. 😏

      DonM Yeah, I laugh at that one! I even made the statement, while playing, that anyone making such a statement would have been playing a free round.
      And their statement about the greens.......omg. Just look at the pic of the 1 green I posted.....the colorations of light-dark. Those are the typical contours of every green. And they are not subtle on the majority of 18.

      I did forget to mention there is no on cart GPS, which might be expected with the price. The card only shows layout of course, nothing to go by when trying to judge distance to bunkers, water, etc.. For all that you must download their GPS. And get ad notices throughout every day after.(an assumption on my part...??)
      And they use a 3rd party booking system. Things I do not trust fully.

      After 3 days since, I'm still trying to figure the confusion of distances while playing. I was only 15' short of driving a Par 4. It showed 305 on card, & by sight, looked such. My sons were also just short and they are 300+/- hitters.
      GPS showed 190! 🤔

        Par4QC If you really want an adventure, drive east on 80 to mile marker 93, I think. Play The Bourne. It was built by a somewhat rich guy for himself and friends. It’s in an old quarry or mine or something like that. It’s no frills but interesting and weird. The first time you’ll be lost and probably cranky. There are blind shots that require advice from the guy in the clubhouse.

        When it was first built it had lots of tall grasses but they’ve tamed it down. They can’t tame the weird layout though.

        https://maps.app.goo.gl/QDh4vSDAreTFoQA16?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy

          DonM
          Those tee areas, through the trees!!
          Never heard of that place til now. Not going over for a visit either.😄

          re: you'll be lost.....
          at Fyre Lake there is also no directional signs as to where the next tee area is. And cart paths cross frequently.

          Par4QC That sucks. Most of the courses around here used to paint stripes on the cart path and/or at least have a 150 yard stake in the fairway. Now, in the age of gps and laser rangefinders those have disappeared. Best I can hope for at most of them are flat markers in the center of the fairway that are only visible when close by.

            johnnydoom iirc, they did have markers for 100 yds. at one side of fws.

            And the only thing that was painted was the grass in the fws😲. The first couple holes I didn't really think about it, then when I wiped a ball off and my towel was green afterwards, I checked on the next hole and my iron was stained green. Not a grass stain either.
            Weird place, it was.

            Par4QC Funny that I just happened to find this vid. Kinda backs me up, for those doubting my insight

            That looks like a Greenskeeper's Revenge" tournament. There's no reason (and it's against the rules) for a hole to be on a slope like that . I can see flat parts of that green where you could put a legitimate hole. Supposed to be a flat spot (3' I believe) around the hole.

              Snuck out yesterday, again forgoing sleep for golf. Played two balls for 11 holes. Ended up 38-39-77. 3 birdies, lots of bogies. Switched from an A flex shaft to a tip stiff R in my driver and results were surprisingly good. Didn't play as well as my score suggests. Almost 80 in Michigan in October is a plus.
              My handicap, which had climbed to 13 is back down to 10.7. (No I didn't enter this round). I should just play this course the rest of the year and I might be able to get to single digits, take a screen shot and then start playing other courses.

              garyt1957 Not sure any green had a 3' flat area anywhere. They were like billiard tables also.
              I also had several putts that broke opposite of what I saw, and uphill/away, instead of down. Think I only had one 1 putt.

                Typhoon Wound up subbing in a different group. Paired with one of the other brothers (this family is half the league) that can handle a few drinks and is fairly quiet. Another guy I know who's decent, but just had hunk of his colon removed and wasn't moving too well and another guy I didn't know.

                First 3 holes were all me and then they started playing. We had the wrong approach to start. They told me to hit last since I was the A player, but after the first few holes I said I'd hit first to take the pressure off of them. It's sad when I'm the A player by a huge margin, but we were several under par and finished mid-pack. Steak dinner was very good.

                  My good play came to an end yesterday. Shot 41-45 @ Power Ranch Golf Club. Started out with 3 straight pars and it went downhill from there. My short game was awful. Had a case of the yi%$ with chipping and my putter took the day off. 36 putts compared to the 30 or under I have been having. Teed off at 12pm with the temps reaching around 108°. The course appeared to be in good shape. It was accept for the rock hard greens. I hit a couple of towering shots that landed next to the flag, on to bound 10-15 yards off the green. I probably won't tee it up for a few weeks until the courses open up after the winter grass overseed.

                  KCee I always go last so they have no pressure knowing they have people behind them to hit. Worst case with nothing in the fairway I could 5 iron one out there 200.

                    Typhoon I thought they would have less pressure, but 2 of them were way worse going first. The first hole is 310 yards straight out and the widest hole and they were all in the trees. I just bunted driver out there. 2nd hole is a narrow dogleg and I had to do the same. 3rd hole the half a colon guy did keep it out of the trees. The other 2 guys kept aiming way left and missing left....which I did on the 4th hole, but they picked me up there.

                    They were fun to play with and actually hitting some decent shots after the first few holes. I actually got to go for #7 par 5 in 2 which I never do. Hit a good drive and then I pummeled the new Ai Smoke 5w just short of the front edge. I usually lay up with 5h or an iron as I suck with 3w off the deck, but the 5w is a weapon. Both Half a Colon guy and I lipped out eagle putts 😡