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
