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Art Jorgensen
Castle Rock
2013-09-06
$26 (cart included), played on Thursday, September 2013 at 10am
Plum Creek was and still is a great course--but it has fallen in recent years due to lack of money and (I think) poor management. As you drive into the parking lot, the cement is horribly chewed up and ugly--you could hardly get a worse initial impression. The driving range is too small. The putting and chipping green areas are fine. The maintenance on the course is not bad at all. The bar and grill services have become very limited in recent years--it used to be great. You can't drive the carts to your car--a real problem for me (severe arthritis)--they claim it's an insurance problem when what they really mean is proper insurance would be more expensive. Since there's a steep hill between the clubhouse and the parking lot, it's a real pain for everyone, healthy or not. They have five sets of tees so that, in theory, you can play any distance and difficulty you choose. But the tee markers are on the correct tee box only by pure chance. Almost all of them are moved up. So you're not at all playing the distance you think you chose. Why even have a scorecard when it doesn't match the tee markers at all? It's ridiculous. As on other courses, I assume it is to speed up play--and that's not taking care of the golfers but taking care of yourself. So the customer "service" is absolutely missing. Very irritating. They have very low-priced specials in order to attract business. But there's a lot of things they could do to attract business even at higher prices if they would fix the things I've mentioned. This course should be able to charge $75 instead of the $25-$30 we paid--I think they need a real take-charge, qualified manager!
Would travel: 0-10 Miles, Not Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I would play again, Better than average course for the area, Ranks with the best in this price level, Bargain priced based on quality and competitive area pricing
$26 (cart included), played on Thursday, September 2013 at 10am
Plum Creek was and still is a great course--but it has fallen in recent years due to lack of money and (I think) poor management. As you drive into the parking lot, the cement is horribly chewed up and ugly--you could hardly get a worse initial impression. The driving range is too small. The putting and chipping green areas are fine. The maintenance on the course is not bad at all. The bar and grill services have become very limited in recent years--it used to be great. You can't drive the carts to your car--a real problem for me (severe arthritis)--they claim it's an insurance problem when what they really mean is proper insurance would be more expensive. Since there's a steep hill between the clubhouse and the parking lot, it's a real pain for everyone, healthy or not. They have five sets of tees so that, in theory, you can play any distance and difficulty you choose. But the tee markers are on the correct tee box only by pure chance. Almost all of them are moved up. So you're not at all playing the distance you think you chose. Why even have a scorecard when it doesn't match the tee markers at all? It's ridiculous. As on other courses, I assume it is to speed up play--and that's not taking care of the golfers but taking care of yourself. So the customer "service" is absolutely missing. Very irritating. They have very low-priced specials in order to attract business. But there's a lot of things they could do to attract business even at higher prices if they would fix the things I've mentioned. This course should be able to charge $75 instead of the $25-$30 we paid--I think they need a real take-charge, qualified manager!