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BC Driscol
Woodstock
2013-05-23
$76 (cart included), played on Monday, May 2013 at noon
Played this course in a special deal offered by my golf association for $90. Having played private country clubs before, I was expecting ultra-tight tees and fairways as well as greens that looked and rolled like glass. Unfortunately, what I found was shaggy tees and fairways (unacceptably even for a $35 public course) and greens that I would rank in the bottom 5 that I've ever played. In addition to being incredibly slow, the greens were in horrible shape with unrepaired ball marks, disease or frost kill, and outright bare patches. Only one hole (par 3, #5) had the pin in a location where you didn't have to putt through the dead, dieing or non-existent grass.
On a positive note, the staff was exceptionally nice and the facilities looked very nice as well from what I saw of them. The driving range, albeit small, was in perfectly nice shape. The putting, chipping and sand practice area left a little to be desired, however only the sand practice area was not passable.
Overall, I could not recommend this course and feel my $90 would have been much better spent at a number of public courses such as Stonewall Orchard or Thunderhawk or Blackstone and Oak Grove in the relative area which would have been better golf for less money.
$76 (cart included), played on Monday, May 2013 at noon
Played this course in a special deal offered by my golf association for $90. Having played private country clubs before, I was expecting ultra-tight tees and fairways as well as greens that looked and rolled like glass. Unfortunately, what I found was shaggy tees and fairways (unacceptably even for a $35 public course) and greens that I would rank in the bottom 5 that I've ever played. In addition to being incredibly slow, the greens were in horrible shape with unrepaired ball marks, disease or frost kill, and outright bare patches. Only one hole (par 3, #5) had the pin in a location where you didn't have to putt through the dead, dieing or non-existent grass. On a positive note, the staff was exceptionally nice and the facilities looked very nice as well from what I saw of them. The driving range, albeit small, was in perfectly nice shape. The putting, chipping and sand practice area left a little to be desired, however only the sand practice area was not passable. Overall, I could not recommend this course and feel my $90 would have been much better spent at a number of public courses such as Stonewall Orchard or Thunderhawk or Blackstone and Oak Grove in the relative area which would have been better golf for less money.