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Brian Clark
Charlotte
2020-01-04
$31 (cart included), played on Wednesday, January 2020 at 9:00 AM
Traveling south to Charlotte,NC for an warm New Years Eve and round of golf. Found this 18 hole 1952 era built course ready for play. Although two (2) days of rain had softened the 2,798/3,251yd / 68.8 / 118 Par 35/36 rolling layout, I was ready to play. The rainy conditions mixed with normal play had done damage to some fairway areas, mostly around the green areas. Cart path only/player responsibly could have prevented this damage to future play. The small raised greens were the courses biggest defense where yardage is on the short side. Front 9 layout has good separation between holes and fair landing areas from the Blue tees. No real sand traps to worry about only slight doglegs to breakup the straightaway easy play. The Back 9 #10 starts out with an tree lined narrow 525yd Par 5 to keep you focused. The #11 448yd Par 4 with a Hcp 2 protects itself with soft conditions and a raised green. The course lowers its guard on the #13 441yd par 5, but don’t stray on this narrow hole. The #18 is a risk/reward 396yd on it’s 2nd shot that has a tree/creek protecting the front of the green. My low rating on conditions would be higher on dryer layout with less damage. Ended up shooting 36/41 w/27putts as greenside saves were a premium asset today is the wet conditions. Good way to start the new year on this 46 degree day.
Would travel: 20-30 Miles, Not Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I would play again, Fair priced based on quality and competitive area pricing
$31 (cart included), played on Wednesday, January 2020 at 9:00 AM
Traveling south to Charlotte,NC for an warm New Years Eve and round of golf. Found this 18 hole 1952 era built course ready for play. Although two (2) days of rain had softened the 2,798/3,251yd / 68.8 / 118 Par 35/36 rolling layout, I was ready to play. The rainy conditions mixed with normal play had done damage to some fairway areas, mostly around the green areas. Cart path only/player responsibly could have prevented this damage to future play. The small raised greens were the courses biggest defense where yardage is on the short side. Front 9 layout has good separation between holes and fair landing areas from the Blue tees. No real sand traps to worry about only slight doglegs to breakup the straightaway easy play. The Back 9 #10 starts out with an tree lined narrow 525yd Par 5 to keep you focused. The #11 448yd Par 4 with a Hcp 2 protects itself with soft conditions and a raised green. The course lowers its guard on the #13 441yd par 5, but don’t stray on this narrow hole. The #18 is a risk/reward 396yd on it’s 2nd shot that has a tree/creek protecting the front of the green. My low rating on conditions would be higher on dryer layout with less damage. Ended up shooting 36/41 w/27putts as greenside saves were a premium asset today is the wet conditions. Good way to start the new year on this 46 degree day.