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Doug wood
Riverwoods
2012-09-04
$71 (cart included), played on Sunday, July 2012 at 10am
Decent condition, horrible pace of play, less than professional staff and a bit pricey for what you get.
Played on a Sunday morning and the starter allowed a 5-some, yes a 5 some, out ahead of other groups. Our 2-some was there 15 min. early to check in with the starter, as was the 2-some behind us. A 3-some and a 2-some showed up seconds before their tee times, were not ready to go and were clearly a group of several beginners who all knew each other. The first hole was open and the starter wouldn't let us or the other checked in 2-some behind us go off. He let the 2-some tee off and then the 3-some and by the 2nd hole, they were playing as a 5-some. The course was empty behind the 2-some behind us, so it would have seemed appropriate for the starter to maybe let the 2 groups who were ready to go, tee off and the let the groups who were late and clearly beginners tee off afterwards when they wouldn't be holding everyone else up. The on course marshall couldn't seem to understand why the groups behind the 5-some were irate. They were not keeping pace with the group in front of them and turned a beautiful day into an unbearable round of golf. Completely unacceptable for a Sunday morning at a supposed upper tier public course. Both the starter and marshall seemed completely clueless and could have cared less about properly doing their job to maintain pace of play.
The Deerfield Golf Club golf course is now permanently off my rotation. There are just too many other courses in the area that offer more value.
$71 (cart included), played on Sunday, July 2012 at 10am
Decent condition, horrible pace of play, less than professional staff and a bit pricey for what you get.
Played on a Sunday morning and the starter allowed a 5-some, yes a 5 some, out ahead of other groups. Our 2-some was there 15 min. early to check in with the starter, as was the 2-some behind us. A 3-some and a 2-some showed up seconds before their tee times, were not ready to go and were clearly a group of several beginners who all knew each other. The first hole was open and the starter wouldn't let us or the other checked in 2-some behind us go off. He let the 2-some tee off and then the 3-some and by the 2nd hole, they were playing as a 5-some. The course was empty behind the 2-some behind us, so it would have seemed appropriate for the starter to maybe let the 2 groups who were ready to go, tee off and the let the groups who were late and clearly beginners tee off afterwards when they wouldn't be holding everyone else up. The on course marshall couldn't seem to understand why the groups behind the 5-some were irate. They were not keeping pace with the group in front of them and turned a beautiful day into an unbearable round of golf. Completely unacceptable for a Sunday morning at a supposed upper tier public course. Both the starter and marshall seemed completely clueless and could have cared less about properly doing their job to maintain pace of play.
The Deerfield Golf Club golf course is now permanently off my rotation. There are just too many other courses in the area that offer more value.