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Golfer Bob
York
2013-06-25
$21 (cart included), played on Tuesday, June 2013 at 10am
Our group of travelling seniors played here for the first time 6-25-13 because there was an outing on the East Course, which we prefer.
The West course is short, wide open, and fairly boring, with lots of back and forth fairways and not too much variety. Conditions were good, except for a few bare spots in a few fairways, but the course just isn't very interesting.
Staff was excellent. There are distance markers flush in the fairway, but it would be helpful to have some sort of vertical posts at 100, 150, and 200 yards. Similarly, they should go to Red/White/Blue flag system, instead of the small flag on the pole indicating pin placement. The small flags are hard to see from a distance, and frankly, they didn't seem to be very accurately placed. We also found that most of the tee boxes on the second nine were crowned: very tough to find a flat spot. Front nine was much different.
Bottom line: a nice enough course, but not worth a drive of any distance, and there are a couple of better layouts within 2-3 miles for essentially the same price(the East Course, The Bridges, and Honey Run come to mind).
Would travel: 0-10 Miles, Not Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: Bargain priced based on quality and competitive area pricing, Better courses for less nearby
$21 (cart included), played on Tuesday, June 2013 at 10am
Our group of travelling seniors played here for the first time 6-25-13 because there was an outing on the East Course, which we prefer.
The West course is short, wide open, and fairly boring, with lots of back and forth fairways and not too much variety. Conditions were good, except for a few bare spots in a few fairways, but the course just isn't very interesting.
Staff was excellent. There are distance markers flush in the fairway, but it would be helpful to have some sort of vertical posts at 100, 150, and 200 yards. Similarly, they should go to Red/White/Blue flag system, instead of the small flag on the pole indicating pin placement. The small flags are hard to see from a distance, and frankly, they didn't seem to be very accurately placed. We also found that most of the tee boxes on the second nine were crowned: very tough to find a flat spot. Front nine was much different.
Bottom line: a nice enough course, but not worth a drive of any distance, and there are a couple of better layouts within 2-3 miles for essentially the same price(the East Course, The Bridges, and Honey Run come to mind).