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James Blighton
Portland
2015-07-26
$36 (cart included), played on Thursday, July 2015 at 10:36 AM
The greens were fast and rolled well. The rest of the course could have been better kept.
The real down side for me was the length from the whites. When one is in their seventies and still active enough to play golf, 6000 yards is a bit long unless you are a very good ball striker.
I have more fun, with the game, if the tee's were at 5500/5700 yards. In Creswell.OR, they have an OGA approved combo card at about 5700 yards. I only wish the OGA would systematically allow all the courses to adopt a combo card for us older senior short hitters. Tri-Mountain in Ridgefield, WA has a set of yellow ties at about 5700 yards as do The Three Rivers course in Kelso. This would also tend to speed up play. The less strokes, the faster one moves.
Would travel: 0-10 Miles, Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I would play again, Average course for the area
$36 (cart included), played on Thursday, July 2015 at 10:36 AM
The greens were fast and rolled well. The rest of the course could have been better kept. The real down side for me was the length from the whites. When one is in their seventies and still active enough to play golf, 6000 yards is a bit long unless you are a very good ball striker. I have more fun, with the game, if the tee's were at 5500/5700 yards. In Creswell.OR, they have an OGA approved combo card at about 5700 yards. I only wish the OGA would systematically allow all the courses to adopt a combo card for us older senior short hitters. Tri-Mountain in Ridgefield, WA has a set of yellow ties at about 5700 yards as do The Three Rivers course in Kelso. This would also tend to speed up play. The less strokes, the faster one moves.