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John Berry
Apalachin
2016-10-25
Do Not Recall (cart included), played on Saturday, September 2016 at 10:12 AM
I have played The Links at Hiawatha once a year for the last 6 years (along with 2 other courses in the Binghamton area) and always look forward to playing here.
The look of the course is "links- ee" and plays very fair. Conditions are always top notch and the wind seems to be always present. My favorite holes are the 3rd and 4th holes (Looks), the 11th (challenging, always long and into the wind) and the 18th (try to clear the pit).
We also regularly play two other courses: Conklin and En-joie in the package deal, with the Links being the most beautiful course of the three. Conklin plays tougher most of the time with the conditions as good as the Links. En-Joie always seems to disappoint me being a much smaller course geographically, trying to "shoe-horn" some holes in where they can. Having said that, it's a pleasure to play a course that the Champions Tours comes to every year.
I would definitely recommend this course to any ability and try to play the other courses as well in the same weekend. We usually play 18 Friday, 27 on Saturday, and 27 on Sunday.
Great fun.
Would travel: 120-300 Miles, Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I would play again, Better than average course for the area, Ranks with the best in this price level, Best course in the area
Condition of Course, Difficulty, Layout, No Houses on Course
Do Not Recall (cart included), played on Saturday, September 2016 at 10:12 AM
I have played The Links at Hiawatha once a year for the last 6 years (along with 2 other courses in the Binghamton area) and always look forward to playing here.
The look of the course is "links- ee" and plays very fair. Conditions are always top notch and the wind seems to be always present. My favorite holes are the 3rd and 4th holes (Looks), the 11th (challenging, always long and into the wind) and the 18th (try to clear the pit).
We also regularly play two other courses: Conklin and En-joie in the package deal, with the Links being the most beautiful course of the three. Conklin plays tougher most of the time with the conditions as good as the Links. En-Joie always seems to disappoint me being a much smaller course geographically, trying to "shoe-horn" some holes in where they can. Having said that, it's a pleasure to play a course that the Champions Tours comes to every year.
I would definitely recommend this course to any ability and try to play the other courses as well in the same weekend. We usually play 18 Friday, 27 on Saturday, and 27 on Sunday.
Great fun.