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John Blumberg
Douglassville
2011-05-12
$41 (cart included), played on Saturday, April 2011 at 10am
I have played the red-white course many times over the years, and with each round, Arrowhead grows in my estimation. Every course is unique, but Arrowhead is unique at a higher order of magnitude. The course was constructed 60 years ago with one rebuilt bulldozer, and no alternative but fit a course to this challenging piece of real estate. It was laid out to follow the dictates of its irregular terrain, rather than built from a blueprint imposed upon the land. Your need to work the ball around this course will put some pressure on your imagination and your game management ability. It starts out with 2 par fives back-to-back and finishes with a 4 hole amen corner that takes you through a gorge with trouble everywhere. The fairways are usually in wonderful condition because the wide cart paths have an embedded wire that enables the greenskeeper to either permit or forbid carts from leaving the cartpath on individual holes. When a hole is cartpath only the cart shuts down if it leaves the path, and you have to push it back onto the path if you want to continue riding. There is food but no bar. The folks that run the place are really nice. Cash gets you a dollar off on your greens fees. And don't forget you get a deposit refund for returning your cart key when you finish.
Would travel: 30-60 Miles, Not Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I would play again, Better than average course for the area, Fair priced based on quality and competitive area pricing
Condition of Course, Difficulty, Layout, Price, Ambiance, No Houses on Course, Staff
$41 (cart included), played on Saturday, April 2011 at 10am
I have played the red-white course many times over the years, and with each round, Arrowhead grows in my estimation. Every course is unique, but Arrowhead is unique at a higher order of magnitude. The course was constructed 60 years ago with one rebuilt bulldozer, and no alternative but fit a course to this challenging piece of real estate. It was laid out to follow the dictates of its irregular terrain, rather than built from a blueprint imposed upon the land. Your need to work the ball around this course will put some pressure on your imagination and your game management ability. It starts out with 2 par fives back-to-back and finishes with a 4 hole amen corner that takes you through a gorge with trouble everywhere. The fairways are usually in wonderful condition because the wide cart paths have an embedded wire that enables the greenskeeper to either permit or forbid carts from leaving the cartpath on individual holes. When a hole is cartpath only the cart shuts down if it leaves the path, and you have to push it back onto the path if you want to continue riding. There is food but no bar. The folks that run the place are really nice. Cash gets you a dollar off on your greens fees. And don't forget you get a deposit refund for returning your cart key when you finish.