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Ryan Rafferty
Peoria
2010-08-21
$51 (cart included), played on Sunday, August 2010 at 2pm
I've played this course a handful of times and always look forward to the challenge and quality of the course. I was sorely disappointed in the shape of the course. There were a lot of areas in the fairways that had major damage from the heat or some such thing. Several fairways had burned stripes that you'd see from an oil leak on a mower. Despite the heat and dry summer to this point, the greens were extremely soft and in terrible shape. A lot of pitch marks and spike marks. No true roll on a single green. For the money, the course was in terrible shape. Regardless of the weather, there's no excuse for this considering the fees they charge. I like this course, but wouldn't recommend going to it until mid-2011 in hopes that the cosmetic problems get fixed by then.
Would travel: 60-120 Miles, Not Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I would play again, Better than average course for the area
$51 (cart included), played on Sunday, August 2010 at 2pm
I've played this course a handful of times and always look forward to the challenge and quality of the course. I was sorely disappointed in the shape of the course. There were a lot of areas in the fairways that had major damage from the heat or some such thing. Several fairways had burned stripes that you'd see from an oil leak on a mower. Despite the heat and dry summer to this point, the greens were extremely soft and in terrible shape. A lot of pitch marks and spike marks. No true roll on a single green. For the money, the course was in terrible shape. Regardless of the weather, there's no excuse for this considering the fees they charge. I like this course, but wouldn't recommend going to it until mid-2011 in hopes that the cosmetic problems get fixed by then.