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This round was played during quarantine so take that into consideration with this review. The driving range was closed. The putting green was still bumpy after punched greens about 3-4 weeks ago. You could practice short game with your own balls if you wanted so that was a little helpful. The course is tight. Course handicap was 4 over my normal handicap to give you an idea of it’s challenge. Bring your forecaddy so you don’t lose any what are thought of as perfect drives. I lost two. Back tees have limited flat ground. The fairways are in decent shape for April and greens are ok after being punched. They could’ve used a good rolling though. I’m biased against bent grass though. Certainly a challenging golf course esp the par 3s which measured 230, 173, 211, 247 and a 1-2 club hurting wind at times. I’ll certainly be back now that I’m more familiar with it.

Played this course because I hadn’t before. Have played the other Springs courses and enjoy Springfield. This is a bombers course. Very little trouble anywhere. Very generous fairways and greens. Tees, fairways, and greens were in great condition. Played in 2:50. My issue is that it’s pretty boring. It’s mostly Driver, wedge or short iron. The greens were probably rolling below 10 which for Bermuda in August, is not typical. This is the place for you if you want an ego boost.

I was the 4th car in the parking lot on a Saturday morning. They had some local guys (the old pro) go off before the building even opened up. The hospitality was great. One of the guys grabbed me a bag of balls while he was putting out carts. I was the only guy on the range warming up at 7:30am. The tees, fairways, and greens were in great shape. The greens were a little slow due to having to leave bent grass a little longer in the summer. Especially for bent, the greens had minimal ball marks for a course open to the public. It's not really a grip and rip layout. I hit maybe 3-4 drivers all day. Free yardage book with my round. Played in 3:15. Can't beat that.

I’m not sure why but he greens were in terrible shape. They were painted and dry as a bone in a lot of spots. I was so frustrated that I quit after 9 and got a rain check. It was almost worse than playing on punched greens.

Got a great deal on a GolfNow Hot Deal. I think that is the only way I'd play this course and I look for them often. Otherwise, I'd rather drive 15 more minutes for the same quality at half the cost. I have no issues with the course. The course was in great shape. I had an issue with a marshall not properly managing the players. If a foursome has open holes in front of them, the marshalls need to encourage that group to let the threesome behind them play through or speed up. The fact that the foursome is "on pace" is irrelevant and not an excuse if the group behind is playing faster and waiting on every hole.