jklipsich

Well designed, really good greens, lots of elevation, not so good fairways and rough. For some reason, the non-green areas are not sufficiently watered, weeded or fertilized. lies in the fairway are much tighter than intended and lies in the rough are frequently hard pan dirt. Prices have risen this year, which is absurd. A big plus is that the course is walk-able when the weather is cool.

A good golf course that could be better. Layout creates frequent risk/reward challenges. One of the few walkable courses in the area. Average round is 4 hours or less. Greens are generally well maintained. Most needed areas of improvement:: Fairways need more water and worm eradication. The result is that the course looks and plays best, and longest, a couple of days after a heavy rain. 8th hole is impossible unless you can hit an iron 200 yards and stop it with 20 yards of where it lands. For shorter hitters, the forward tee needs to be repaired or built. With those two changes it would be an excellent course.

Course layout is exceptional. Good tee and approach shots are rewarded, bad ones are punished. Quality of the course is extremely variable. There are months-long periods when conditions can be horrible. Greens are well designed and so poorly maintained that it makes you wonder whether the course has a greens keeper. It doesn't appear that anyone employed by the course ever repairs a divot, waters down a green in the heat of the summer day, or rakes a trap before play begins or ends for the day. Traps have been lined with concrete, which turns out to be a terrible idea. Heavy rains expose the concrete, and the traps are always full of club nicking concrete pebbles. Without the concrete and with a good greens keeper, course would be a gem. Typical round takes 4.15 hours when play is moving fast. Plan for a 5 hour round. Frequently overbooked.