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JC Melrose Country Club
Played On 09/04/2017Not what it was
Played this course about 5 years ago and was very impressed, what a 180 for this place. Start with the bag drop guy. Put bags on the cart, had to be re-strapped because really all he did was lean them on the back of the cart. Go into clubhouse to pay and nobody around for a good 5 minutes. Lady came out and wasn't very pleasant, maybe we interrupted her break. Head out to hit the putting green, there's bag drop guy in my cart over yonder chatting up 2 young girls. As for the golf, course is fairly tight. Fairways are extremely tight. No reason to have 6 inch rough on a holiday weekend when the short grass is fairly difficult to hit. Greens were in pretty good shape, tee boxes could have been better. Bunkers might as well have been filled with cement. After a 3 hour front, yes 3 hour front. Did I mention they allow 5-somes out on holidays? We had 2 5-somes in front of us that we saw, who knows how many more were out there. Skipped 4 holes on the back and was able to make it off of the course in just under 5 hours. 4:52 to play 14 holes. There is no integrity in tee times, jam as many people out there and collect the fee. Get back to the club house and not a word between our group and bag drop guy. We're throwing out our water bottles, he's trying to take off in the cart. I assume this place is under new ownership from previous years and it's really sad to see what they've done to a once terrific course. If you like 7 hour rounds, rude attendants, hackers stealing your ball (when the rough doesn't eat it) and an overall miserable place then Melrose is the course for you.