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The course was very quiet today, the three of us however were being constantly harassed by the marshals for looking for lost balls in the “restricted” areas. We played this course dozens of time in past seasons, the staff attitude seems to have changed for the worse this year, won’t be recommending to friends and host tournaments there based on today’s experience.

Most if not all fairways are brown. Staff at the clubhouse mentioned there was a sprinkler issue that prevented proper watering. Not worth the money for such condition, possibly the driest fairways I’ve played this year so far. We drove our balls into the tall rough in the back nine, the starter was done his shift and was playing with another man right behind us, when he saw us looking for our balls in the rough from the previous green, he used very expletive language on us. I have seem my share of rude staff on the course, this guy went out of his way to make sure the guests are thoroughly insulted. Well done!

The course claims extended time of 17 mins between groups. We started on time but as we were hitting our approach on the first hole par 4, another single already hit his tee shots which is well under 10 mins of our start time. We let the single pass up on the next hole #2 par 3, but in that time another single arrived at hole #2. The pace throughout the round is such that another group was always waiting behind us. We (4) finished just under 4 hours and felt this to be a very rushed round overall. The course would have been a lot more enjoyable if they did a better job spacing out groups.

Fairways and greens are well maintained, I’d say above average condition. The only problem was that GolfNow messed up my reservation. The proshop did not have a record of my reservation, when I showed the staff my GolfNow confirmation they did a great job squeezing us in,, otherwise it would have been an hour drive for nothing. Thank you Flambourough Hills.