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I played the old Tartan Park (previously the 3M company course) for over 1000 times. This is a revamp of the land and the course conditions. The conditions are now near perfect. The fairways, greens and tees are bent grass without a single weed in sight. The bunkers are tour quality and I managed to stay out of all of them. The practice area is ample and first class. There are 5 separate tees. The carts have a built in hill break and are smooth. The carts lack GPS, I have my own range finder so this did not bother me. That is all the good.

Do not expect to always have a perfectly flat lie in the fairway. The fairways have some contours, Most if the sight lines are great. However on the back nine there are a few times when you can not see the group ahead of you and need to wait longer. I agree with other that have commented on the large contours of the greens.The round took about 4 and 1/2 hours to complete teeing off at 1:40 on a Tuesday.

The 15th hole is suppose to be a shortish par 4 of about 280 yards. It appears that many golfers have hit balls in the houses on the left and most tee boxes were closed creating a 165 yard hole, what I consider to be a par 3. Hole 16 is also a par 3, holes 17 and 18 are par 5s. My suggestion would be to move the tee back on the 13th hole and make it into a par 5 to reestablish a par 72.

My one other gripe is the scorecard. It is extremely basic and not of the quality I expected. I would prefer suggestions on which tee to play based on average drive distance. I would prefer to have pictures of each hole with a pro tip about how to play the hole.

All in all a great and memorable round of golf.