Dan1927

Nothing special about the front nine at Newport Bay, your average run of the mill course. The back nine takes much better advantage of the surroundings, providing nice views and an interesting layout. Several holes where the marsh and water come into play, making for some more interesting shots as opposed to the front nine. Staff was friendly but did not go the extra mile to make the experience complete. Bag drop team seemed a bit scattered, no club cleaning at the finish. Kitchen was closed at 4pm. Worth a play if you're local. Will try another course next time down there though.

The problem with this course is that it is too tight together. You are constantly right on top of other players and are sometimes taking your life into your hands when standing on a tee box due to the crossfire from other holes.

Lack of yardage markers make it difficult as a first time play. They need some stakes instead of just tiny little 150 and 100 yard markers. This alone will make it hard for me to justify going out of my way to play here again.

Links style course, but it doesn't really play that way. Easy to get the ball to stick on the greens and what not. Good for a change, but won't become an everyday course for me.