Lives
Vestal, NY
Handicap
5-9
Age
55-64
Gender
Male
Skill
Advanced
Plays
Once a month

Review Statistics

Average Rating

3.0
3.0
Total 5 Reviews

Rating Breakdown

5 Reviews
5 Stars
0
4 Stars
2
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Recommended Courses
5
Not Recommended Courses
0
Helpful Votes Count
1
Not Helpful Votes Count
2
First Review
05/20/2013
Last Review
04/22/2019

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Endwell Greens Golf Club

Played On 04/22/2019
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Previously Played

Fun but Spring soggy

Greens were almost healed from aeration but still a bit bumpy.
Holes had the volcano or earth donut around them since they haven’t been changed for a while. Balls plugged a lot and were hard to find.
Carts and cart paths were in rough shape. Banged up my clubs pretty heavily from the very rough cart paths. Worst I’ve seen.
Still a fun course though.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average

The Links at Hiawatha Landing

Played On 05/23/2014
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

NEEDS GPS

Got joined up with 3 golfers from a local high school team. The golf course was a love it and hate it kind of course to me. I loved the relatively plush fairways but hated the time and effort needed to search for balls that did not end up in the fairway whether it was my ball or one or more of my playing partners. Loved the use and beauty of slightly rolling hills for a fairly flat piece of land, but hated the overabundance of blind landing areas created by the architect and the rolling hills. Other than hitting the fairway every time or bringing your own personal spotter or caddie to help watch and locate your shots, there isn't much that could be done to this tall thick grassy, marshy links style course to reduce the search time. We played at a fairly fast pace, but probably spent about an hour of our 4 hour 15 minute round looking for our golf balls. I estimate about a 50/50 success rate/failure rate which was somewhat frustrating knowing that you only missed the fairway by a few yards or in some cases hit the shot exactly where you were aiming, but a four person search party could not locate your golf ball. If I am going to loose a ball and a stroke or two, I would prefer watching the ball go in a lake or pond and seeing it splash to confirm my ball is gone instead of anxiously searching unsuccessfully for a few minutes and then deciding where to take your drop from then trying to get the thought of "Where the heck did that last ball go?" out of your mind.
The greens were aerated with the last week or so, so they were a little bumpy, but not bad for recently aerated greens. Playing in Florida for the last 20 years on Bermuda greens which are known for the effect the grain has on your putts, I was surprised at how much the grain of these Upstate NY greens seemed to effect our putts. Seemed like much more of a grain effect than any of the Bermuda greens I have played. I did like the way the greens were not overly undulating or severe. There was enough undulation in the fairways for "undulation" on one course. Due to the many blind landing areas and very few trees and other reference point on the course it was very difficult to judge distances and club selection. This is definitely the type of course that would be much more enjoyable and faster to play if they had GPS on the golf carts. Although they had the tombstone type hole views next to each tee, I would have liked to have had an overview of each hole layout on the scorecard. I'll play Hiawatha again this year, but not very often because I hate looking for balls for 25% of the time spent "not playing" my round and the frustration that comes with it.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging

Traditions at the Glen

Played On 05/12/2014
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Elevations at The Glenn

Best course to go rip your driver as many times in one round that I have ever played. The fairways were generous enough. Almost every hole has a severe elevation change whether it was up hill or down hill or sometimes both. The higher elevations often created some great views of the course and surrounding area. Some of the landing areas were steep enough that I had a couple initially long drives that rolled 30 to 50 yards back toward the Tee I hit from. Never seen that before on any course. Although you would still have to factor in the slope/amount of elevation change whether up hill or down hill on almost every shot, this course could greatly benefit if they had GPS on the carts. With GPS on the carts a golfer could at least make a better calculation by using an accurate distance and then in there mind deciding how much the elevation change, whether up or down, would effect their club choice. I played it Old School style by eye as far as club choice. I was wrong more often than I was right which made it challenging to not become frustrated. There were 200-150-100 yard markers spray painted on the cart paths but we found no yardage indications on any of the sprinkler heads, so we had to estimate and or guess what yardage we had to the pin on the par 4's or lay up areas in the case of the par 5's. Although it is not a long course according to the overall total distance the up hill shots make it play much longer. It is also a course where you will probably need hit almost every club in your bag. I know I did. I like that in a course.
Collectively, the par 3's were the most challenging group of par 3's I have ever played on one course. A couple of the par 3's might be considered average difficulty, but the difficulty of the other par 3's more than made up for them. I think a couple of the par 3's were more difficult to score a 3 on than a couple of the par 4's.
There was only one green that had a fairly large browned out section, but overall the greens were relatively green and plush for May 12th in Upstate NY. The greens were difficult to read for me and the golfer I was paired up with. They break a lot less than they appear to break which we kind of knew after 3 or 4 holes but did not commit to for about 12 or 13 holes because I think we were worrying about the inconsistent speed between each green and struggling with that enough that whether a putt broke 6 inches or 2 feet wasn't as important at mis-judging the speed of the green by 4 to 15 feet in some cases. We also commented on noticing that although the greens looked to be in fairly good condition our shorter and or slower putts did not roll as true as a golfer would prefer. The un-true roll reminded me of a course I used to play in Florida that we used to say: Only 25% of your perfect putts go in the hole.
Overall, I enjoyed playing the course very much. I think if a golfer played this course often they would learn through trial and error what club to hit from certain areas they have been in or shot from before. I'm fairly confident that I would score about 10 strokes better the next time I play it using what I learned from playing it yesterday. I will play it again. Most likely a few times this season. I love to grip and rip my driver and this is my new favorite course for that. Slightly funky to navagate between holes because the location of the club house has been changed so it wasn't designed like it might have been if it was designed with the club house/Pro Shop in it's current location.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging

Conklin Players Club

Played On 05/07/2014
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Most Greens Dead and brown

The staff was very helpful.
Tees and fairways were in very good condition.
Most of the greens had many large brown areas and many were almost all brown. It wasn't just the color of the grass. The brown areas were dead or dormant grass. It was difficult to read the putts because of the varying conditions of each green.
They added some new Blue Tees/Tips (since I played the course more than 20 years ago) which made it more challenging but still very fair/playable. A good drive still left a short iron into each par 4. I had one 5 iron after a mis-hit driver, but on most of the par 4 holes I had an 8 iron or less to the pin. Most shots have some sort of elevation change which made club selection much more challenging than the typical flat layouts I have been playing in Florida for the last twenty years. They changed or added a new par 3 on the front which was done well with an uncharacteristic two tiered green which I liked. The par 3's were the most dificult to par holes on the course in my opinion. Lots of water or severe areas surrounding the par 3's.
I won't play this course again until July or so, hoping the greens recover. They might not recover this year. Overall the greens were about a 3 out of 10. If they were an 8 or better out of 10 this course would deserve a 5 out of 5 stars.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging

Apalachin Golf Course

Played On 5/20/2013
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Good value for the money.

More of a modestly hilly, Hacker type course than a PGA Tour type course, but fun to play.
A few relatively easy holes, but also a few memorable and enjoyably challenging holes-the kind that keep you coming back, not the type that scare you away.
Built on an old farm including a barn shaped club house.

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
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