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I preface this by saying that I’ve been going to The Odyssey practically since it opened. And this was the last time.

I had a tee time on Sunday, July 23. We’ve had horrible rains lately, so a lot of courses are flooded. So when I called the day before to make the tee time, I specifically asked about the course conditions. The person on the phone said, and I quote, “It’s a little soggy. Cart path only today, can’t say about tomorrow”. I can handle a little soggy, which usually means that you’ll squish in spots on the fairways. Fine, let’s book it.

Driving in from the main road takes you along the 10th fairway. There’s a pond on the side of the fairway. We see that it’s extended across the fairway. So when we get to the pro shop, we ask about that. They say that, it’s cart path only, and there’s standing water on 4-5 holes. In retrospect, I should have asked more questions, but we were there, and wanted to play. So we took him on his word.

Well, the actual conditions were that there were new ponds of standing water on 4-5 holes. And there was standing water on all of the first 11 holes, and I stopped paying attention after that. My drive on 10 landed in the middle of the fairway in that extended pond, which ended up being so deep that I had to abandon my ball.

And, to add to that, I emailed them after the round that I understood why the course was a mess, but did not appreciate being lied to, just to get people on the course. I wasn’t asking for anything, but was hoping for some kind of apology. And they never responded. Which means to me that they just didn’t care.

In any event, take what they tell you with a grain of salt. They’re not interested in your satisfaction, just in receiving your greens fees (which, by the way, were not discounted for the poor conditions).