Smackatowa

Course was average at best. Greens are nearly rock hard. Balls either hit and ran through or bounced off. Hard to get the ball to stay on.

The weather did not cooperate today. It was windy and cold. Other than that it was Ok. Pace was right about 4 hours. The fairways were pretty good. They had a few thin spots, but mostly ok. The greens were bumpy. They did not hold a line very well. Need to have the ball marks fixed as there were multiple marks all over the greens. The rough is dead with very tight lies and or just dirt. Bunkers were wet, but it rained last night so what are you going to do? No rakes makes the bunkers a mess.

The course sends out too many groups of 5. No rangers on course to keep pace. Waited on every shot and every hole. The course should be honest about its policies to overbook your teetime. I cannot recommend this course.

Golfnow keeps asking me to review this course every day since I played it. I already reviewed it that evening. My review has already posted on the site. It's still Excellent. I haven't changed my mind. See my previous review. I will add that my friend who was with me kept asking me if we could book it again before we even finished.

New course. This is a fun layout but can be difficult. Lots of sand traps. The fairways were fairly lush. The greens still need some time to mature but were very playable. Every green had lots of undulation and was difficult keep on line. I think this was partially because the greens are so new. Once this course fully matures it will be private so play it while you can. Stay out of the rough. Some places were a foot or two deep with tall grass.

I booked 3 of 4 people for a teetime on Golfnow. I noticed the day after I booked that my time still showed 2 available slots. The course purposefully books groups of 5 which slows down play. When we arrived to play there was indeed 5 people at our teetime.
The day started off slow as several groups bunched up on the first 3-4 holes. Eventually, we got moving. After the turn the pace slowed down again. No rangers out to keep the pace moving. The greens keeper must have been in a bad mood as most of the pins were all placed on slopes.

Slow going. Groups of 5 and golfers playing from the wrong tees slowed down the pace. No Ranger/Marshal anywhere on the course. The pace got worse on the back 9. The last 4-5 holes was brutal waiting for golfers to get moving.

I thought the couse was barely in average condition. The range was terrible. It was like hitting out of a big sand trap. The entire area was all chewed up and covered in sand. The fairways and greens varied greatly. Some were in decent shape while others were thin. Some greens putted true while others did not.

The course is in OK condition. Some fairways are thinner than others. The greens were very inconsistant. Some were fast and others slower. Most of the greens had lots of ball marks. Several of the pins were placed on slopes. The greens did not putt true or hold their lines.

Our group was made into a group of 5 as was the two groups ahead of us. When we got to the second hole there was FOUR groups waiting on the tee. No rangers on the course to keep things moving. Eventually, we filtered through and got moving. Ran into slow down on the back 9 too. This is a short and fairly easy course. It shouldn't take nearly 5 hours to play. I cannot recommend this course until this policy is changed.

The weather was cooperating for a great day of golf. The pace was about 4 hours, so not great but not terrible either. The greens had a lot of pock marks from golfers not fixing their ball marks. The greens were difficult to read. At first I thought it was only me, but my fellow golfers all said the same thing.

We had a decent round. Pace was a little over 4 hours so not great, but not bad either. Greens were a touch fast, but putted fairly true. Fairways were ok. No sand for carts.

First time playing here. Had a good time. Need to watch out for a few fairways which have water going across them. Greens ran a bit fast, but putted fairly true.

The course was wet from the fairway to the greens. The ground was very soft and almost plugged when the ball landed. The grass in the fairway was very thin.

Course sends out multiple groups of 5. The group ahead of us had 5 golfers and our group of three was made into a group of 5. Don't know how many more ahead of us were 5 somes also. Pace was slow. Ranger came out to give us grief even though we were right behind the group in front of us because members behind us complained about pace. (a group of 3) Maybe if you didn't send out groups with 5 in them the pace would be quicker.
The course itself is flat and uninspired. A few holes were interesting, but nothing special. Considering their policy on group sizes and harassing the wrong people for pace I'd go elsewhere to play golf. I won't be back.

The course was strangely wet nealy everywhere. The fairways were thin. The greens were all wet. The ball would stick or nearly embed on the green or around the apron. There was goose poop everywhere especially on the back 9.

We booked a tee time as a double for the course. We fully expected the course to fill the tee time with another double. When we got there to play we were told that we were going to play as a 5 some. Apparently, they had several other 5 somes on the course already. I'm not a big fan of 5 somes. This slows down play even more than normal.

The course was still cart path only. We walked so it didn't bother us. Pace was steady, but slow. Greens are in decent shape except for the ball marks. I don't think anybody but us fixed their ball marks. I realize that this is an older golf crowd, but if you can't bend over to fix your ball mark then maybe you shouldn't play.

Nice little course. It was a bit colder today and we had the place nearly to ourselves. It is cart path only too. The fairways are OK. A bit thin in places. The greens were a tad slow, but not completely filled out yet. Overall, it was in decent shape.

Very windy day. Made it very difficult to play. The course had an outing that started right before us and a wedding taking place by the 9th hole.. We thought that we would be waiting and slogging through, but after the first couple holes it started moving at a good clip. We had fun even though we had the wind working hard against us. The course was in good shape. The rough was a bit long and the greens need a bit more time to recover, but overall very good.