jackrabbit3

Course is well maintained. Fun course for brushing up on short game.

But always a little slow pace. Perhaps spread out tee times a little more?

Also could use a little more longer holes off the black tee.

I get the white tees being easy. But the other tee box is not much harder. Can get a little mundane with so many holes that can be played with just a wedge.

No cart person while round. No GPS despite the Hawaiian tourist Troon rates. People were not that friendly. No one with a towel at the end, no one says hello. I arrived hour before tee time. Closed. 30m before tee time they opened and rushed us on to our tee box. No time for driving range. I bought two rounds which included free driving range. I asked the desk if I could use the driving range later. The guy said sorry, that’s the managers call. I asked where’s the manager? He said “I’m the manager”! ??? He said you can go mow but not later cause I may not be here. “Can I just tell whoever is on duty, that you said it was OK given you’re the manager” ?
He said “no man don’t be dropping names, that’s not cool”. What the heck??? He’s not reflective of all the folks. The starter was nice and there was a nice lady who first checked me in. After that I was very aware this wasn’t like the high class courses like in Kapalua and other Troon courses. But the course is well maintained and pace was good.

Fun layout. But amenities are nearly zero and course is poorly maintained. Didn’t see even the cart girl until hold 18. If the staff just puts in a little extra effort this could be a great course.

When I first got there the clubhouse was unmanned. Then when I went to find the starter, he was putting on the practice green and said go inside and get a number?? Then the cart I had was in poor shape. Course has a great layout and offers some challenging holes but it’s not well maintained. They didn’t even tell us the greens were punched. Pace of play was over 5 hours for our threesome. You’ll hear “Fore” every 5 minutes as there will be many duffers at this price. So pros- free lunch or breakfast, some great holes. Cheap. Cons - weak staff, poor maintained course and equipment and pace of play.

The course is challenging with its complexity, but not crazy hard that you get frustrated. Memorable experience. I got a great deal on Golfnow which made me try it out. I'm definitely going back.