Hutch263

Played on a Tuesday morning (9:30a) and we’re the only ones on the course.

The course was in better shape then I expected. Tees and greens were great. Greens were sneaky fast and took a while to find the roll.

Front nine is lined with trees and stray tee shots will be in trouble (or lost). Almost all shots were uphill, downhill or side hill lie.

The back nine opens up a bit but the elevation changes are even more extreme.

Overall bring a few extra balls and enjoy your day.

Pace of play was so slow that we could not even finish our round. When we asked the pro shop to stop after nine and we were told all they would do is a rain check. We were traveling and would not have any use for a rain check so we tried to finish. Played 3 holes on the back nine in and hour so we decided to call it.

Greens were also long and slow. Fairways were wet as well.

I will start with the good. Starter was great went out early, tees and greens were in great shape, views were great.

Ok for the rest. Greens were slow but not awful. I assume due to the high volume of play they keep them long. Every tee shot and some second (par 5s) are blind making it hard to play for the first time. Play to smart locations that are in front of you and take par not a lot of birdie holes.

Pace of play was awful. I play with a large group on Sundays (Soaring Eagles) and we walk 18 holes (6600 yrds) in 3.5 hrs routinely. We played as a twosome on a Saturday morning (10a tee off) so I expected to wait but to be able to play 18 in around 4 hours. We played the front in just over 2 hours . When we reached 10 we found the twosome in front of us waiting and the foursome in front of them teeing off. We assume they stopped for food but don’t really know. I asked the pro shop if we could just play nine and get a refund, that was declined. I was told pace of play was 4.5 hours and we were on that pace. We had a wedding to attend so we started the back 9 knowing we could not finish. We played 3 holes over the next hour and left. The 2 groups behind us also left early with no refund.

Great course, decent price but not managed well. I hope they can get pace of play under control so people can enjoy the course.