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I drove an hour to play yesterday at Woodlawn with a friend and we had two others driving an hour and 30 minutes to meet us. We were charged $39 by a friendly young man in the pro shop. After he charged us, he said, "I'll bring you carts right up". That was the first indication that something was wrong on this course...the guy that rings you up also delivers the cart tells me they don't want to pay another employee. He also let us know that you are allowed to play as much as you want for the $39 fee.

I walked out of the proshop and took a look out on to the course. I quickly noticed how long the rough was. It had rained several days prior to our outing, but this grass hadn't been mowed in over a week or two.

We started on the back nine and the grass we walked through to the tee box was 8-10 inches thick. We teed off and drove to our balls. The fairway was covered with dandelions. I hit my second shot (amazingly) on to the green.

We made our way to the green and noticed the length of the grass: it looked like the fairway should look. Putting was not possible due to the length of the grass. We went to the next hole just to see if it was in the same shape...of course it was.

Our group returned to the clubhouse and asked if we could either get a refund or a credit at the sister course, Maywood. We took the credit and headed over there to play and it was fine.

If your course looks this poorly, and is as unplayable as it was, why do you even allow people on to play? We were later informed at Maywood the greens had not been mowed since August.

Only complaint is fairways were hard as a rock because Mother Nature decided we didn't need rain the last 2 months. 2 some played in 3.5 hours with steady pace of play.

Great round minus the heat...101 on the heat index. Made it around as a single in 2:40. Layout is challenging and there is significant distance difference between white and blue tees. Fun course.

My father in law and I played 18 in under 3 hours. Course overall was in pretty good shape but a few of the greens had some bare spots. It didn't bother me and I'd definitely do it again for $31