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The course was wet so it was cart path only, which may have contributed to the slow play. Some holes - such as #9 - were so wet that balls in the fairway plugged too deep to find. Played lift, clean and place.

The greens are visually in very poor condition, but the speed of putts was surprisingly fast.

Disappointing on so many levels. The grass was so high on many of the tee boxes and the fairways that it was like playing from the rough (so high that I lost 2 balls playing #9 even though I hit both shots into the fairway). The speed of the greens was very slow.

According to the distances provided by my GPS - which has been accurate at every other course I've played - the distances from the blue tees on the scorecard/tee box on the Par 5's were overstated by as many as 40 yards.

The pace of play on the front 9 was excellent, but the back-up was so bad at the #10 tee that I decided to replay the front 9. The pace of play was slow until I got past a really slow foursome.

The course is less than 6000 yards from the Blue Tees. 2 Par 4's are shorter than 250 yds; another 2 holes - #10 and #13 - are in the 300 yd range.

Very odd - and not well marked - course layout. The course has a pretty significant elevation change, particularly holes 12-18. For example, it was almost impossible to see the flag on #12 because the hole was so high above the tee.

All of the greens were really hard, so shots landing on the fly ricocheted off. The 18th green is small, and in very poor condition, as was the tee box on 18 and also on some other holes.

Based on the length of this course my expectations coming in were low. And even those were not met.

The course has the feel of a couple buddies deciding to create a golf course in their backyards. Most of the holes are very short. Most of the greens are small, flat circles that are very slow putting surfaces. One of the holes on the back 9 had a temporary lake from all of the recent rain. The path to two of the holes - #15 & 16? - is a poorly marked dirt trail thru the woods behind the green. Crossing Route 92 at 5 PM is treacherous.

There is a lovely Country Club across the street that looked like a real golf course.

The pace of play was excellent because there were only half a dozen other golfers on the course, and the only foursome let me play through as a single.

When I arrived I was told that the Back 9 was closed because it was "flooded." It was cart path only on the front 9 because of all of the ponded water. The fairways were in poor condition, especially #7, which was a field of clover. The cart paths were also in poor condition, with broken asphalt and large pools of water.

I did not see ball washers on any holes, nor any coolers with drinking water. I did find quite a few empty beer cans and bottles strewn around the course, though. This is without question the worst maintained golf course that I've played in years.

The aerial views of the course show an interesting layout, with lots of sand and water. Unfortunately, the distances are not well marked so, without a GPS, judging distances is inaccurate. The wind made it even more challenging.

Many of the tee boxes had very little grass. Some of the greens were in really poor condition, with large black patches. The speed of the greens was very slow.

The pace of play was fantastic for the first 6 holes because no one was in front of me until I reached a fivesome on the 7th hole. I skipped 7 and played 8 & 9. When I arrived at #10, there were 12 people on the tee.

The facilities seem very dated. They had a distinctive musty odor.

5 sets of tees on each hole offers a range of difficulty, from as much as 7013 yds to as little as 4874. There is a parking space reserved for JB Holmes, which adds to the course's allure. The greens are well protected by either bunkers or water. The City had more than 5" of rain the day before yet the course was mostly dry, even in the rough. I may not play as often or as well as I did 20 years ago, when I played courses such as Firestone, Doral and Olympia Fields. This course is just as beautiful as those.