rpdrmurray

This was my second time playing the course, the first being about 25 years ago. I enjoyed the layout then, and enjoyed it again. There is a creek that runs through the front nine, and it would be helpful if tee markers indicated distance to reach and clear the hazard. The morning that we played, tee's were being cut, so there were no markers physically sitting on the tee's, whether they had been cut or not. Tee boxes in many instances were burned out and overtaken with weeds.

The Zoysia fairways, while uncut for several days, were in great shape. Sandtraps in many instances needed to be raked, but sand was adequate and surprisingly easy to hit from. Greens had high levels of thatch and were quite soft, but putted true and had decent speed. Cartpaths could use a refresher, and work has been done in some spots.

Overall, this is a fun layout and worth playing. Conditions in early August are typically indicative of the stress of summer heat and humidity, and it takes a sizeable budget to manage grasses this time of year.

One odd note from the round. We played early, and there were several singles in front of us. We play quickly and as a twosome often play 18 holes in 2 1/2 hours or less when the course is open in front of us. On the 13th hole, we caught up with a single woman. From the time she took off on her cart, we played our approach and putted out. As we approached the 14th hole, she was hitting her tee shot. No look or offer to play through. On 15, she was pulling away as we approached the tee. We then waited for over 5 minutes as she drove back and forth on the left side of the fairway, into the fairway, into the rough, and then repeat. At last we thought she was moving on and hit our tee shots, just as she headed back into the fairway. Luckily she picked up the pace after that and we could finally get on with our round.