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Lonnie Poole is a great course, but today just wasn’t it’s best day. The pace of play was pretty slow (especially for a weekday), we dealt with course maintenance crews on multiple holes and the greens weren’t up to their traditional standard. That said, I’ll definitely go back, when I’ll be hoping Lonnie gets back to being the course I’ve known and love.

While there were some logistics issues with the starter, it allowed me to start on 11 as a single and play the back nine without seeing a soul. Front was stacked up when I made the turn, but moved pretty well. After hearing how hard last winter hit this course, I was please to see most of the course in really good shape.

Very cool design that isn't as hard as many make it out to be. Definitely get their mobile app to see where you're going, but distances are hard to get because you may not have cell service in the boonies. Conditions were solid, but they punched the greens 1.5 weeks ago, so there are still a few bumps and they were VERY soft. Lastly, their business operations could use some tightening up as there was a lot of confusion over starting times, they ran out of range balls and they can't sell beer while they await a new license.

I had always heard good things about The Neuse, and it was a fine round. Challenging course with OB off most tees due to houses. The greens were disappointing to me as I thought they were a little rough (especially early holes) and the pace could have been faster.