lastmanbak

In from out of town playing this beautiful course for the first time. Manageable from the back (green) tees at 6,400 yards. As advertised, #17 and #18 are the gems, with #11, a long par 5 up on the ridge line overlooking the lake a close third. Conditions were excellent, as expected. Greens were very firm, so front half of the green was a good bet for most holes. Bought the $8 yardage book, which it was definitely worth it and a nice souvenir. Pace of play at 8a on a vacation Wednesday was good at 3.5 hours, but could’ve been quicker. Staff were super efficient, kind, and helpful. Be aware: driving range is 5 mins down the road in your car (as others have noted). You buy tokens at the clubhouse and then get back in your car to go over to the range. Practice green is also across a couple holes away from #1 tee. So overall, I’d say get there at least 15 extra minutes before your round if you wanna warm up and get a feel for the greens.

Two main gripes: 1) there’s no colored flag or other system for pin locations, nor GPS in the cart. For me, just having a GPS watch and no rangefinder, and lots of elevated greens, it was hard to know how deep the pin was on more than half the holes. So basically, bring your rangefinder if you have one. 2) Price: for $135 (relative to the otherwise pretty reasonably priced courses around the area), I would have expected more amenities — no GPS in the carts as noted, never saw the beverage cart during our 8-11:30a round (and since you don’t pass the clubhouse at the turn, that’s even more of an issue), and no drinking water on the course anywhere.

Overall, glad I played this beautiful place, but will probably look for a different higher end course next time I’m visiting family up here.

Course was in OK shape, but the greens were significantly slower than the practice green and every green actually had multiple holes cut in them for some reason. Also, none of the flags made sense. Red, white, blue, colors alternated by hole, but didn’t seem to have any consistent meaning. Staff was nice, but seemed confused and unfamiliar with their computer systems. Pace of play was slow despite having twosomes in front of us and didn’t see a single Marshall all day. Course layout is interesting and this course could be great with some more attention to the conditions and pace of play.

Played the black tees on a windy day; tees were up after the rain yesterday, but course wasn’t too wet. Only hit driver maybe 4 times off the tee all day. A few of the par 5s have creeks or hazards across the fairway that force you to hit less than driver off the tee. Makes for interesting holes, but only one even gave a shot getting home in two. Fairways and greens were in excellent shape, but the tee boxes could use some love. First time playing the course and will definitely be back next season!