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This course has an excellent championship course design that is fine for the sub 10 handicap players, but it is not a course I would recommend to the mid to high handicaps. I played at 3pm and it was 5 hour round with no marshalls in sight. There were several groups of mid- to high players in front of us who could not keep pace because the course is just too difficult, and they had poor understanding of how to keep pace (3 min lost ball rule, picking up at triple bogey, etc). The slope for the 6500 course is 128 but it is more like Pronghorn at 138. Both way too high for a public golf course. Quail Run in La Pine is similar to Widgi but way more playable.

I played Widgi, Crooked River, Quail Run and Pronghorn on this summer trip. Pronghorn was the best. Gorgeous course design, beautiful terrain. But beware, this course is BRUTAL on mid to high handicaps. If you shoot 85, 100-105 will likely be your score.