shortgamer1023

Let me start off by saying I am not a picky golfer. By that I mean that a course doesn’t not have to be anywhere close to perfect condition for me to have fun. Ultimately what I prefer in a course is a cool layout with holes that do not seem to repeat themselves. IMO the layout at Prestwick is awesome! I absolutely loved the design! We were having fun. The condition of the course is not good. By any means. We had made several comments about the tee boxes having little to no grass. The fairways were not much different. The greens were decent but were so hard that you couldn’t even get a wedge to hold. None the less we were having fun. Like I said, I’m not a picky golfer. Everything was fine and then RICHARD happened!

Here’s what happened.... Richard pulled up as we were finishing up on the 14th green and introduced himself as “the person that takes care of the course” and acknowledged that the course was not in very good shape. He then proceeded to tell us how he doesn’t even allow his employees to drive that close to the green. (We were parked in the rough 10-15 feet from the green). I admit that I was too close to the green. My playing partner apologized and said it won’t happen again. We thought that was the end of it as he returned to his cart but then he got very unfriendly and disrespectful and repeating himself and took it way too far. He was flat out rude! I admit we were too close to the green, but we apologized and said we wouldn’t do it again.

Needless to say, after that the fun was over and Richard had ruined the entire experience for us. Never in my life have been treated so poorly at a golf course as a paying customer. The course is in garbage condition. The design is really cool but with a guy like Richard in charge I fear it will just be a field of grass in a matter of time. If Prestwick doesn’t make a change in Richard’s position they will not last much longer.