If given the choice between playing a very good resort course, such as Pinehurst #2 - or even a premier public course such as Torrey Pines - and playing Pine Valley, I'll choose one of the former two every time. I appreciate excellence, but I'm not volunteering even a day of my time to being pummeled, beyond the punishment my game already often imposes.
Last time I was at hidden valley the guy told me on that par 5 that’s downhill dogleg to the right up hill,(it’s always sandy)it was going to cost around $50,000(might be higher,can’t remember)to put in irrigation and for grass.last I heard charwood was in good shape.Ill have to ask my friend at work,he lives right next to it and plays there.was thinking about going Sunday around 5,it’s only $15.
I like playing courses that are exclusive. It’s an experience more than anything. Heck, if I wanted to play easy golf, I’d go to the local muni and play the front tees. The brilliance of PV is a site to see, and the stories from the caddies are priceless. Almost all of the exclusive courses will pummel you. I was ready to quit Sawgrass after 9 holes. I’m fairly certain I hit every bunker at PGA West. It’s all a part of the experience...
I don't do masochism very well, and masochism to me seems incongruent with recreation. Those who are stimulated by debasement are welcome to it.
That hole is unplayable. Doesn't matter how nice of a drive you hit, there's a 30% chance you lose your ball. No joke, hammered one down the middle last time there. Never found the ball.
That hole hasn’t changed in 20 years.it might be the worst hole I’ve ever played.
A friend of mine played Augusta Nat'l. many years ago. He waited in the woods along #2 and asked the first threesome that came by if he could join them ...
if Lake City is the worst course you have played you haven’t played much around the Pee Dee
This summer, I have made a number of trips to the Santee area. I sometimes take some people with me and we meet up with my brother, who lives in Johns Island. This spring and summer, we have played Santee National, Lake Marion, and Wyboo Golf Club and have enjoyed them all. I will make at least one more trip down there this year, God willing.
Lake City has good greens but the roots 2 fee t off the fairway is too much... I have probably played worse. Who is worse than Lake City in your mind.
I like Wyboo. Played there a few weeks ago for the first time.
I played it earlier in the summer but too soon after they had areated the greens. Fairways were as good as you would want. We got rained out on our return week before last. We will be going back with our rainchecks as soon as the weather gets less unstable.
Played Indian river last week. Greens are horrible and have been for a while. They reversed the lay out, the back 9 is now the front 9. #5 green is gone. They have a makeshift green 30 yards in front of the actual green. Same thing on #16. You literally putt on the fairway. Its actually a better roll than their greens. They also cut all of the trees down on the front 9. Think I heard they did that to raise money for new carts. I could see this one closing real soon.
I haven't played Timberlake in a long time. We used to enjoy going over there. I've seen them through three clubhouses. Mid-Carolina used to be a favorite of mine. Really well conditioned and old school. No artifice. But again, I've not been there for several years.
I hate to hear that. Our work group played it two or three times back in the 1990s and I remember a nice layout with big, undulating greens. We enjoyed it. Sorry to learn it has fallen on hard times.
I have friends in Charleston and 2 of us from Columbia used to meet the 2 Charleston friends at Lake Marion every Saturday. We stopped in 2016 because one of the guys developed back problems and had to stop playing.
All older golfers play through something. Sometimes more than one something.
Indeed. My only eagle came on #6. Would've been #15 when you played there. Hoping someone has some money to put into it. They just need to get the greens under control. Everything else is ok.
Got my only eagle at Oristo down at Edisto. Don't even know if the course is there anymore. If I recall correctly, the front 9 and back 9 were totally different. There were some picturesque holes on the back side. Thinking about it makes me want to go back and play it again if it still exists.
I guess they haven’t recovered from the bad winter a couple years ago.charwood and a few others went thru the same thing.charwood got there’s back from what I hear.i signed up to get emails from charwood and this past winter when it got below freezing,they covered their greens or just had the course closed for the day.
There is only 3 that I’ve played and is shut down,coldstream(by the dam) coopers creak and sedgewood(my friend called it sedgeweed),now that course was unique to say the least.
Several of the newest hybrid Bermuda turf-grass strains used for greens demand coverage when cold temperatures set in. In Lancaster, we have been closed for several days at a time due to this. Courses neglect this at their peril.
