The west course is a good course with interesting holes without being gimmicky. Greens were pretty decent but a bit slow. Fairways were also decent with some daisies on some holes. Tee boxes were d... Continue »

The west course is a good course with interesting holes without being gimmicky. Greens were pretty decent but a bit slow. Fairways were also decent with some daisies on some holes. Tee boxes were down-sloping at the tees as we had to play two club lengths back just to find a level lie. We had a fivesome today and as far as I know, Blue Rock and Alameda are the only Bay Area courses to allow it if everyone have carts. We still finished under 4 and a half hours so we were not clogging up the course.

However, there was a man and woman (I am being polite) behind us playing as a twosome. Early in the round, while we were waiting for a foursome to clear the green on a par 3, they came roaring up behind us and the guy slammed on his brakes nearly rear-ending our last cart. They had a privately owned cart so they were regulars at this course. It made such a ruckus that we all looked back to see what the deal was. The man just gave us the stink eye and the woman wasn't exactly laughing either.

One of my buddies mentioned that these two pulled the same crap at the first tee behind some other group. We would have been happy to let them play through but it would not have done them much good as we were just a half hole behind anyway. But after what they did, forget about it!

At the 18th tee box, I saw them approach the 17th green and it was then I realized that I recognized these two people from months ago on the same course following us at that time too. I remembered the lady (again I'm being polite) cursing crudely at us for being too slow. I had given her some of that back at her.

I am just venting because I enjoy Blue Rock West but because I associate the course with these two, I just might wait a little while to play it again which is not fair to BR of course. I play at least 75 times a year and I rarely have any problems like this ever. Oh...except for Gleneagles in San Francisco. I played there maybe 5 times and 3 of those times, I was rudely confronted by a couple of regulars there who think they own the course.

One of the true joys in life is to have a nice round of golf having fun with your buddies while playing competitively too. Those of you who cannot enjoy themselves while golfing should be miserable in private!