You may think its only a par 61, (If I was a a betting person, I'm not ) but, I bet you would have a hard time breaking 70. Not an easy course, by any stretch. If you break 80 your doing better than most, I think. I have a USGA handicap of 9, and my score for today, 9-8-11 was 74
Great twilight rate, today Thursday 9-8-11, I paid $16 with a cart ( & $5 key deposit). Took me approx 3 1/2 hours to play, first tee was full of golfers @ 330pm.
Found that most of the bunkers did not have sand in them. Looked like hard dirt. I was in the front left side bunker on #5. Rt foot was able to push away sand, left foot found about 1"or 2" of sand before I couldn't push anymore away. Struck sand by ball, very little sand there, lucky I didn't skull it.
Greens in great shape, except for the fact people won't fix thier ball marks.This is very upsetting. C'mon people, it's not that hard to fix them.If you don't know how, ask, or look it up.
Also pep's rake the bunkers. It's hard to get out of the bunker if you are in someone elses footprint or club swipe.
Hard to find the ball in the ruff, it's pretty thick. I was helping people look for thier balls and in order to find the ball, most of the time you had to be right on top of it. This slows down the pace of play.
Lots of " could kill u grass" especially around the greens.
Very hard to run ball up on the greens do to the uphills, "grass," and very soft fronts.
Keep you ball retriever @ home. All water on the course is green. You can't even see your ball if it barely goes in.
Ravines are full of weeds, bushes, small trees, water in some areas. Allmost impossible to find the ball if you are unfortinate to hit it there.
I saw some skunks at dusk. Lots of those pesky Canadian Geese, some ducks, turtles, and what looked like a crane. I saw a white and a grey one. I also saw some rabbits, and red tail hawks.
I would give this course an overall rating of fair. 5 out 10, would be hire if bunkers actually had sand in them, and if you wouldn't loose balls in the ruff, and if water wasn't green. This takes away from the beauty of the course, in my opinon.especially on the signature hole ( 17 ).
There is also a par 3 on this site. I have not played this course yet, but fees after 3 (today 9-8-11 Thursday)were $9. walking only I think.