Played today with best friend and we both enjoyed it. Great deal for $50.00. We haven't
played either course in years and were pleasently surprised. Had a tough time reading the
greens but that w... Continue »

Played today with best friend and we both enjoyed it. Great deal for $50.00. We haven't
played either course in years and were pleasently surprised. Had a tough time reading the
greens but that was our undoing. We both needed more course knowledge. We will be
back.

I think the Greenskeeper at IH read my previous post and cut the green down just for me. The speed was perfect over the weekend and they're rolling very true. The rest of the course is beautiful as ... Continue »

I think the Greenskeeper at IH read my previous post and cut the green down just for me. The speed was perfect over the weekend and they're rolling very true. The rest of the course is beautiful as well ... glad to see the consistent maintenance of a great test of golf. But be prepared when you come here: you MUST be able to keep the ball in the fairway or at least in play ... or bring lots of balls.

Just in great shape although I'd like to see the greens just a bit faster. Be careful of some of the water puddling in the low lying areas ... otherwise, well worth it!

Just in great shape although I'd like to see the greens just a bit faster. Be careful of some of the water puddling in the low lying areas ... otherwise, well worth it!

played the Babe 4/23, course is being taken care of. nice weekday value. greens rolled nice. very good course, I had heard the horror stories about how tight it is. It is early, and I had a little tro... Continue »

played the Babe 4/23, course is being taken care of. nice weekday value. greens rolled nice. very good course, I had heard the horror stories about how tight it is. It is early, and I had a little trouble but then it's not too bad. very nice old course feel.

Played on 4/24, 11:30 tee time, holed out at 5:30, enough said about the slow round due to two tournaments going on. Overall this course was in great shape and a real challenge to play, straight tee s... Continue »

Played on 4/24, 11:30 tee time, holed out at 5:30, enough said about the slow round due to two tournaments going on. Overall this course was in great shape and a real challenge to play, straight tee shots are rewarded and pars are not unreasonable. Definitely worth the time to play at one of the best courses in the metro area. Mondays they have a special for $50.00 a round!

Played at 0630 on Sunday morning. Played in exactly 4 hours. Course in great shape. Greens rolled very well. Look towards the valley everything rolls off the hill. Don't need to bomb it here. I hit a ... Continue »

Played at 0630 on Sunday morning. Played in exactly 4 hours. Course in great shape. Greens rolled very well. Look towards the valley everything rolls off the hill. Don't need to bomb it here. I hit a lot of hybrids and 3W off the tee. Fun day will be back next week for the SCGA Net Am.

Played afternoon 4/10/09. The Babe still is in fantastic shape. The greens are as good as I've ever seen them - receptive, but very, very smooth and fast. Even the green on #2 is in great shape; so... Continue »

Played afternoon 4/10/09. The Babe still is in fantastic shape. The greens are as good as I've ever seen them - receptive, but very, very smooth and fast. Even the green on #2 is in great shape; sometimes this green is a little choppy (I think it's due to a drainage issue...), but not anymore. The rough is pretty lush right now; some areas bordering on 4-5 inches. So keep a hawkeye on your tee ball b/c it can settle down in the rough and be difficult to find. One more thing: both of these courses are serious challenges, particularly from the blue and back tees. So if you're a casual golfer and only play 4-5 times a year and you don't hit it very solidly or consistently, I promise you that you'll have a better time playing from the white or even forward tees. A "casual golfer" group was in front of me today playing from the back...and they didn't seem to be having much fun.

Played early morning 3/21/09. The Babe is in very good shape. The greens are rolling smooth and fast, tee boxes are in good shape, the rough is uniform all around the course, and fairways are lush. ... Continue »

Played early morning 3/21/09. The Babe is in very good shape. The greens are rolling smooth and fast, tee boxes are in good shape, the rough is uniform all around the course, and fairways are lush. We played from the blues, and it's plenty of course from there. The par 3s were 242, 199, 178, and all of the par 4s are fairly tight visually off the tee. I play here a lot, and sometimes take for granted just how nice this facility is. I brought a guest with me, and after the round, we went into the St Andrews station for lunch, and he commented on just how super this place is...and he's a member of a prestigious private club back east.

I had a late cancellation in my schedule yesterday....but not so late that I couldn't get out to play a little golf. Found a $65.00 single time on Click4TeeTimes and booked it. When I arrived, they ... Continue »

I had a late cancellation in my schedule yesterday....but not so late that I couldn't get out to play a little golf. Found a $65.00 single time on Click4TeeTimes and booked it. When I arrived, they were filming an episode of "Entourage" at the course....which was pretty cool. My time was 11:50 - but the course was wide-open and another twosome showed up when I did....so - we got out at 11:30 and never caught the group in front of us until the back-nine! Even then, they stayed out in front of us pretty well...and we really only had to wait on #16 thru #18. We still finished in 3.5 hours. A great day of golf.

Green still showed the slightest bit of recovery from the small-hole punching done last month. I understand that the "Ike" is being punched now.

THAT is the only negative I can think of!!

What a great golf course! What *super* conditions! It was truly "as good as it gets" - fairways were lush and the ball sat up well....it's a pretty tough golf course from the blue tees (I remember it being tougher - but I have not played The Babe in 20+ years!! I know that they've change a lot and poured a ton of $$$ into the place....it shows!!)

The opening tee-shot on hole #1 from the blues is a real knee-knocker....there's probably 175 yards of canyon-carry before the fairway....it's actually a lot wider of a landing-area than it looks. This course rewards long, straight tee shots (big shocker there!) "Faders", be ready to be punished!

An excellent golf experience all around. I will be back....soon!

Put the "Babe' in your rotation....you won't be sorry!