Played Hunter Ranch on Tuesday mid morning. In short, this is the worst I’ve ever seen this course. The winter storms have taken their toll. First, let’s address the good. Had breakfast in the ... Continue »

Played Hunter Ranch on Tuesday mid morning. In short, this is the worst I’ve ever seen this course. The winter storms have taken their toll. First, let’s address the good. Had breakfast in the restaurant before the round and it was excellent. Customer service in the pro shop is now worlds better than it was a few years ago. The layout at Hunter is still super fun with a variety of hole shapes, elevation changes and even a couple of water hazards.

As far as conditions go. The greens were about the only thing worth playing. Greens were in great shape. They rolled smooth at a nice medium-fast pace that picked up in speed as the day progressed. Greens held well struck approach shots without any issues and there were only a few unrepaired pitch marks.

From there it digressed to the fairways. Very thin, patchy and a mixture of dead areas and soggy areas. By far the worse I’ve seen it since playing here a number of years ago. Hopefully once this new storm passes, the course will dry out and start to come around back to normal. What was surprising was the conditions of the tee boxes. Almost all were chewed up and unlevel. Not sure what the issue was but it was pretty bad. They did completely re-sod the first tee box which should be open in a few weeks per staff.

I noticed a lot of GUR with new seed down on several areas around the greens, so staff is obviously addressing the issue of the poor conditions which I attribute to the brutal winter we are experiencing. POP wasn’t an issue. Course was pretty quiet, we caught a two some at around the 14th hole and had some minimal waiting but still finished in 3:30.

I’ll definitely play here again, just not for a while.