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Golf Course Reviews: California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Utah, Florida, Hawaii!Decided to give Big Rec another chance today. Happy to say things are improving. Splotchy patches on the low lying greens are gone. Grass is starting to fill in around the enlarged parts of the greens (but still mostly sand. 4 and 17 are the worst.) Greens are rolling better but still far from what I've come to expect from Big Rec. I made some putts that looked perfect going toward the hole and the would just grind to a halt or lose their line right around the cup. Played in the afternoon and the greens were showing a lot of play. In the past the greens would still roll very well even late into the afternoon. On the positive side, it's nice to have soft sand in the bunkers now. (now that the sand is fluffy, please rake your footprints, people!)
Tee boxes are basically dirt and brown grass but considering the drought I don't expect much (unless you want to pay $$$$ at Trump!) I still wish they would cut down the thickets of kikuya where the water collects. You can't avoid having bare spots in the drought but you have to know where the water will collect to keep those areas from becoming weed jungles!
I will continue to play Big Rec on occasion and see how things evolve after this big renovation. i certainly hope the "improvements" will start to pay dividends for the players soon!
Tee boxes are basically dirt and brown grass but considering the drought I don't expect much (unless you want to pay $$$$ at Trump!) I still wish they would cut down the thickets of kikuya where the water collects. You can't avoid having bare spots in the drought but you have to know where the water will collect to keep those areas from becoming weed jungles!
I will continue to play Big Rec on occasion and see how things evolve after this big renovation. i certainly hope the "improvements" will start to pay dividends for the players soon!
I have played Rec Park for over 14 years and I have never seen the conditions so bad! I understand there is a drought but that does not explain why there are muddy patches and thick weedy clumps of grass in some areas and hard pan right next to it! And the greens! They used to be the pride of Big Rec. All of the low lying greens are splotchy! They just underwent a huge project to enlarge the greens and all the increased fringes are basically hard sand with a little grass. What galls me the most is the fact that they just raised the rates! Absolutely inexcusable. Only saving grace right now is the fast pace because no one wants to play here anymore! I will not play here for a while until they fix this course, regardless of the pace!
course is in good shape, greens rolling pretty true. some tee boxes are uneven. Pretty long from the blue but lots of roll on the fairway. Some sandtraps were unraked with footprints and such. Overall a good course with a good value on click4teetimes ($42 with cart)
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