It's about time for another review of good ole Fairmount Park. Got out for 9 yesterday afternoon, course was uncrowded at 1pm on a weekday for sure. R... » More

It's about time for another review of good ole Fairmount Park. Got out for 9 yesterday afternoon, course was uncrowded at 1pm on a weekday for sure. Rates are the same ($18 for 9 holes for a non-city resident) but conditions seem to be on the decline: fairways are more dead/dying/dirtpatchy, especially big swaths of the par 5 4th hole. Greens are cut and roll nicely but aren't super fast or anything. Teeboxes are either unlevel or patchy dirt. Still a perfect muni walking experience, all things considered.
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Greens are in the best shape I've seen them here: smooth and fast, not too many unrepaired pitch marks or spike marks. The rest of the course is prett... » More

Greens are in the best shape I've seen them here: smooth and fast, not too many unrepaired pitch marks or spike marks. The rest of the course is pretty normal "budget" public: Teeboxes are fine, not incredibly flat, fairways are mostly lush with the occasional weird dead spot/dirt patch/GUR, rough is grown in on some holes but never too punitive. Bunkers are basically waste areas. Still a really fun layout with a good price, $47 for a weekend afternoon, somehow got around in exactly 4 hours on a Sunday 1:00pm tee time, paired with a nice older couple and surrounded by golf bro foursomes that seemed to leave a yellow ball on every other hole. Would love to see them do a 'walking' rate like Seven Hills does, alas.
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