Played Legion Memorial this morning for the first time in a very long time, and enjoyed the round quite a bit. A couple of friends and I walked the blue tees, teeing off right on time at 6:30 am and f... Continue »

Played Legion Memorial this morning for the first time in a very long time, and enjoyed the round quite a bit. A couple of friends and I walked the blue tees, teeing off right on time at 6:30 am and finishing in about 3:50 for an excellent pace. We did wait here and there, and I felt pushed just a tiny bit here and there, but all in all pace really was close to perfect.

Conditions were pretty good for a muni, greens were a little bit slow, and bumped a bit here and there. They certainly looked terrible, as they were a ton of unrepaired or poorly repaired pitch marks on most greens. They held most any shot quite well, my partners and I rarely got huge bounces on shots into these greens. Fairways and rough were very nice to play from, with the heat they're definitely watering a lot to keep the place green so there are a few wet spots but nothing very extreme. I didn't find any bunkers, but one of my partners did find a few and he was able to hit some really nice shots out of them, so I'd bet they were pretty good. Tee boxes here are quite a bit better then a lot of the places I normally play. Customer service was very efficient in the shop, and a marshal was out checking in on the pace as we got near the turn. The restaurant wasn't open for anything at the turn, so if you're playing here early in morning on a weekday I'd recommend coming prepared.

I'm a little bit conflicted about this place, I was a member of their mens club for several years, and I have some great memories playing here. They've done a pretty significant redesign, and I can't quite make up my mind whether or not I like it. The nines have been flipped, and the old #10 is now #1, which works really well. But, #2 (which used to be #11) is a really tough par 4, and I thought it was much better to have that hole in the middle of the round, once you've had a chance to really get into your day, especially since there's no driving range here. The current #9 was an awesome finishing hole, I feel like having it in the middle of the round just isn't quite right, and the old #9 is just gone, and I really liked that hole. It was just a short par 3, but it had an awesome greenside bunker and they could put some tough pins on it. They're using its green as a practice chipping green, which is nice, but I'd really rather be trying to hit an 8 iron into it, at a tucked pin behind that bunker. With the current conditions and decent price, I think I'm going to have to try and give this configuration another look or two this summer as it really was nice to check the place out again.