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| - I'm giving three stars because the course itself is very well maintained and the layout is also a fun one. There are mix ups for both driving and iron play. The greens are not very challenging but all in all the course itself is great. I wouldn't say the staff is rude, with one exception, but I wouldn't call them remotely friendly.
We went a couple of weeks ago, booked a twosome, hit a bucket to warm up and while I was putting was told told that I could go off early but I would need to pair up with another twosome. We didn't want to do this and that wasn't received so well, like not well at all. I didn't want to rock the boat so I just went to the pro shop to get a rain check, explained what was going on and they told us to go off as a twosome. We went back to the starter and basically the guy was pretty upset that we went to the clubhouse with the issue. Anyway, we played the round. Once we got to 10 or maybe 11, the logjam started and didn't end. We waited about 10 minutes between every shot. It was pretty brutal.
We loved the course, chalked it up to a busy day, hoped it was a snafu and tried again this past Sunday. This time we made late tee times hoping to avoid the earlier issue. It was basically Groundhog Day. After hitting a bucket of balls, the starter asked about our tee times, told us to take an earlier one "to avoid a foursome" placed us behind another twosome and advised us to pair up. Twice during the round the marshal cam around and tried to get us to partner up with the twosome in front of us. Once again, we really didn't want to do this..... The front nine went well, and another log jam on 11. I think there were 5-6 carts waiting to tee off when we got there. We played 2 more holes and gave up at 7:30 because waiting 15 minutes between swings makes for a long evening and we had no hope of finishing.
I guess I can't give a lot of advice to a golf club which has back to back groups teeing off and I hope this isn't the case but I can't imagine too many people will wait that kind of time and return. Also, if you don't want folks to play as a twosome, that's easy! Just let them know before they get there!
I didn't get a rain check for the back and I probably won't go back, at least not for now. Too bad. I really did like the place.
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