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| - Played out here today for first time in almost a dozen years. This was my home course in high school and the main things I remember about those days is playing badly and homeless people always asking us for change while we were on the range and putting green.
No beggars today, but there were a few harmless people meandering the course, apparently off-track from the park. It's to be expected at Encanto, though.
I enjoyed the course today. As others have said, it's a straightforward, flat, no-frills course. It makes for a relaxing round and an easy walk since it's all flat. Except for a couple holes, it's a wide open course so let the driver rip. It's fun to cut the corners on some of the par 4s.
There was a steady flow of golfers but it wasn't packed and everyone was relaxed and taking it easy on a Monday spring day. Nobody was rushing around, which was nice.
The course is in typical muni shape. Pretty good fairways and tees, the usual irritating mixture of hard-pan and thick crabgrass in the "rough" areas, and the greens were actually above average and rolling very well. All in all, just as I expected.
I enjoy the urban setting of the course although others may not. I like the skyline views and I appreciate the charm of some of the old houses along the course.
Encanto is what it is. It's cheap and best used as a course for beginners, an easy walking course, or anytime you just want to let it rip and not get beat up by a challenging course. I'll be back more than once every 12 years now that I have the discount card for the Phx munis.
Almost forgot about the intangibles: $3 Blue Moons on tap, $1 PBR cans, $2 Corona cans, among other cheap beer specials. Good stuff
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