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| - There is one thing that all golfers do - change their swings - sometimes as often as every hole. I was in the midst of a swing change, and wanted to find a fairly innocuous course that would allow me some leeway on not losing to many balls. I had heard that Longbow was fairly straight forward - somewhat challenging, but not a course that required several sleeves of balls.
Although it was in the middle of summer, I was pleasantly surprised. It was a well cared for course, the fairways were well tended, and the greens were true. Even though it was kind of a desert course, the large expanses of sand were on the sides of the fairways, and even if you hit it into them, there were manageable.
The staff was friendly, and very helpful. As part of the OB Management, they honor the OB cards from various golf courses, so the price is very inexpensive.
Only two things that were out of the ordinary - (1) most of the other OB golf clubs include balls with the greens fees - Longbow does not; and (2) they do not give you keys to the carts until your tee time. This is very inconvenient for those that are older - they have to carry their bags to the practice areas. Although it wasn't a problem for me, I did hear several people comment on it.
All in all, quite a pleasant experience. Not many carries, a very nice course, with interesting, if not challenging holes (that is, if you can keep your tee shots straight). Plus it is near an airport, so you can constantly have planes taking off and landing over the course. Since they are small planes, it is very interesting - especially the vintage planes. Another plus is that there are no homes on the course.
I will make a point to return - especially when I am working on swing changes.
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