Bailey Creek is a beautiful mountain course. Fairways and rough are excellent. Greens are very good. There is very little break to the greens, the speed is around 10 and some are a little bumpy. The rough is penal. Thick and the ball sits down. The bunkers area a little thin on sand. The fairways and rough extend quite far and it's easy to keep the ball on the course. Plays a l... » More

Bailey Creek is a beautiful mountain course. Fairways and rough are excellent. Greens are very good. There is very little break to the greens, the speed is around 10 and some are a little bumpy. The rough is penal. Thick and the ball sits down. The bunkers area a little thin on sand. The fairways and rough extend quite far and it's easy to keep the ball on the course. Plays a little short from the blue tees (6500) and a little long from the black tees (7000). Elevation is around 4700 feet. Mi sh-t s and low shots get no advantage. The course is very very scenic. Overall, I love the golf course and will come back
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Played TC at 12:32pm, going out as a twosome due to a cancellation in the foursome. A sunny, very warm day with a light breeze, up to a 1 club wind at times.

After playing behind a pokey foursome for 8 holes, they finally decided to let us play through after they finished the 8th. (Note: the marshal had told them on the previous hole that they needed to wave us up on ... » More

Played TC at 12:32pm, going out as a twosome due to a cancellation in the foursome. A sunny, very warm day with a light breeze, up to a 1 club wind at times.

After playing behind a pokey foursome for 8 holes, they finally decided to let us play through after they finished the 8th. (Note: the marshal had told them on the previous hole that they needed to wave us up on the par 3 7th and then let us tee off on the 8th ahead of them, as there was a hole open) They ignored his instruction, but then the cart girl came by at the 8th green, and they clearly decided to spend some extra time chatting her up. Thank God for cute cart girls ;-) POP ended up being 4 hours for us, and I saw them stroll into the bar 45 minutes after we finished.

Conditions on the course were fair to poor. They are doing a good job watering and trying to keep most areas green. However, due to the high level of watering, they are not cutting the grass on the tees or greens very often. It was a hairy mess out there today. Several extra fairways/portions of were roped off to carts. Rough wasn't bad, pretty much normal.

Greens were cut nicely, were firm but oddly did not hold the ball well. They were heavily pock-marked with old ball marks and putted medium speed today.

Was in 3 sand traps, and the greenside ones were firm and damp. The softest one was a fairway bunker, wouldn't you know it.

Compared to last year at this time, TC is hanging in there pretty well. But, it's taken a dive in the 9 days since I was here last, mostly due to the lack of mowing. Still a few dry/burnt areas to work through. Probably will come back in late September and things will be better.

A good day overall, really enjoyed getting around in 4 hours on the course for a change. Eric and Martine in the Bar always take good care of their customers.
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Not golfing here in over five years, I was in awe of the new clubhouse and pro ship. Beautiful!! The Pro shop and cafe staff were outstanding. We went to the range and again were over- whelmed with its beauty and layout. The Starter was great, he paired us up with another two guys and they were great, got us out 10 minutes early! By the third hole we were old friends. The fairw... » More

Not golfing here in over five years, I was in awe of the new clubhouse and pro ship. Beautiful!! The Pro shop and cafe staff were outstanding. We went to the range and again were over- whelmed with its beauty and layout. The Starter was great, he paired us up with another two guys and they were great, got us out 10 minutes early! By the third hole we were old friends. The fairways were in good shape overall. There were some that were gorgeous. The tee boxes were fine. But here were the low points. The bunkers were terrible, pretty much mud or gravel. The speed of the greens were so inconsistent. As an example on one green my buddy putted down hill with a strong stroke and it died halfway down, a very soft area, not mushy, just very soft. So, being the observant guy that I am, I put a bit extra into my uphill putt and flew past the hole to stop in the same area. The camaraderie made up for the putting, but not the scores.
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