Date played - 11 May 2014 A bit of a drive for me, but was intrigued by the reviews on GolfNow ... and the fact that I have a Deal Caddy coupon to use in the future. Played as a Single booking a Gol... Continue »

Date played - 11 May 2014 A bit of a drive for me, but was intrigued by the reviews on GolfNow ... and the fact that I have a Deal Caddy coupon to use in the future. Played as a Single booking a GolfNow Hot Deal $14 + fees. Arrived early and was greeted by cart person who helped get me loaded. Pro Shop staff was professional and courteous, but not overly outgoing. Was allowed to tee off early since the course was wide open. (Glad to see that since some courses will not allow Hot Deal tee times to tee off early.) Joined with a local for the back nine. Weather was hot and humid with lots of sunshine. I was sure glad to see the cart girl twice, but she did quit around 3 PM. Maybe Mother's Day had something to do with that. Only took just over 3 hours to play. Greens have been aerated as posted. The staff expects the greens to be fully recovered in 2-3 weeks. I suspect it may need some rain to help the irrigation, especially for the Fairway and Rough. Rain is needed for most courses I have played this spring and Providence is no exception. The Fairways are Good to Above Average while the Rough is only just Good. Get lots of ground roll with hard surface in Fairways and approaches to the Green. Greens will hold if spin is applied to the shot, but Putting is an adventure with the aeration. Course is Hacker Friendly from the Senior tees (White) with not many forced carries. Some water but makes up for it with LOTS of bunkers. More waste bunkers than I have ever seen on a course! Course is a bit longer than normal for Senior tees, but not onerously so. One hole to be careful of is #5 which has water guarding the left front, but cannot be seen from the tee. http://bit.ly/1g0fijf Hole #8 had a temporary Tee box and Green. Yuk. Hole #12 (Par 3) forces a carry of about 110 yards over water, but will only come into play on a very errant tee shot. http://bit.ly/1nxNTYz My favorite holes on the entire course are #s 14 and 15. #14 has a narrow opening from the tee with an immediate dogleg left. Perfect for a draw, but if one hits the driver straight or left trouble will be found in the hazard. http://bit.ly/RzUXWP #15 is a nice Par 5 that has a narrow approach about 80-110 yards out with water to the left and a huge mound with trees to the right. Proper placement of the approach shots is required here. http://bit.ly/1g0fijf #16 is an interesting hole that has a blind shot dogleg left with water protecting the green short and to the left. Will definitely go back, but will wait for some rain to green up the course. I suspect then it will be one of the nicer ones around.