Played on 9/29 and we got out as a 5some. Whoa nelly, were we read the riot act for that. Shame on us for even considering this; how dare we. We're all in the 9-17 handicap range so we were going to b... Continue »

Played on 9/29 and we got out as a 5some. Whoa nelly, were we read the riot act for that. Shame on us for even considering this; how dare we. We're all in the 9-17 handicap range so we were going to be fine as far as pace was concerned and I understand some courses have issues with slow pace of play when there are 5 players and will set a time and day limit for 5somes, but holy cow were we made to feel like an enemy. From the initial phone call to the "greeting" at check in, we were warned in no uncertain terms that being tarred and feathered would be the warm up to what we would experience if we fell behind. As it turned out we had to wait at every tee but, whatever. We took it like men. The warmest greeting, probably similar to the guy who will greet some of us in Hades when we shed our mortal vessels as Marshall Applewhite once said, was reserved to the little white bearded starter at the first tee. Such a quaint little fellow. A couple F-bomb bon mots, a sprinkle of "I don't give a sh#ts" and then off we were sent. Thankfully it wasn't a priest, a monk, a rabbi, an Imam and Pat Robertson who made up our 5some otherwise..... I'll just say, please reassign this guy. A couple of our guys were ready to trim his beard with a 9 iron. The course is in good shape, not spring ready of course but OK. Always a nice layout and some difficult holes with a lot of character. The fairways were very tight in places and very closely mown, bunkers had real nice fluffy sand as I unfortunately found out a couple of times and overall conditions were fine. The greens have mostly recovered from the recent aerating but the speeds are inconsistent and some bumpiness is still there so they need a little more seasoning but they're getting there. We had fun and laughed off the beginning part of our day but I know one of our group may accidentally forget to apply his brakes at the first tee next time.