Played here today in group 1B of the GolfMoose/GK private club outing with Johnny, Gary, and Steve. Fun times! 11:00 shotgun but as the B group, we didn't tee off until around 11:15. POP was slow with... Continue »

Played here today in group 1B of the GolfMoose/GK private club outing with Johnny, Gary, and Steve. Fun times! 11:00 shotgun but as the B group, we didn't tee off until around 11:15. POP was slow with waiting on all tees, including backups on par 3s. Total time on course was around 5:10. Mostly overcast skies but no wind and perfect temps all day. It sprinkled for about 10 minutes on our 9th hole.

Conditions are good, highlighted by speedy greens that are fun and challenging to putt. I'm thinking there's some grain or a certain direction that we never quite picked up on, because some putts were lightning fast and broke a lot, and others weren't quite as fast and didn't break much when they seemed like they would. Greens were firm but accepted full shots well and most wedge approaches spun back considerably. There was a little visual evidence of recent aeration and a tiny bit amount of sand on the greens, but I don't think either of those impacted putts at all. Fairways had good coverage but didn't always provide great lies. Rough wasn't too deep but enough to take spin off the ball and make you think. Blue tee boxes were mostly good. I was in a couple bunkers and they seemed pretty good. (My bunker play is so pathetic right now I have no business trying to blame the bunker for my results.)

This was my first time playing here. It's a solid, tough course but doesn't have too much "wow" factor. It probably didn't help that the sun was behind the clouds most of the day. It reminded me a bit of a "grown up" version of Candlewood CC. It had two fun downhill par 3s, but an abundance of par 4s in the same 390-410 yard range. Only 3 par 3s and 3 par 5s. Snack bar/restaurant staff was friendly, and my pre-round hot dog was extremely delicious. Fun day! Huge thanks to Johnny for everything!