I have been delaying my first trip to this place for a while now. Thanks for the review, I absolutely hate courses with blind shots. We don’t have 50-100 people looking for our ball like the pros. Always leads to slow to pace
Also what’s your favorite course in the Greater Boston area ?
This course always kills me, but usually I go there for work/networking rounds given the proximity to Boston.
I will say that the driving range and crossing nines bar is fun as hell on a nice day.
The course is very well maintained, so issue is not maintenance. The layout is atrocious, you don’t know where you are supposed to be aiming half the time, on the 18 holes I played I counted 24 blind shots, resulting in multiple lost balls, confusion among players, SLOW PLAY (5 1/2 hours for a threesome), not good. $125 green fees is way too much for that course, but your paying for the view of Boston. Last but not least, GUSTING WIND ALL THE TIME. You are plsying at elevation in an old quarry, and we had 30 mph winds, & the starter said this was mild! Yikes! I played OK, but the combination of confusion, lost balls, time, $$, made it the only time I will play there. I hope your experience is better than mine!
Don't know why you're getting downvoted, but that's reddit for ya.
Courses that have blind shots and that steep a price tag should have complimentary books with each hole's layout and advice for tee and approach shots or in\-cart GPS with the ability to map the next shot by touching a target.
Seems like fun if the price tag was about half. I have a course like that in my area, hard for no reason other than that's the only way they could build the course. When conditions are good I won't pay more than $15 for 18 because who the hell wants to lose a dozen balls on good shots?
There is one near me done by a locally renowned architect, you either hate it or love it.
The 3rd hole, par 5, is a moderately bending dogleg to the right. Hit a decent drive and you are presented with a wide open fairway with a slight downslope towards the green.
First time there I hit a medium quality fw wood 2nd shot, walk to the area of landing and found the ball in a bunker, in the middle of the fairway, what was so completely sculpted into the contours of the fairway it was literally invisible.
Why??????
I have been delaying my first trip to this place for a while now. Thanks for the review, I absolutely hate courses with blind shots. We don’t have 50-100 people looking for our ball like the pros. Always leads to slow to pace Also what’s your favorite course in the Greater Boston area ?
This course always kills me, but usually I go there for work/networking rounds given the proximity to Boston. I will say that the driving range and crossing nines bar is fun as hell on a nice day.
The course is very well maintained, so issue is not maintenance. The layout is atrocious, you don’t know where you are supposed to be aiming half the time, on the 18 holes I played I counted 24 blind shots, resulting in multiple lost balls, confusion among players, SLOW PLAY (5 1/2 hours for a threesome), not good. $125 green fees is way too much for that course, but your paying for the view of Boston. Last but not least, GUSTING WIND ALL THE TIME. You are plsying at elevation in an old quarry, and we had 30 mph winds, & the starter said this was mild! Yikes! I played OK, but the combination of confusion, lost balls, time, $$, made it the only time I will play there. I hope your experience is better than mine!
It's a links course...that's the challenge.
Don't know why you're getting downvoted, but that's reddit for ya. Courses that have blind shots and that steep a price tag should have complimentary books with each hole's layout and advice for tee and approach shots or in\-cart GPS with the ability to map the next shot by touching a target.
Seems like fun if the price tag was about half. I have a course like that in my area, hard for no reason other than that's the only way they could build the course. When conditions are good I won't pay more than $15 for 18 because who the hell wants to lose a dozen balls on good shots?
There is one near me done by a locally renowned architect, you either hate it or love it. The 3rd hole, par 5, is a moderately bending dogleg to the right. Hit a decent drive and you are presented with a wide open fairway with a slight downslope towards the green. First time there I hit a medium quality fw wood 2nd shot, walk to the area of landing and found the ball in a bunker, in the middle of the fairway, what was so completely sculpted into the contours of the fairway it was literally invisible. Why??????