Nice Layout, Poor Conditions
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 12/20/08
After reading some reviews on yahoo and a few other sites, I decided to give Hunter's Creek a try. I was disappointed. Although the layout was good, the conditions were poor and the service levels need improvement.
I was impressed with the layout except hole #9. I critique layouts based on the # of the clubs needed to play the course. I used every club in the bag. The highlight was hole #3. The 3rd hole is a long par 3 with a very large bunker from the tee all the way to the green offering great visuals.
Now the bad. Although the layout was good, the conditions were very poor. The greens were nice, but the tee boxes, fairways and rough were sub par. 5-6 tee boxes were crowned like a football field. I thought side hill lies were in the fairways or rough? The fairways were weed infested and the rough was patchy.
Service levels varied. The restaurant staff was great. There was a black haired male bartender that was friendly and helpful. Helpful is not the word for the golf shop staff. There were two workers that seemed annoyed by my presence. A tall worker and his fellow employee were immersed in their own conversion.
Pace of play was great for a Friday, but that was more of an indication of the 20 other golfers on the course. After playing I now realize why there was only 20 other golfers playing.