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Originally Posted by MoeTE87
Thats tough man. The heat just drains you and I can't imagine playing 18 in that weather. Playing the 9 holes was enough for me to be honest. I used to live in Scottsdale for 2 years and that heat is no joke!
It's a shame that you pay all of that money and the course doesn't look good. Same thing can be said for up here in Cincinnati. If I am paying a premium, I expect the grounds to be a premium.
I am sure you will get your shit together and have a solid round on Saturday!
I know I am already itching to get back out there to play but it probably wont be until next Wednesday for my golf league.
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The course we played yesterday is called Firerock. I was very surprised to see how bad the course was. As you know most courses here play on some kind of rye or other grass in the winter which they have to seed in the fall, and then let that die and allow the Bermuda to take over for summer. Both Firerock and my home course are lacking in Bermuda cover. At least their greens were OK. Ours were deep punched and sanded this week. And they were already lacking much cover. This actually should be to my advantage as I am a lousy putter and shitty greens brings my competition down to my level.
I do live on a private golf community with 2 18 hole courses and usually at least one of them is OK. Well this year we are doing a ton of work on one of them and it's closed until fall and the one that is open is in need of help. We had a "misadventure" last year where a worker was supposed to fertilize all the greens and "oops" used herbicide. That's why the other course is closed getting remodeled.
But on the plus side my cost of golf is VERY reasonable for the area. $1000 a month covers all my golf, and most of my after golf drinks etc. And there is a fantastic community here for a golfer.