River Spirit today. Played Millburn to Spirit.
The Good: Course is in really good shape, greens rolled very good, but were a bit on the slow side from all the rain last night and this morning. Would have been nice to play it before the rain.
Bunkers were really nice for the couple that I was in. Service was excellent, highlighted by the marshall who came to tell us that the group in front had a cart die and we were likely to catch them on the next hole.
The Bad: Fairways were a bit on the hairy side and in desperate need of being cut. Highly doubt they would have cut them on the weekend so not sure what was up with that. No beverage cart to be seen on the entire course. $7.50 for a king can at the turn seems excessive. I normally don't bring my own, but if that's how it's going to be, I will next time.
The Ugly: Not sure what is going on with the infrastructure. Seems to me like they haven't done much work after they got it up and running after the flood. The cart paths are full of potholes and not much more than dirt paths on the side of the course. Millburn #7 is a full disaster. There isn't a blade of grass to be seen on the tee box and they haven't moved dirt for the other tees in what appears to be years. I can't help but think they suck all the money into restoring the course after the flood and are recovering the bank account from that. The range is off mats, which in late June is inexcusable. WTF is up with the parking lot? Shouldn't need 4x4 or steel belted tires to park a vehicle?!
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