Golfed Kananaskis (Mt. Kidd) on Tuesday. Every hole could be a postcard. Unfortunately, just like last year, the greens are not receptive at all - never made a pitch mark (even on the elevated par 3) and approaches 150+ yards out that landed on the green often rolled off the back. Fairways were hard too. Last year, I remember a drive that hit the fairway and must have bounced 20 ft in the air. Saw a few big bounces on drives again this year.
You can get a feel for how hard everything is by how hard it is to just put a tee in the ground at the tee boxes - 1cm of sod, then you need a hammer to push the tee in any further. I just ended up using shorter tees.
Greens were mostly smooth, though you can still see the aeration holes and sand was nice and fluffy.
But the views are spectacular.
Also, those using Garmin watches/gps will note several discrepancies in yardages - they said that Garmin hadn't updated their maps yet. Instead, they suggest you download their app which will use your phone's gps and give you yardages.
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