Golf!!!2!

[EverfresH15]

That course always plays slow and it always slows down on that par 3. Played Innisfail for the first time yesterday and was very impressed by it. Played Aspen and Hazelwood and I only used my driver once. It’s a little tricky if have you have never played there before. I will be going back there again.

[TheSutterDynasty]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Anyone ever change their handed-ness for golf? Crazy question I know...

But I play hockey left, bat left, do everything left... Except I golf right. Sometimes I wonder if my struggles with distance and consistency is because I should be golfing left handed. I hit a home run from the dirt left handed last night which sort of got me thinking about it.

I'm the same but there's no going back now. Been golfing right since I was 8-10.

I can hit an ok drive at times left handed, but that isn't worth starting over. Guess it could pay off switch-hitting near a tree.

Get a buddy with left handed clubs and hit the range I guess?

[Major Major]

Took the day off work tomorrow to golf. Willing to drive an hour outside the city. Where should I golf that I've never been?

[DoubleK]

Speargrass or Innisfail

[Weitz]

By yourself?

Could give kananaskis a call. They usually have some single spots available throughout the day.

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Sitting here at D’arcy ranch. Hole 6. There are 3 groups waiting to tee off in front of us. Totally unacceptable. I feel your pain Everfrsh.

D'Arcy sucks for pace. The layout isn't conducive to it. Par 3's followed by reachable Par 5's always slow a course down to a crawl. It doesn't help that #8 is reachable depending on the wind.

Flipping the nine's might help. I find the pace on the back is much better than the front.

[Major Major]

Originally Posted by DoubleK

Speargrass or Innisfail

Might do speargrass actually. Haven't been for a couple seasons. Doing innisfail for the first time later this summer!

[Lumby Lager]

Originally Posted by Major Major

Took the day off work tomorrow to golf. Willing to drive an hour outside the city. Where should I golf that I've never been?

If you have never played it, I recommend the Canmore golf and curling club. Fantastic course for the money in the mountains.

[TheSutterDynasty]

Originally Posted by Lumby Lager

If you have never played it, I recommend the Canmore golf and curling club. Fantastic course for the money in the mountains.

I have to disagree.

I've only played once but it was last June when it should have been in good shape. Views are great but relatively plain course and greens were kind of bad. Felt $130 was a rip off.

I would much rather play somewhere in BC for way cheaper, better design, better greens etc. Though obviously can't do that in a day.

[AltaGuy]

If it’s a nice day out... kananaskis is the answer. Man I wish I still lived in Alberta for that alone!

[DoubleK]

Played Nanton on Sunday.

I really, really like the back 9. 11 is one of the better holes in the Calgary area.

Course is in decent shape, albeit very wet, mud balls everywhere. Greens were a bit soft and inconsistent in speed especially on the back, but rolled true. Fairways were ok, patchy in places, especially the surrounds, but growing in nicely. Looked like it was snowing on the front with all the cottonwood trees shedding seeds everywhere, which was kinda cool.

Bunkers are terrible, probably the worst I’ve seen anywhere. Just hardpan dirt, they really should be marked as ground under repair.#If the course can't mantain them in playable fashion, just fill them in. Or at the very least make them smaller so that you have less sand to manage.

Pace was ok. We teed off at 12:30 and were in the car headed home just before 5pm

[Lumby Lager]

Originally Posted by TheSutterDynasty

I have to disagree.

I've only played once but it was last June when it should have been in good shape. Views are great but relatively plain course and greens were kind of bad. Felt $130 was a rip off.

I would much rather play somewhere in BC for way cheaper, better design, better greens etc. Though obviously can't do that in a day.

It’s $130 now, was that on a weekend? I haven’t had to pay to play it in years I was assuming it was around $80-$85. For that money yeah not worth it. The greens are usually in pretty good shape, when Reid Solodan took over as the course superintendent he made great improvements in the quality of the greens.

[Dion]

Won $80.00 in a golf tourney this morning. Ended up with the 2nd low net in my age bracket.

[Madman]

Played Springbank Links today and wow did it get hit hard over the winter. A lot of very spotty areas on the greens, very dry with quite a lot of sod patching and some fairways look terrible.

[csnarpy]

Originally Posted by Madman

Played Springbank Links today and wow did it get hit hard over the winter. A lot of very spotty areas on the greens, very dry with quite a lot of sod patching and some fairways look terrible.

those guys are giving deals huge right now. I like that course alot but sounds like they may need a new groundskeeper. I do like the fact they are promoting Keto options on their menu now.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by DoubleK

Played Nanton on Sunday.

I really, really like the back 9. 11 is one of the better holes in the Calgary area.

Course is in decent shape, albeit very wet, mud balls everywhere. Greens were a bit soft and inconsistent in speed especially on the back, but rolled true. Fairways were ok, patchy in places, especially the surrounds, but growing in nicely. Looked like it was snowing on the front with all the cottonwood trees shedding seeds everywhere, which was kinda cool.

Bunkers are terrible, probably the worst I’ve seen anywhere. Just hardpan dirt, they really should be marked as ground under repair.#If the course can't mantain them in playable fashion, just fill them in. Or at the very least make them smaller so that you have less sand to manage.

Pace was ok. We teed off at 12:30 and were in the car headed home just before 5pm

Send me a PM in the future and I can get you on before noon where the pace is much quicker (3 1/2 hours). I get 10 day advanced bookings.

You should have seen it on Tuesday night. It was mens night and hole #2 fairway and green was totally covered in the poplar fluff. It was like a winter wonderland in June. In fact the head pro suggested we play a game of who could lose the most white balls in the fluff. He ended up selling a lot of sleeves of colored balls that night

The fluff is the worst that I've ever seen it. It was really bad during the tourney on Wednesday morning. You were afraid to open your mouth for fear of eating some it, and then the blowing stuff was getting in peoples eyes and causing irritation. We need a strong wind and some good rain to get rid of that crap.

I agree about the sand traps. Us members have long complained but never seem to get any results. All they ever do is dig up the sand and remix it. Part of the problem is due to having the same damned greenskeeper for so many years. I'd like to see him replaced just to get some new and fresh ideas.

We have a par 3 course that's being built beside hole #17. The embarrassing part is that it's taken years to get where it is now, and even then it looks like an amateur job. What a joke.

[sl888]

I played Carnmoney, Sirocco and GlenEagles this week.

GlenEagles was cart path only today. Greens were not great - sandy, patchy and bumpy.

Back to River Spirit this week. Conditions were great leading up to the AB Open. Hopefully, they keep it that way.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by sl888

I played Carnmoney, Sirocco and GlenEagles this week.

GlenEagles was cart path only today. Greens were not great - sandy, patchy and bumpy.

Back to River Spirit this week. Conditions were great leading up to the AB Open. Hopefully, they keep it that way.

That would suck. 90° rule is bad enough on that course (or any really) but cart path only would really slow things down. But given the amount of rain I guess it is understandable.

[Weitz]

Get to play Cottonwood tomorrow for the first time... If my meeting doesn't run long.

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Get to play Cottonwood tomorrow for the first time... If my meeting doesn't run long.

You will enjoy it. It's one of the better courses in Calgary.