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Ockie Wisting DGC reviews
3
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Abrigh1
Experience:
13.1 years
29 played
11 reviews
Stopped at 9 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jul 25, 2016
Played the course:once
Pros:
-Course layout provides varied shots to play
-Signage is good and I did not get lost at any point
-Teepads and baskets are descent
-Not crowded (for good reasons listed below)
-Challenging but fair course/distances/holes
-Signage is good and I did not get lost at any point
-Teepads and baskets are descent
-Not crowded (for good reasons listed below)
-Challenging but fair course/distances/holes
Cons:
This course could easily be an above average course but only during certain times of year and with some maintenance. When I went out this summer in July I was excited to try a new course in the area because of the only other option nearby being the Cape May zoo which is also unplayable but for different reasons in the summer (people parked on fairways). When we parked the park itself was completely empty (not good sign for a Saturday morning). We parked and followed the signs and after walking through weeds for 3/4 of a mile we got to the first tee.
Upon getting to first tee we noticed that the shortest grass on the hole was at least 3 feet high. So even a perfect shot to the middle of what they called a fairway landed in 3 feet of grass. No kidding. So when my buddy and I threw our drives we both made great shots (they were short but straight) we ended up looking for 20 minutes for shots on the fairway that went 175 feet... Not fun.
Every hole on this course was the same way. Sometimes throwing off the fairway was better because when it landed near trees there was less brush and easier to find.
The other negative were the bugs. And when I say bugs I mean not ticks (we both had multiple though by the end) but we mean horse flies. One previous reviewer made fun of other reviewers for complaining about bugs but this is completely unfair. At one point the horse flies were so bad that when I went to whack some of them I would hit 10 in one swipe. (we did have bug spray on too) By the time we got to hole 9 we had enough and stopped because it was unplayable. And this complaint is coming from a person who does not get easily bothered by bugs. Trust me when I say that you should skip this course in the summer.
Upon getting to first tee we noticed that the shortest grass on the hole was at least 3 feet high. So even a perfect shot to the middle of what they called a fairway landed in 3 feet of grass. No kidding. So when my buddy and I threw our drives we both made great shots (they were short but straight) we ended up looking for 20 minutes for shots on the fairway that went 175 feet... Not fun.
Every hole on this course was the same way. Sometimes throwing off the fairway was better because when it landed near trees there was less brush and easier to find.
The other negative were the bugs. And when I say bugs I mean not ticks (we both had multiple though by the end) but we mean horse flies. One previous reviewer made fun of other reviewers for complaining about bugs but this is completely unfair. At one point the horse flies were so bad that when I went to whack some of them I would hit 10 in one swipe. (we did have bug spray on too) By the time we got to hole 9 we had enough and stopped because it was unplayable. And this complaint is coming from a person who does not get easily bothered by bugs. Trust me when I say that you should skip this course in the summer.
Other Thoughts:
This course would be fun if both criteria below are met:
a. go when the temperature is less than 45 degrees so the bugs are not out
b. they actually mow even some of the fairway.
If you are in the area in the summer I would not go. I get the feeling that the people taking care of this place do not maintain it in the summer because they know it is unplayable so they just let it go. The grass had not been mowed in months. I will go back to try this place come November.
a. go when the temperature is less than 45 degrees so the bugs are not out
b. they actually mow even some of the fairway.
If you are in the area in the summer I would not go. I get the feeling that the people taking care of this place do not maintain it in the summer because they know it is unplayable so they just let it go. The grass had not been mowed in months. I will go back to try this place come November.
