wolfhaley to the Carolinas. And Georgia (barely)

[Mando]

Originally Posted by wolfhaley

Langley Pond was the opposite for me. I was a bit underwhelmed by it. I mean it's fun and has some neat holes. But it also has some pretty brutal and underwhelming holes. And the walks between holes are pretty ridiculous.

Agree completely. Is there water in the pond ?

[wolfhaley]

Originally Posted by Mando

Agree completely. Is there water in the pond ?

There was. An abundance of it after the storms last weekend actually.

[wolfhaley]

Day 6 over. 5 new courses.

Veterans Park- (9)
Kilborne TPC- (18)
Reedy Creek- (18)
Harrisburg Park- (9)
Hornet's Nest- (20)

Veterans park was a pretty decent little 9 with some elevation. Good warm up course for Kilborne at least. Kilborne was a real fun wooded track. Real pretty woods throughout. Reedy Creek was also very enjoyable. These are two courses I'd frequent if I lived near here. Harrisburg park is another super short 9. I love the different types of courses they have in Charlotte. There's courses for every kind of skill level.

Hornet's Nest was a bit of a letdown. I knew what I was getting into with it, but just not really my kind of course. It's fine, but I enjoyed almost all the other Charlotte 18's I've played so far more. I'm just not skilled enough to do well there. Let's just say it looks cooler when the pros play it.

Plus there wasn't a single lizard 🦎

[wolfhaley]

Day 7 in the books. Sketchy weather in the morning so we got a late start. Weather was beautiful later, extremely windy though.

Beastway- (18)
Sugaw Creek Park- (18)
Nevin Park- (18)
MCSA DGC- (9)

Eastway is your typical wooded Charlotte style course. Really fun, which is a theme around here. Cleared up about a third of the way through which was nice. Sugaw Creek is a more mixed open/wooded style. Fun course, and kind of nice to have a few more open shots for a change. You'll never hear me say that again.

Met Olorin at Nevin and played a long, grueling round there. That course is no joke. Beautiful course, but very challenging. A little above all of our skill levels, but it was a blast. I enjoyed Nevin quite a bit more than Hornet's nest tbh. It was cool meeting another course bagger at such an epic course.

Followed that up with a quick 9 at MCSA. Ho hum school style course. Nothing to write home about. Last day tomorrow. We're pretty spent, but we're gonna go hard. Then go home 😁

[wolfhaley]

Day 8, final day complete.

Renaissance Park- Renske (18)
Renaissance Park- Pro Players (18)
Plantation Ruins (18)
Robert L Smith (18)

Started out at Pro players but they had a tourney going on. Drove to Renske instead. Fun course, even I shot under par 😁. Pretty basic though. Headed back over to Pro Players course and hit that. I enjoyed it. Good mix of open and wooded with lots of elevation in play. Got a good sense of the park it seems, without getting brutalized by Gold.

Headed to Plantation Ruins next. Really fun course. Nothing mind blowing but solid. Had a little bit of energy and plenty of time left so we headed to Robert L Smith. Oof...that course is a workout. Definitely a little rough around the edges in places, mostly early on, since getting reinstalled. Fun course though. Fits right in with the other Charlotte courses though. Not the ideal course to play last on day 8 that's for sure 🤦

We're beat. That was a lot of golf. This was a fantastic trip though. There wasn't a single day that we didn't play at least 1 excellent course. Most days multiple even. I plan on coming back and cleaning up what we missed and exploring further. Loved it down here. Y'all are spoiled 😁

[DavidSauls]

You definitely got the best out of the Charlotte/Augusta axis. If you get another chance, loop through the NW corner of SC (Greenville-Spartanburg area). There are some very good courses up there. Also, Columbia has a new private course that's still rough, but a coming star.

[wolfhaley]

Originally Posted by DavidSauls

You definitely got the best out of the Charlotte/Augusta axis. If you get another chance, loop through the NW corner of SC (Greenville-Spartanburg area). There are some very good courses up there. Also, Columbia has a new private course that's still rough, but a coming star.

Agreed. It was one hell of a trip. I already wanna go back looking at the snow out the window. Lots of time to plan but I'd definitely look into that area. Fire mountain and east NC piqued my interest as well. We'll be back though.