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Yesterday, I had a coupon for a free round of golf and cart at Midland Valley Country Club, Midland Valley Country Club | Aiken Golf Courses | Augusta Golf Courses the site of my next tourney (next month). As I have never played it, the GF and I went to see what was up. GF drove the cart.
It's fairly old course, built in 1961, and the clubhouse shows it's age. OK, but could definitely use some renovation. Nice driving range, and very large, overseeded putting green.
The course maxes out at about 6850 yards, so I played the whites at 6200 yards. Dormant bermuda fairways, greens were overseeded and very slopy, mostly from back to front. The whole course was very hilly and lined with large pine trees.
Anyway, after warming up, I pulled up to the 1st tee, where there was a group of 4 teenagers farting around and 2 older guys standing there looking askance. They had their bags on Speed Carts, so they were members. This course allows only members to walk.
I said Hello to one of the teenagers and asked them when was their teetime. When he answered, I knew we were in trouble, as they were all Irish Travelers. If you don't know about this clan who makes it's home in Murphy Village, you should Google them.
Then I walked over to the older guys and asked them the same. They were after me, so I asked them to join me and they agreed.
The teenagers finally hit all of their balls into the woods and drove off, and spent 10 minutes and about 5 more strokes hitting back to the short grass. Tom, who was 58, and Doug who was 66, and me (56) followed with decent drives down the middle. They had fairway woods in to the elevated green, which they proceeded to hit in regulation, and I foozled mine, then wedged to the green. I had a long par putt, which I missed, and they both made 20 footers for birdies.
It was like that all damn day.
These 2 geezers could play some stick. Their putting was amazing. Twenty and 30 footers dropped routinely. I couldn't buy a putt. I won 1 hole all day: a 210 yard par 3 where they both missed the green into bunkers and I made par.
Doug, the older and better of the 2, routinely outdrove me by 10 yards, and I was hitting it well, for me. I later found out that they were both retired, and played 300 rounds a year. Doug was pretty near scratch, I think
The teenagers went back to the clubhouse after the 1st hole. WTF? So we had a relatively clear shot for a while. These geezers played fast, too. I guess when you only have to hit 72 shots a round, it takes less time. Total time for 18 holes on a hilly course with 2 old geezers walking: 3 hours and 15 minutes.
It's fairly old course, built in 1961, and the clubhouse shows it's age. OK, but could definitely use some renovation. Nice driving range, and very large, overseeded putting green.
The course maxes out at about 6850 yards, so I played the whites at 6200 yards. Dormant bermuda fairways, greens were overseeded and very slopy, mostly from back to front. The whole course was very hilly and lined with large pine trees.
Anyway, after warming up, I pulled up to the 1st tee, where there was a group of 4 teenagers farting around and 2 older guys standing there looking askance. They had their bags on Speed Carts, so they were members. This course allows only members to walk.
I said Hello to one of the teenagers and asked them when was their teetime. When he answered, I knew we were in trouble, as they were all Irish Travelers. If you don't know about this clan who makes it's home in Murphy Village, you should Google them.
Then I walked over to the older guys and asked them the same. They were after me, so I asked them to join me and they agreed.
The teenagers finally hit all of their balls into the woods and drove off, and spent 10 minutes and about 5 more strokes hitting back to the short grass. Tom, who was 58, and Doug who was 66, and me (56) followed with decent drives down the middle. They had fairway woods in to the elevated green, which they proceeded to hit in regulation, and I foozled mine, then wedged to the green. I had a long par putt, which I missed, and they both made 20 footers for birdies.
It was like that all damn day.
These 2 geezers could play some stick. Their putting was amazing. Twenty and 30 footers dropped routinely. I couldn't buy a putt. I won 1 hole all day: a 210 yard par 3 where they both missed the green into bunkers and I made par.
Doug, the older and better of the 2, routinely outdrove me by 10 yards, and I was hitting it well, for me. I later found out that they were both retired, and played 300 rounds a year. Doug was pretty near scratch, I think
The teenagers went back to the clubhouse after the 1st hole. WTF? So we had a relatively clear shot for a while. These geezers played fast, too. I guess when you only have to hit 72 shots a round, it takes less time. Total time for 18 holes on a hilly course with 2 old geezers walking: 3 hours and 15 minutes.
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