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Green Conditions at BREC Courses
Posted on 6/6/24 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 6/6/24 at 4:36 pm
What are the current green conditions at the different BREC courses right now? It's been a while since I played, and I know they can ebb and flow pretty substantially.
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Posted on 6/6/24 at 5:25 pm to BigTimer23
I am assuming you are more interested in Beaver Creek, Santa Maria or Webb but I played Clark Park today for the first time since the 1970s and was impressed with the greens.
I probably won’t wait another 50 years to go back.
I probably won’t wait another 50 years to go back.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 6:37 pm to TigerBR1111
Clark Park was actually one I was really curious about. Have not been since they put the work into it. Glad to hear that.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 7:12 pm to BigTimer23
I’ll be at Clark tomorrow. We’ve given up on Santa Maria.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 7:18 pm to Bawpaw
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I’ll be at Clark tomorrow.
Cartpath only today. The fairways were pretty soaked from the rains we’ve been getting.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 7:46 pm to Bawpaw
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We’ve given up on Santa Maria.
Last time I played it I was sad. Course used to be a real gem of a municipal course….was country club quality.
Dunno what happened….BREC closes Howell and Dumas and you would think the could funnel some resources into the good courses remaining… but doesn’t look like it
Posted on 6/6/24 at 8:23 pm to Barrister
What happened to Santa Maria? Havent played it in probably 5 years since I moved from BR but used to play it all the time since it was right by my house.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 8:39 pm to LSUDbrous90
SM gets too much play and not enough recovery or care. Damn shame
Beaver should be amazing in a couple more weeks after punching and dressing. Fairways look great
Clark has held up well since the reopen. Hopefully they don't let it go to shite. Greens need punched and dressed up. They are hard as rock but roll well
Copper just punched there's but they are nice. Roll slow but that will probably change when they decide to get a little more aggressive post redo
Beaver should be amazing in a couple more weeks after punching and dressing. Fairways look great
Clark has held up well since the reopen. Hopefully they don't let it go to shite. Greens need punched and dressed up. They are hard as rock but roll well
Copper just punched there's but they are nice. Roll slow but that will probably change when they decide to get a little more aggressive post redo
Posted on 6/6/24 at 10:53 pm to BigTimer23
I played Webb today. Greens are full of weeds. Tee boxes were terrible - uneven, divots and weeds. Rough is high and wet.
Posted on 6/7/24 at 1:07 am to jimjackandjose
Appreciate the knowledge. Know anything about the current situation at City Park?
Posted on 6/7/24 at 5:26 am to BigTimer23
SM is terrible. Played my last round out there.
Conditions were subpar and the fact that the marshals are friends with all the slow old farts out there has made it damn near unplayable.
Any course pros reading this, understand that slow pace is killing your revenue. 5.5 hours to play 18 isn’t acceptable
Conditions were subpar and the fact that the marshals are friends with all the slow old farts out there has made it damn near unplayable.
Any course pros reading this, understand that slow pace is killing your revenue. 5.5 hours to play 18 isn’t acceptable
Posted on 6/7/24 at 7:14 am to TaderSalad
That’s why we quit. You see a marshall only to check your receipt. Slow play, greens are always rough, bunkers are garbage, too much hard pan, fairways are mowed too low.
My group drives an extra 30-45 minutes out of the way to play Clark, BC, or The Island now. I was a member of PP but just got tired of playing same course.
My group drives an extra 30-45 minutes out of the way to play Clark, BC, or The Island now. I was a member of PP but just got tired of playing same course.
Posted on 6/7/24 at 11:20 am to Bawpaw
Any of yall been broken into at Clark lately?
Posted on 6/7/24 at 2:15 pm to TaderSalad
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SM is terrible. Played my last round out there.
Conditions were subpar and the fact that the marshals are friends with all the slow old farts out there has made it damn near unplayable.
Any course pros reading this, understand that slow pace is killing your revenue. 5.5 hours to play 18 isn’t acceptable
Sadly all of this is true. SM is the course I live closest to, yet a 90 minute round trip to BC is more time efficient because I can play more quickly there.
Posted on 6/7/24 at 2:17 pm to Bawpaw
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I was a member of PP but just got tired of playing same course.
I LOVE playing there, but I'm not a member anymore. I got in on that anniversary special 5 or 6 years ago, but when that ran out, it didn't make sense to pay $179 a month to be a member when I only play from May-September.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 7:48 pm to LSUGrad9295
That annuvsery special was the best golf deal in probably history.
I wish we had another course around with 36 holes or even 27 like Pelican
I wish we had another course around with 36 holes or even 27 like Pelican
Posted on 6/8/24 at 9:30 pm to Bawpaw
I still prefer SM over Webb. At least at SM you don’t have people on adjacent holes picking up/hitting your wayward tee shots. It’s gotten unbelievable. Every time I play there. Maybe I should just stay in the fairway.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 9:42 pm to TaderSalad
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SM is terrible. Played my last round out there. Conditions were subpar and the fact that the marshals are friends with all the slow old farts out there has made it damn near unplayable. Any course pros reading this, understand that slow pace is killing your revenue. 5.5 hours to play 18 isn’t acceptable
The truth of this is unreal. Unfortunately, nothing about it will change until BREC gets rid of the buddy system allowing these guys to play for free for "volunteering" and hogging all of the prime, early morning tee times. My recipe to fix it and get the course back to what it could be for it's prime location:
1. No more free play for "volunteers"
2. Hire a few guys to work as marshals who actually enforce pace of play (even if you have to raise green fees, it would be so worth it to have an actual marshal on the course)
3. Close the course on Tuesday mornings to lower traffic and allow the maintenance crew a day to actually keep up things like the bunkers and greens
4. Raise the green fees to put more into maintaining the course/clubhouse and to keep out the hackers who also slow down pace of play (they will go to lower quality BREC courses as a result)
Posted on 6/9/24 at 6:21 am to CerRegKnockoutArtist
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1. No more free play for "volunteers
Simply making volunteers play for free after 2pm would solve this. As for raising the rates, they got plenty of money… they’re just spending it on NBR projects.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 7:36 am to TaderSalad
Does Santa Maria fall into St George deal now?
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