re: The Island golf course

As a member since it reopened Im happy with the conditions all things considering. Its the winter and we have had two hard freezes in the past 2 months. The bare patches are there but its on maybe 1/3 of the holes and the super does a good job of keeping the pin away from those areas. The Poa is limited comparatively to past years. Fairways are in very good shape, The Rough is consistent and a true bermuda not just Weeds. The bunkers are ever improving.

Burky and Robbie are doing a great job with plans to keep improving

It's obvious you haven't played the Island in a while. the Island had a major irrigation failure late summer and lost most of the greens. They made huge improvements since most greens died but ran out of time when winter hit to continue growing them back in and then the worst winter in yrs hit with snow. No one in America can grow grass in that situation. Before bashing a course, how about ask some questions. Comparing the Island to Webb is a joke. it's not even close if you take the entire course into consideration. If you want to complain about price, that's fine but don't bash a place not knowing what's behind the curtain. I can promise those guys are doing everything possible within their control to make the course nice for everyone.

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What is SM? $50? I heard they are close to 50,000 rounds, which is absurd! But that’s 2.5 million. Plus whatever is allocated through tax money (let’s be conservative and say $750,000) That’s 3.25 million in money. Why? Obviously, it’s not going back to THIS course. Why do you need 50K rounds? BC and Webb and City and Clark aren’t far behind for rounds. So the big question is where is the money going?

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Payroll. Maintenance equipment. Chemicals skyrocketed. Carts are close to 100k per year per course.

I agree with that bro, I know some people out at the island and I heard them talk about the issue with the irrigation in the summer, greens were cooked when that happened as I played that week.
Course isn’t in bad shape at all right now, I play at damn near every course in BR, and the island is the second closest to Carter and UClub. Sure you have those bare spots on like 4-5 of the 18 holes but it isn’t bad.

Also complaint about the price… $70 for a weekend round… bro pay $25 at Webb and sit behind morons who are drunk and banging balls every where while you putt on essentially rocks. $70 is a steal for a weekend round nowadays. Or just stop complaining about courses and join up
Somewhere worth the money.

The island always has my vote, great staff, great pace of play, and always have available tee times. Not to mention the track is fun

Its been one of the worst winters for growing grass