re: What happened to English Turn?

It’s a shame. Course is really going to struggle. My buddies and I left in March right after Juhas left and Casper took over. Enjoying Chateau right now. Greens are slick...maybe too slick.

Edit: NOLA card is nice but the booking window blows. Usually got stuck noon or after tee times on Saturday.

It is sad what has happened to English Turn. The greens have multiple different types of grass on them and the newly sodded areas do not look promising. The rough is impossible to find a ball in. The fairways and some of the approaches are the only bright spots left.

ET has a new director of golf coming in, maybe he will change some things

Who is coming in?

Interesting he would get the blame for that - I assume we're talking about Sean...the head pro there?

I had the card for part for a year during parts of 2016 and 2017. While I enjoyed it, tee times were difficult to book at times. I am not sure if that has changed or not. I just looked at their tee sheet for Saturday as of today and you have a 6:34am, 6:59am, 10:15am, and 11:40am before 12pm. It's Tuesday right now so maybe check back on Thursday to see what it looks like.

I very much enjoyed my time at English Turn just so inconvenient.

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Interesting he would get the blame for that - I assume we're talking about Sean...the head pro there?

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Not sure names, I may be mistaken too. Just what I was told via a quick text message when I asked a buddy what was going on out there mid round.

to be fair they are basically still the same original greens from 1988

they are in need of a complete re-do, that would also allow them to add back the undulation and of course extend the greens back to their original square footage

Played yesterday

I’m not a good golfer but I’ll reiterate some complaints

The greens have ALWAYS been small. But they seem even smaller now. If you aren’t dialed in your ball is off the elevated postage stamp green and in a bunker. That’s how it’s always been but even more so now. They seem smaller and smaller.

Putts were hard to read. Some were fast. Some were slow.

Some greens had patches of sand on them. Idk what the reasoning is.

Some bunkers were wet. With just seashells and rocks.

The rough was insane. I played the old course last year and the caddies said it was grown to Open type conditions and they had Sunday Open pin positions. I felt like I was back playing in that condition. Lost balls in the rough. They’d just disappear. I’m talking mid calf length grass.

It’s just always been a ridiculously hard course and to have it not in immaculate condition makes it almost circus golf conditions.

I never played it frequently but it definitely seemed extremely harder than normal given the conditions.

The greens are comically small. Comical.

Agree on the inconsistencies of speed, and patch work. Wasn’t overly disappointed with size of greens but to many good courses between me and ET to go back. I truly wish them luck moving forward

I played yesterday and the course was in the worst shape I’ve ever seen it. Granted they had just aerated the greens within the last 24 hours, but it seems like they created damage to the greens that wasnt even there Saturday. Plus they had only cut roughly half the rough, which made it look even more horrendous. I’m in agreement that the greens need to be completely replaced. Very much a shame because the greens were in great condition last summer.