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Re: [Other] For Golfers
I live very close to the course. I've played the Black only once. I'm a not that good of a golfer at all (upper 90s counting score legitimately). It was a brutal experience. My forearms were killing me by the end of the round from hitting out of all of the thick rough.
It's a beautiful course though. I particularly like the view of the par 3 17th. It's a 2 tier green and can lend itself to some interesting pin placements and the Par 4 15th with a tiny green surrounded by traps. Last time the 15th played as one of the hardest US Open holes ever.
On thing that I thought was great in 2002 is they really didn't have to "game" the course to make it difficult. They had US Open rough and tough pin placements, but they didn't have to make the greens like concrete to have ridiculous pin placements to keep the scores up, like they have to at some courses. They just played the course pretty much "straight up". I think the players really appreciated that. There was one hole where, I think on a day or 2 that there was some rain, a good many players had trouble reaching the fairway. I'm sure they'll have that corrected this year.
I have tickets on Friday that week, so I'm pretty excited.
Also, they do have a reservation system for the Black course for many years now. I think they do still hold some open slots every day for walk ups though.
For NYS residents, I think the fee is still under $40 for a round. Clearly the best bargain in all of golf.
I don't think you are looking at 6 hour rounds though. Probably closer to 4.5 hour rounds. Most people who play the black, know how to keep the pace of their play up.
Also, at the same complex, there are 4 other 18 hole courses, one of which, in particular, is also a very good course. I've played 6 hour rounds on the other courses though. Being public courses, there really are no rangers or anything pushing people's pace along and there are certainly a good many hackers out there every day. |
