Course – Eisenhower Res
Playing partner – Vak
The major problem with playing so much golf is finding the time to write the blogs (I'm not complaining!). So here's my 4-day=late entry.
We teed off later than usual as Vak flew in from the mid-west the prior night. Our tee time was at 9:32 – but we didn't tee off until almost 10am. I guess a combination of holiday players and the late time backed everything up.
Play was S-L-O-W. Waiting on every shot, and a long wait at the tees.
By the time we finished 3 holes, an hour and a half had passed. The big delay came at the 3rd hole where there was a 3 group backup.

It was horrible. One of the golfers that was out in our foursome picked up his ball on holes 2, 3 and 4 (meaning he gave up because he was HORRIBLE). After the fourth hole – he left – just walked off. I guess the combination of slow play and his sucky game sent him running. This only made the rest of the round seem longer (it lasted just over 5 hours).
The group two in front of us didn't know what they were doing. Driving up and back on the fairway, back and forth. We watched incredulously as they wasted time looking for balls, hitting out of turn, and walking all over the place.
There was no way to get into any sync on that front 9. We waited on every shot. I finished the front 9 with a score of 48. The back nine turned out to be faster – and a bit better golf-wise. Despite my drive on the 18th hole, which landed on the fairway of the 1st hole!!!
Yep. A nice banana slice left me 240 yards from the green – way to the right. Rather than get stupid, I hit an 8 iron which landed in the rough (of the 18th fairway) at 110 yards out. A pitching wedge and two putts and I was in for bogey.
I finished with a 91.
For those who plan to play Ike Red in the next few weeks, note that the greens were recently aerated.
Not the big-ass holes leaving what looks like dog-shit size pellets all over. This is the smaller simple holes all over the green – so putting becomes difficult.
The other guy we played with just came back from the west coast, and played Pebble Beach. He said Ike Red was in MUCH better condition than Pebble. He kept complaining that he paid $500 for a shit course!
But, if any of you need a playing partner out west, give me a call. I promise not to complain about the course conditions.
Until the next tee time,
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