golfing -River Oaks Golf Course

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The course was packed liked I have never seen before. I thought they were having a tournament,when in fact, people were just coming out of the woodwork to golf in the sunshine.

It was hot. We were a two-some this week, so they hooked us up with another two-some. These two ladies were a lot of fun.

Some of the holes are wide open, so you can swing away and not have to worry much about losing your ball. Other holes are quite narrow, and shrink your chances of landing in the fairway. I hit a 300 yard drive with an old Titleist Pro V 1x. I found a newish Callaway HX Tour iX and blasted it quite far. It doesn't feel like a distance ball and is in fact, the same ball Phil Mickelson uses. The majority of PGA pros play the Titleist Pro V or Pro V 1x. These balls go for something $60 a dozen but they are as good as they get. Ditto for the elite Nike, Srixon and Bridgestone balls.

The greens weren't lightning fast and many of them had ball marks that previous golfers failed to repair.

Due also to its proximity to my neck of the woods, River Oaks is also the course that I tend to play the most, 3-4 times a year. The mosquitoes came out but they stayed away after I sprayed on bug spray.

What were the fairways like? I haven't golfed there in a long time, and am a little wary about the holes that are closer to the river, especially during wet years like this one. Last time i was there I saw quite a bit of water damage. I also rode my bike down there the other weekend and noticed some ground under repair on the 9th hole (I think) in front of the green.

cherenkov wrote:What were the fairways like? I haven't golfed there in a long time, and am a little wary about the holes that are closer to the river, especially during wet years like this one. Last time i was there I saw quite a bit of water damage. I also rode my bike down there the other weekend and noticed some ground under repair on the 9th hole (I think) in front of the green.

The fairways are not plush like Teulon's, a bit hard, could use more grass. Last time I played, in the spring, they had staked much of the fairway along the river on the back 9. It's back to normal.
There is a hole, can't recall which one,with ground under repair staked out. Fortunately, I ended up a bit past it. Apart from the excessive ballmarks on the greens and the lack of plush grass on the fairways, it's in okay shape. One of the fairways was hard enough to allow my ball to roll far enough for a 300 yard drive.