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bogeyme Well Established Member

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Can/does your first impression of a course ruin your feel for the course? I played a course over the weekend that I have wanted to play for a long time. I just never found the time to play it and with the expense $68 for 18 plus cart never wanted to play it that bad. Well my cousin's work had their golf outing at this course and he asked me to play. I played for a little cheaper. It was $50 with lunch and a cart. I showed up at 10:00 for the shotgun start that ended up being tee times. Well I pull into the lot and it's a very beat up lot. The course is maybe 10 years old if that. I changed my shoes, and headed to the clubhouse to meet up with the rest of the guys I was playing with. The clubhouse is a trailer. So far I am very unimpressed with this course that is not only "expensive" to me but supposed to be a very nice course. The course was in pretty good shape. Most of the grass was dead but there's not a whole lot you can do in Ohio when there's no rain.

So does your first impression of a course ruin your day? I don't know that I will play this course again because I was very unimpressed with it.

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Can/does your first impression of a course ruin your feel for the course? I played a course over the weekend that I have wanted to play for a long time. I just never found the time to play it and with the expense $68 for 18 plus cart never wanted to play it that bad. Well my cousin's work had their golf outing at this course and he asked me to play. I played for a little cheaper. It was $50 with lunch and a cart. I showed up at 10:00 for the shotgun start that ended up being tee times. Well I pull into the lot and it's a very beat up lot. The course is maybe 10 years old if that. I changed my shoes, and headed to the clubhouse to meet up with the rest of the guys I was playing with. The clubhouse is a trailer. So far I am very unimpressed with this course that is not only "expensive" to me but supposed to be a very nice course. The course was in pretty good shape. Most of the grass was dead but there's not a whole lot you can do in Ohio when there's no rain.

Does it ruin my feel for a course? No

Would I ever play there again for $68? HELL NO! Be glad you got a discount and a meal and learned to never go there again.

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Craig Mac Dedicated Member

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It usually takes me all 18 holes to get a first impression of a course. So, no it doesn't ruin my round(my golf swing usually does that for me ). If after the round I don't like the course I don't go back.

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First impressions are huge for me. New courses that don't have a lot of growth really turn me off. I played a newer course a few weeks ago with very few trees....not many hazards...etc. It seemed like I was playing in an open field. The greens were also very very slow. Not impressed.
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Can/does your first impression of a course ruin your feel for the course? I played a course over the weekend that I have wanted to play for a long time... Well I pull into the lot and it's a very beat up lot. The course is maybe 10 years old if that. I changed my shoes, and headed to the clubhouse to meet up with the rest of the guys I was playing with. The clubhouse is a trailer. So far I am very unimpressed with this course that is not only "expensive" to me but supposed to be a very nice course. The course was in pretty good shape. Most of the grass was dead but there's not a whole lot you can do in Ohio when there's no rain.

No doubt, there can be off-course elements that can give a bad first impression, but for me, golf is all about the golf course. I really don't care about the parking lot or the clubhouse or the restaurant or any of that. So first impressions based on any of the periphery don't mean a whole lot to me. The golf course is the field of play and the challenge of the game. That said, I like to play at least one 18-hole round before formulating an opinion of the course. Conditioning is important, but the design of the course is paramount to my enjoyment. Marginal conditioning can be overlooked when the course has top notch architecture. By the same token, pristine conditioning cannot make up for a boring, lifeless design.
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polodinks Dedicated Member

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yes if its butt ass ugly and terribly taken care of i would rather stay home but since most of the courses local to me are either omg nice or wow it looks like my back yard, no in between. so instead i only go to my private country club that i love going to

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