(11-26-2023, 01:16 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(11-26-2023, 12:53 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: We considered Bent Creek but it's too challenging of a course for my son, and for the rest of us considering how we played yesterday. Bent Creek eats up a lot of golf balls. Plus, cost was a consideration. Hyde Park was the lowest at $47. 

It's a shame about Hyde Park. How nice it would be to have a new owner sink the money into it to bring it back to its former glory, but it's more likely to be full of houses before that happens.

Just to clarify, the four hundred and something at BC was for 6 months.  

I took a look at Bent Creek green fees just now, and you're right about the cost.  I wasn't aware they were charging so much, probably because always played there on weekdays.  

It'll be sad to see Hyde Park go.  I have so many memories there.  Including the time I eagled #9!  Hit a driver, accidentally cut the corner to the RIGHT of the fairway bunker, hit the cart path and bounded into the middle of the fairway.  Hit the green with a 5-wood, and sunk a 20 footer that broke at least 2 feet.  Hard to believe, after playing for 50 years, I've only eagled one hole.

I meant to reply to this after you posted it, then got sidetracked. 

That is an impressive feat. #9 is massive and that fairway bunker makes it even longer. What is so notable about that eagle is it was probably the only time in Hyde Park’s history when the golf gods gave someone a lucky break on that hole.

What I find interesting is a golf course built 100 years ago still challenges golfers with modern equipment. Imagine playing that course with a bag of wooden shafted mashies and niblicks, hitting early golf balls designed more for endurance than distance.

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