(03-19-2018, 10:09 AM)PF* Wrote:

(03-18-2018, 02:14 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: Royal St Augustine is really far from my house.  It's about a 45 minute drive.  I have a friend that lives down there.   That's why we played there. 

I don't like #15.   I don't like the way the ground slopes into that lake in front of the green.   If you're short on your second shot, you roll back towards that lake.   The only other time I played #15, I teed off with a 5-wood and drove it into the lake from the white tees.  I had no idea that down slope was there.  

#1 doesn't seem that hard, although when I played Friday, I hit two tee shots into the woods on that hole.   Great way to start a round.   I was doing that all day.  

The courses I usually play are Bent Creek, Hyde Park, and occasionally Hidden Hills.   We played Julington Creek the other day and liked it.

I could not reach the water on 15 at RSA with anything anymore. #1 is a tough hole to start a round as you can't see the water on the left and some of the moguls bounce you into the woods on the right. The big sand trap guards the green and it is a hard one to putt. I don't even regret a 7 there just to move on. I talked to guy one time in a bar and he said he plays it with "...three 7 irons...to get to the green and get out with a 6".

I have not played any of the four course you mentioned. Are they expensive, crowded, good shape, etc.? I am based in St. Augustine so anything within an hour is fine.

All four of the courses I mentioned are cheap.   Hyde Park and Bent Creek are less than $30 at most times.   Julington Creek is the most expensive, at about $37 (?) I think.  They're all about the same as Royal St. Augustine.    We play them on weekdays only.   My group is all retired.   Courses almost everywhere are way too crowded on weekends.

My problem with RSA is lack of familiarity.   There's a lot of water you can't see from the tee.  I think I'd have to play it a few more times to get comfortable with it.  

I did like the people running Royal St. Augustine, in the pro shop and the bar.   They seem pretty nice.  

On #15, I was playing from the white tees.   We play forward tees mostly, because we suck and we don't want to make the game harder than it has to be.

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