IM4DHERD’s Review of Larkin Golf Club on 6/3/19

The 500 Club

Date: 6/3/19 Mon Afternoon
Overall Rating:

"Great course"
Conditions: Good - normal wear/tear
Pace: < 3 Hours
Cost: $25
Username: IM4DHERD
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The good, the bad, and the ugly.

The good – Course is in excellent shape, perhaps in part due to lack of play because for what seems like forever they have had #10 either totally closed or at least shortened due to neighborhood construction. #11 was shortened for some time too due to rebuilding of tee-boxes. I know I avoided it for more than a year.

Sister course to Stonebridge and Edgewater and it shows in it’s condition. Greens are fantastic. Hardly a blemish. The fairways near perfect except for some approach areas with multiple divots that haven’t grown in, maybe due to the recent lack of rain? Bunkers look to have been recently re-done and are in great shape. Tee to green as nice as anywhere around, or better. Best $25 conditions out there, for sure.

Holes 5-11 are like playing a mountain course with elevation changes seldom seen around here.

The bad – Afore-mentioned construction. Not on the tees, fairways or greens but they are building a surrounding neighborhood. Just a bit distracting. Have to follow a maze to get to #1 and #10. Really only affects #s 11 and 12.

Didn’t see any marks/designations for penalty areas. No red or yellow stakes or lines anywhere. There are a number of holes with areas of very thick vegetation just off a short area of rough that could/should be designated a penalty area to allow for a drop rather than stroke and distance for a lost ball. Or just hit it in the fairway, I suppose.

The ugly – 12 on a par five with 5 penalty strokes.

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