B-Man’s Review of Regent Park Golf Club on 4/30/10

Regent Park Golf Club

Date: 4/30/10 Fri Afternoon
Overall Rating:

"Worth playing"
Conditions: Good - normal wear/tear
Pace: 4 1/2 Hours
Cost: $30
Username: B-Man
Profile: Avid Golfer (about once a week)
Handicap: 11
Today's Score: 92
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After hearing great reviews lately, I tried Regent out. The greens did not disappoint. They were quick, rolled true and in great playing condition. There were no issues with tees, fairways, or rough. Overall, the course is a fun round with challenges and easier holes mixed well. A couple of holes can play very difficult, though, and so my scores always seem to balloon because of a few bad swings. In particular, #1 is a target tee shot where long will get you in trouble, then you have a tricky downhill approach to a green guarded by a creek and a big bunker — where one of my shots plugged. They had us starting on #10, so this was our 10th hole, but otherwise that’s a tough opening hole. #8 is a brutally long par 4 that can give you a blind 2nd shot, but it also penalizes long tee shots that are just a little left of center. #10 is a par 5 with a very narrow target area for your 2nd shot and anything left is dead and gone. And then #13 is a pretty scary long par 3. The tee shot requires almost the full hole distance’s worth of carry to a sliver of a green. Perhaps I just don’t play here often enough to shoot a good score. It seems like experience with the layout will help you quite a bit.