DrSchteeve’s Review of Rocky River Golf Club on 8/24/12

Rocky River Golf Club

Date: 8/24/12 Fri Afternoon
Overall Rating:

"Great course"
Conditions: Perfect
Pace: 4 Hours
Cost: $46
Username: DrSchteeve
Profile: Avid Golfer (about once a week)
Handicap: 8.0
Today's Score: 87
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First, general course conditions near perfect – fairways great, traps fair, rough deep but fair, tee boxes great.

Now, the new greens. Very consistent, very true, just a very small number of places where they haven’t completely grown in, and pin positions usually made those a non-issue.

But…be warned…these greens are very, very firm. Even if you hit the ball very high, it is difficult to stop the ball. I’ve been told that new greens in general are usually very firm for as much as 1-2 years after they are put in, so unless they cut them higher it may be a while before they start to hold. Don’t get me wrong, they are very fair, but difficult – you really have to play strategic shots into the greens to try to get the ball close to the hole.