BetterThanMost’s Review of The Revival Golf Club at the Crescent on 7/19/17

The Revival Golf Club at the Crescent

Date: 7/19/17 Wed Afternoon
Overall Rating:

"Worth playing"
Conditions: Average - isolated issues
Pace: < 3 Hours
Cost: $22
Username: BetterThanMost
Profile: Frequent Golfer (about once a month)
Handicap: 18.0
Today's Score: 85
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Wanted to give an update on Crescent, as my review over 2 years ago was the most recent review. The club has new ownership and a new name in 2017. It is officially called The Revival At The Crescent. The new ownership has put a lot of resources into bringing the course back from the edge of death (see my previous review). I found all but one tee box in great shape. They were as lush as any I’ve seen this summer. The fairways as well, save the 6th, have finally recovered from the winter kill of ’15. The weather has allowed the bermuda to thrive. The greens have never really been an issue at Crescent, other than the 3rd, and that is still the case. The greens were spongy underfoot and rolled pretty true. The club has done a lot of work on all green side bunkers. They have redone the drainage in the bunkers and added new sand to them. It appears as if they are letting several fairway bunkers that don’t really come into play transition into grass bunkers. There are new carts with usb charging ports. Additionally, there were coolers of cold water at several spots around the course. Sprinklers had distances on them and their was new signage everywhere.
The club still has work to do. The front half of the 3rd green has been transitioned back into fairway, leaving a really small target. It sits so far back in a wooded area, that I don’t see any way they can get air back there other than bringing in fans. The 5th tee, green and 6th fairway also need work. They sit down in a low area and don’t much airflow. The club never had complete cart paths, and while it wasn’t a problem 15 years ago, the lack of maintenance of the dirt cart paths over the years has made them almost impassible. The edges of bunkers need to be worked on as well. Areas of the course that aren’t directly in the line of play, but could see an errant shot are the last piece of the course to come back.
All in all, the club has made great strides to make the course playable again. Continued efforts in that same vein will bring it close to the condition it was in during the mid-’00s.