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Originally Posted by CT007
Private
Sand Ridge outside Cleveland. Outstanding , great layout, excellent condition
Old Memorial - Tampa , walking/caddy only - very nice
Fox Chapel CC. PGH Pa Gotten attention since Sr are playing there - Seth Raynor course
Public
Wilmington Muni. Wilmington NC. Old D Ross restored to original layout. Fantastic !!
Oak Hallow GC High Point NC. - very nice , but long time since I been there. Early P Dye
Tobacco Road GC Sanford NC Mike Stranz. Got to play it 2x. You'll be cussing it 1st time
Interesting seeing this. Didn't even know they restored it, but I've played the course pre-restoration more than any other course. When I was a kid they had a $3 all-day junior rate which was later raised to $4. The summers between 4th and 6th grade me and a friend used to get dropped off there every weekday when there wasn't a local junior tourney when our parents went to work. They gave us $10 and we would walk 36 always playing the 9th hole in the second round with the other guy's clubs (I'm left handed). I still have never birdied the 18th but have birdied every other hole.
I learned to putt by begging my dad to stay on the (what would now seem tiny) putting green for as long as possible after every round. We used to stay as long as he didn't beat me on consecutive putting holes so I had incentive to make sure I never 3 putted in order to force him to make two real putts in a row to leave.
I started playing the red tees here at age 8 and was allowed to move back a set of tees if I broke 100 3 straight times, but if I shot over 100 I had to move up and break 100 three straight times again before getting another shot at the next set of tees. Man, I miss those days.
I would never have guessed its anything special though. Has anyone played it before and after the restoration? I will probably go back next time I'm in the area to play the new version.