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Originally Posted by durango155
How was the trip
Overall it went really well!
Friday at Arizona Grand the pace of play was ridiculously bad. Our tee time was 1:52. We didn't tee off until 2:15 and we finished hole 16 in the dark around 6:25. That course is terrible for pace of play because there are tons of blind shots and the course was packed with wasted open young guys. I actually liked the course OK and the greens were nice but the pace of play made it a bit miserable.
Saturday went to Wasted open. I could not believe the women there! Actually watching golf was just OK but the people watching was unbelievable.
Sunday we played Firerock country club through a hookup with my friend. The course was amazing but unfortunately the weather sucked with steady rain and wind and 50 degrees. I am so thankful that we did not play TPC champions course that day. It is a terrible idea to play the other TPC course during the wasted open because then you would have to deal with all the traffic and $100 ubers to get there.
Monday we played Raven golf club. I really liked it. Great practice areas. The course was busy but the pace of play was great. When we got there they said they double booked 3 tee times in the morning. We still teed off only 5 minutes late and finished in about 4 hours. It was a huge contrast to Arizona grand. Part of it was that the marshalls actually worked hard at it. Part of it was that the course sets up well with no blind shots. The greens were nice. I really enjoyed this round.
Overall I would rate the trip a success. Only downside was that the golf was really expensive. We paid 90, 160 and 175 for our 3 rounds. The round at raven did come with a $10 credit with the drink girl and $25 credit in the pro shop but that was still pretty pricey. If the weather would have been a tiny bit better on Sunday the trip would have been perfect.