Welcome to the area!! So it sounds like you’ll be coming up this way in the fall or are you moving before then? Either way, I’ll be running the Southeastern PA/NJ/DE Roost and we’re more than welcome to have you if you’d like to get involved.
The basic premise is that we’re working towards fostering more meet-ups with individuals from the Nest and Refuge as part of a season-long competitive series. We’re largely focused on highlighting great public courses in the area, but we can definitely steer you in the right direction within this thread!
I’m coming from Maryland. Technically in the DC Area Roost, seems like a clusterfuck so far. Haha. Are you allowed to have multiple allegiances? But yeah, we’d come up sometime in the fall whenever her program starts. I’ll definitely be interested in Fall meetups and events for sure, as well as any suggestions on where to play/practice in the area before it gets too cold.
Yeah, for sure. If you were to compete for the Roost Nationals, you’d have to declare allegiance to one Roost but you can certainly participate all over the place if you happen to be traveling between areas.
Otherwise, given the region’s knack for ever-fluctuating temperatures, I’m planning on having a wrap-around season once this year’s season finishes up in September so we can have a few events before we hit the winter hibernation months!
Hey guys not from around Philly. If you were to be going to a work thing outside of Philly in Newtown for 4 days but would probably be going into Philly after the conference gets done where would you stay? Also flying in and out of Philly. Also any good Recs for the area to do in May would be awesome too! Thank you!
If you can sneak a round in while in the Newtown area, Makefield Highlands is a fun links style, probably 5-10 from Newtown.
Philly:
Reading Terminal
Independence Hall
I’d say a Phillies game but looks like wont have baseball by then
Old City/Center City for bars/restaurants
Pretty walkable city so you can cover a lot in just a few days.
Would you say it’s better to stay outside of Philly in between Newtown and there if I have to travel to Newtown everyday for 3 of the days I’m there or in Philly?
Philly is about 35 mins from Newtown, you can 95 all the way into the city. Its honestly preference, If you are going to be doing full days it will be easier to stay in Newtown, if its shorter days and you can salvage the remainder of the day it maybe worth it to stay in philly. No real in between area that would be worth staying at.
As far as restaurants in the city that I have enjoyed:
Dandelion (English Pub Style)
Local Whiskey (Good Whiskey/Burgers)
Independence Beer Garden (bit of a tourist trap but its outdoors next to Independence Hall/Liberty Bell)
Butcher & Singer (Steakhouse)
Liberty Point (Opens in April, but its going to be the largest outdoor bar in Philadelphia to date)
Sorry was working on a presentation and didnt finish the thoughts:
If you are going to be doing full days it will be easier to stay in newtown, if its shorter days and you can salvage the remainder of the day it maybe worth it to stay in philly
Not sure how well known this is, but a PGA Tour Superstore is opening up in Plymouth Meeting on 4/2. When I lived elsewhere and a new store opened up, they had a bunch of opening day deals and give aways for those that camped out. Just an FYI, use as you will.
I don’t follow the refuge as much as I should, so I apologize if I’m in the wrong spot. Has there been any updates on the Philadelphia Roost. As in, are there any events planned for this year? Please point me in the right direction if there are, thank you!
No worries at all! We’re up and running with two events under our belts as the Electric Phactory out of the Philadelphia, South Jersey and Delaware region. I’ll add you into the private group, but you can currently view all of the threads where we’re seeing the most action under Community Center, then Electric Phactory. From there, you’ll see the various event threads like The TC Way in Woodstown, NJ, The Race to the Steeplechase and our merchandise discussion in the very aptly named Electric Phactory Merchandise Discussion. It’s a lot to take in all at once so feel free to shoot me a DM if you need any help or guidance!
Former Chester County resident and Edinburgh, Scotland, native here…
Did the West Chester driving range shut down? I used to practice there 2006-09 when I lived in the area. I was just looking at google maps and noticed that it looked like it had been dismantled. I suppose it’s a high value piece of land given the expansion of the town in recent years.
By chance is there a map floating around on here showing the public courses around Philly? I didn’t play much golf when I lived in the area, but I’d like to get a round in when I make a trip back to visit.
It looks like the “Member-fore-a-day” at Lulu would be the closest option, but much of my Google searching is leading to private courses.
