Hey everyone,
Discovered NLU about 2 months ago before my Bandon trip and was excited to see there was a message board as well.
I’m down in the Morgan Hill area look forward to getting a chance to chat with you all.
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My Dads college roommate, Artie, managed /bartended at Stanley’s for decades. Great Mac and cheese.
@Puttin_Pete @NDHarv @BobGoblin
Welcome to the area. Although not directly tied to the NLU gang, the Royal & Ancient Company of Dishonourable Golfers is a wee society thst was born on this message board.
We have an active Northern California chapter, are having our 2nd Annual Fleming Cup matches in a few weeks at pacific grove and are looking to do some exciting, fun stuff in the future.
Our IG is @racdg_norcal where we post a lot of info. We also have a very active WhatsApp group chat. If you guis are interested in joining (it’s free) just shoot me a message and I’ll get you all set up.
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Whoa. If he did so in the mid 1990s (remember, and never forget, I’m old as dirt) I for sure bought drinks off of him. Great mac and cheese, great chicken fried chicken, meatloaf, so many other good things. I used to have a t-shirt from there that just listed awesome things on the back. Something like, “Cold Beer, Fried Chicken, Elvis Presley” and maybe one other thing with zero context. Miss that t-shirt.
Hello again. Went to book a time online at Pacific Grove August 5 early in the morning. Will only let you book 2-4 players, not one.
So… anyone in that area want to play Pacific Grove August 5 in the early morning? Thinking around 7am. I’ll buy the coffee.
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I might call them to see if you can book a single over the phone. Also, from my experience, there’s no credit card hold on tee times, so you could just book the twosome online and then call to cancel one.
ETA: I hope you can find someone to play with though, too.
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Played Northwood for the first time this past weekend (actually played in 3x in 24hrs). Such a cool course, makes me want to buy a house up there haha. Only negative is that they were watering the shit out of it, so it played slow and the greens were shaggy. I heard it often plays slow. Its a shame, that course would be amazing if it played firm and fast. But loved all the movement and mounding the course had, you can definitely tell it was a MacKenzie.
It was very nice of my pregnant wife to allow this to take up so much time during our little Russian River get away.
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The greens up there are still shaped amazingly but yeah, I don’t think they are ever in good shape. It’s a shame but I will say that the budget to get it into that shape would almost certainly change the vibe and price in a major way.
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Yup, totally agree, not sure if there is a solution. Maybe just a little less water.
Yeah, thought about calling. Then had a better thought that I’d never played with another Refugee and thought I’d give it a shot 
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Yeah same last week when we were there. I think there’s a couple things happening - one of which is the obvious location being in a literal bend in the Russian river. Place floods on occasion. (Not this yr obviously).
The trees shade the grass which can create issues for growth. Meaning they prob have to take care not to get too aggressive with them.
But oh the vibes. And yeah, I think everyone that plays there is like…”how much for that house on 3 green?”
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Agreed on the points above.
I feel seen.
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Wow dude we must’ve been crossing paths all weekend! Also got in 27 at Northwood as the finale of a Chardonnay/Presidio/Northwood tournament this weekend. The charm of the course still gets me every time. Incredibly good vibes on the course met with equal and opposite bad vibes at the restaurant, never fails to disappoint. Let’s all pitch in and buy the house on 3 green together, Roll Call: Bay Area Golfers HQ
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Heck yeah man. I played at 5pm on Saturday, 9am and 4pm on Sunday haha.
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They had my all time favorite cider on tap - Gowan’s Gravenstein. Soooo I have to at least tip my cap to that.
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like ships in the night. we were 5:20 saturday, 18 holes sunday at noon !
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def can’t knock that cider
Hahaha that’s awesome. I remember seeing you guys behind us. The foursome ahead of us was crazy slow. One of those “hey we should try golf today” type of groups lol.
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Search out Goat Rock… https://www.goatrockcider.com/
I’m the Director of Sales for a Brewery in Sebastopol… either Goat Rock or the heirloom stuff in a bottle that Golden State offers. No, not the stuff they offer in every grocery store in California. Might give you some new options is all.
Next time you’re up this way…
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Will do. I’m def a cider head…my 2nd fav is right in your backyard. Horse & Plow.
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