Listening to the Trap Draw about Boston warms my cold New England heart, especially when I hear about all the courses that TC has played that I have also played.
In Boston for the week visiting my GF and her family. Boss said I didnāt need to work the rest of the week so I booked a tee time at Granite Links Wednesday 8/19 @ 9 AM. If anyone is free and wants to play there are still 3 slots as I am typing this if you want to join!
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Have you gotten your 3?
Iām playing Salem CC on Thursday. Had a few buddies tell me it will be great, but wonāt live up to my expectations. Thoughts?
Depends on your expectations. I enjoyed it a lot, but itās not a life changing experience. Stay below the hole.
The logo is frickinā sweet though, so hit up the pro shop.
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I am definitely looking forward to the pro shop experience. Next step is hiding things from the wife.
Grabbed a Senior Open hat from Savers for $4 a couple years ago cuz that logo is ca$$$h
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Have a blast!
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As said above, depends on your expectations.
IMO Salem is the pinnacle example of the Donald Ross parkland course catalog that we know so well in New England. Tree lined; holes laid out in front of you; good routing; couple of wild greens. It is a really really good golf course.
Itās sort of the nicest golf course that youāve played - but itās a lot like golf courses that youāve played. Itās not an Essex/Pinehurst/Seminole experience that totally reframes your expectations of what a golf course can be.
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I loved Salem, itās pretty generous off the tee and then challenges you with approaches and around the greens. Good formula for a fun day out there.
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whatsup refugeā¦ recently became addicted to golf and have voraciously consumed any and all NLU content. Spend most of my time between falmouth and providence and always down to try and play (currently finishing grad school and partially employed).
Spend a bunch of time on the button hole par 3 in providence and have hit falmouth cc for 18 a couple times. Have heard mixed reviews of Triggs and definitely need to play metacomet.
Also played a bunch of soccer growing up and love to surf so if either of those float your boat Iām always down to play and/or hunt some waves.
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Welcome, I am north of Boston, so I donāt know those courses. Feel free to share here your course pics and reviews. That seems to be the most popular topic in this thread.
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Triggs is good for what it is. Itās a cheap muni (I paid $44 to walk on a Sunday morning) with a tight but varied layout and Donald Ross greens. When I played earlier this year the greens were in excellent shape, the rest of the course was in ok shape (but nothing super bad or anything).
It reminded me a lot of a Wachusett in Boylston.
I gotta hear what your Granite experience was like. That place is mega polarizing
Whatās up all. Recently caught the golf bug and looking to play as much as humanly possible. Always willing to try and work a round in.
Play all over, but mostly on the South Shore (Widows, Waverly, Pinehills). Played Farm Neck for the first time last week and considered never leaving.
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I enjoyed it. Played the blacks and It didnt feel to long at all. Had a lot of wedges in but didnt score. Green complexes are sick and allow for some creativity. Would love to play it again.
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Triggs waters greens and fairways, and thatās it. They have a tight water resource given the city of Providenceās restrictions. Hit the fairways and enjoy the Ross green complexes.
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On the pod this am Tron was saying there are so many good courses in New England and that the Tour could do so much better than TPC Boston. But where could they (realistically) go? Seems like most of the āgreatā layouts in New England are old ā and thus quite short ā aside from TCC, which wonāt host a regular tour event.
Where would you suggest the Boston tour stop be in instead?
I have no idea, I donāt know the private courses here, but your point most courses Iāve played, including many of the Ross designs were designed for hickory shafts and development around them havenāt allowed them to be lengthened.
If only George Wright was like Augusta and could but the houses next to course to keep it relevant.