Welcome @grizzly224! You should consider joining the Royal and Ancient Society of Dishonorable Golfers.
We have a number of guis in your area and the chapter is very active.
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Olde Homeplace is my go to for a weekday round and Iāve gotten to where I really love that place, get out to meadowlands occasionally, and winding creek whenever I can convince myself that I would enjoy it haha.
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Hey all - just joined the refuge. Live in Raleigh and havenāt been playing much since the kid was born a couple of years ago. When I do play, I typically find myself on one of the university courses. I sneak in 9 or 18 at Falls Village or Wildwood Green every now and then as well.
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$42 for olde homeplace on the weekends is a joke though
sapona for $45 and holly ridge or $42 are so much better options for a saturday am
fwiw, during the week:
sapona: $32 before 5
olde homeplace: $32 before 12
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no love for jamestown or holly ridge?
played blair park saturday am and it was in fantastic shapeā¦heard the greens at oak hollow are running a smooth 6-7 these days
Olde Homeplace was the least arousing of any course Iāve played in NC
I really like Holly Ridge and live about 10 min from it but the guy I play with most hates it. He says it is way to hot with no shade anywhere on the course. canāt say he is wrong but I really like the layout. Old Home Place I play weekday only. It was $28 last time I was there. I havenāt been back to Jamestown in a while. Last time I went they had just redone their greens and they were hard as rocks. Would not accept anything. I should give them another shot. Blair is fun track. It is usually really slow play but I have enjoyed a round there many times.
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I walk whenever I play at Olde Homeplace and I donāt know if itās just the pro shop being nice cause Iām in there a lot or if anyone would get the same rate but itās only $20 ($18 with cash) anytime on a weekday.
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nice, ive never seen them publish a rate without a cart so not sure if youre getting hooked up or not
always thought it was old that place had gps though
have you played holly ridge or sapona?
Welcome @UncleTeeBag I live close to Falls Village, though most of my rounds have been in the Sandhills with the guis. I did play Falls a few weeks ago for the first time in a few years and itās much better than it used to be.
You should consider joining the Royal and Ancient Company of Dishonorable Golfers. We have a very active chapter, with a large number of us in the Triangle.
I agree that olde homeplace is pretty boring visually but the layout isnāt bad compared to other courses in the area. I also donāt think a course has wow you visually to be worth playing.
i mean holly ridge is a links golf course, so yeah there arent an abundance of trees by any means, but there are still plenty of trees on most holes you can catch some shade
jamestowns greens are hard, but not really any harder than any other place with bermuda greens in the area
they get good and firm in the summer though, i agree with you on that, but they are much more enjoyable than the bent at oak hollow IMO
blair park is a cheap muni option so of course the pace of play isnt going to be the bestā¦i dig it though, solid course for varying skill levelsā¦i played there saturday with some guys from church, a couple of us play weekly for the most part and we had a guy who had only played once beforeā¦everyone had a good time
sounds like we need to get a game!
i mean, it is what it isā¦an old farm that someone put a golf course on
its not going to be in any golf architecture magazine or anything, but its usually in above average conditions and the greens stay pretty true
its not worth what they are charging these days though IMO, not with what else is around
i feel like they got real proud of it with their most recent price increase in april
I actually just finished walking 36 at Holly Ridge this morning. I really enjoy the greens out there and think the whole experience is good. Just further away than OH for me so I donāt get out there as much. I havenāt played Sapona but I want to.
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where do you live?
id drive an extra 45 minutes at least to play holly ridge over OH any day of the week
the greens alone to me are worth the trip, plus F pete dyeā¦RIP pete
the food at holly ridge is lovely as well
plus range balls included in the cost of a round? no brainer
i walked there last weekā¦nice course to walk
real talk, sapona is a great deal IMO
theyve got a real nice layout and some fabulous greens
I am game for a round. Played horrible this past Saturday at Colonial Country Club in Thomasville. First time on that track. I was lucky to get an invite but I wasted it. I need to get back out to forget about that round. Looks like @billythekid should also join us. Plus always looking for fellow walkers. Those are hard to find.
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In Davidson County so Iām like less than 10 minutes from OH, 30 from HR. I agree that HR is a lot nicer and a bargain with the range balls, overall experience, etc. I think I just keep going back to OH causes itās cheaper, closer, and itās the course Iāve played more than anywhere else so I canāt seem to let it go haha.
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ive yet to make it out to colonial, but have heard some really good things about it
they do a member for a day thing there im pretty sure
i hear you and understand completelyā¦i just really dont like the soft and hairy greens at OH in the summer time
come on over to jimmytown some day