Roll Call: North Carolina

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2521

I did not get in :sob:

2522

I thought they werenā€™t picking until tomorrow, dang. Guess I didnā€™t get in.

2523

Ya canā€™t win em all, Dave-o

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2524

way to crush everyones dreams on a friday eve

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2525

Hey look man, aim your arrows at Big Golf Media. TGJ are the fascists, not I. But donā€™t go killing them before the 9th for Godā€™s sake.

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2526

I have not heard anything so Iā€™m guessing a no go for me. Guess Iā€™ll have to spend the afternoon watching the final round of the PGA Championship

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2527

Has anyone played here? Thereā€™s a NC Mid-Am qualifier here that I was thinking of playing in and just wanted to see if anyone had any insight into the course

2528

Canā€™t help on Coharie, Iā€™m going to try my luck at the one they have at Deercroft. I play that course time to time, not sure Iā€™ll play well against the field but gonna give it a shot at a course I am comfortable with.

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2529

Thats the other one Im looking at. Have played a ton down in the PH area, but havent played Deercroft. Whats it like?

2530

A friend of mine is going to enter the Wyndham Championship pre-Q at Bermuda Run CC - does anyone play there regularly that would be able to share some knowledge? Iā€™m going to caddy for him and heā€™ll get one practice round ahead of time, but Iā€™m trying to not go in totally blind. The website and Google Earth can only help so much.

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2531

Iā€™ll send you a DM too.
But briefly for others who may be interested, its got some tight holes with trees, not terribly long course, puts hills in play more than some other sandhills courses, greens arenā€™t too crazy with slopes but not huge greens on most holes either.
Its gettable, I play off about a 6, so as I said, Iā€™ll probably get lapped but I want to start testing myself to get the game better.

2532

yup, there are a couple bermuda run members on here

2533

@Very.chipper can help

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2534

Accurate, let me know if you want my thoughts @Shank-Ri-La. @cltgamecock was a member at the other club Corp property in Charlotte and can provide additional context on club Corp.

2535

@Hitchings21 is correct. I actually left Piper Glen back at the end of October for a few reasons, one of the primary reasons being the crowds caused by ClubCorp constantly driving new members through the door. When I joined in 2017, I believe there were about 700 golf members but it didnā€™t feel that crowded. When I left, I believe there were upwards of 850 or so and you could certainly feel it.

Everyoneā€™s experience is different and different things are important for different people but Iā€™ll list out what I liked and didnā€™t like below.

What I liked:

  • Course was usually in good shape, especially the greens.
  • No assessments thanks to ClubCorp ownership (recently pumped a few million into the club doing a course renovation).
  • Really nice practice facility.
  • Membership skewing younger and overall pretty good membership.
  • The menā€™s golf association is a good group of guys and tournaments are fun.
  • Member-Member and Member-Guest were awesome. Expensive but awesome.
  • Really good food and pool scene if joining as a family.

What I didnā€™t like:

  • Morning tee times were very difficult to come by. Felt like the system was gamed but Iā€™m not sure. To give an example, I would log on 2-5 mins after Saturday tee times became available and the earliest available would be 2:30pm or later.
  • Pace of play was awful. Anything later than ~10 am would result in 4:30-5:00+ rounds. For me, the main reason to join a club is for pace of play.
  • Not an easy walk and very few members who walk. Push carts also not allowed.
  • OB/Hazards galore. Cost of lost balls can add up.
  • VERY crowded thanks to ClubCorp ownership only caring about revenue.

Like I said, everyoneā€™s experience is different and people care about different things so your mileage may vary.

I ultimately ended up at Providence, which seems to be a solid blend of corporate ownership (McConnell) but a club that is still driven by the members.

I hope this is helpful.

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2536

I signed up for the mid-am qualifier at Cohaire and bought some of the group golfer coupons as well to help me prep.

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2537

did they ever give a rationale for this, other than ā€œthey look kind of silly at timesā€

2538

Iā€™m just up the road at Sedgefield, we were experiencing this same thing with the weekend tee sheet, you had to be at your computer ready to click right at opening time. For the past couple weeks they have moved to a ā€œlotteryā€ system, where you submit your players and 1 preferred/1 alternate time via email, and they assign accordingly. So far it seems to work, Iā€™ve not heard anyone complain they didnā€™t get a time in their window, and there are still decent times available for several hours after the sheet opens. What was happening before was guys would just book a time with their name and 3 TBDs to hold a spot, then sort out their groups on Friday and a few times would open back up briefly until someone else jumped on them.

2539

so random questionā€¦were you selling a push cart and a sedgefield bag on offer up a year or two ago?

2540

bahahahahahahahahahahaha