Booney wrote:Popped down and played 9 at North Haven with Junior yesterday and the course was not packed but more than busy. We got there at 9:30 and got away clean but had a group in front and behind us all the way around.
Now, for $17 for 9 holes and walking up without a booking you get what you pay for, but the course is in really poor shape. It's well groomed as in the fairways and 1st and 2nd cut of rough are short and manageable but the only green stuff to hit off starts about 100-120m from the tee and in most places is on 15-25m wide so it's pretty tough going if you want to stay on the good stuff. Outside that while there's grass there and it's mowed it's brown and hard on the 1st / 2nd cut then just turns to sandy shit beyond that.
It's privately owned so it's clear money is the deciding factor. As noted it's well mowed so someone is doing some work around there, if they just included some dragging out of hoses and whacking a sprinkler on the end it would be far more enjoyable.
Enjoyed it as I beat junior and he had to buy the beers afterwards but the course could be looked after better.
Sounds better than the last time I played there....