Keefy wrote:Had a hit down at McCracken today. Typical breezey day at Victor which made shot selection difficult at times. Went round in 85 off the White Markers which at times were almost as far back as the Blue Markers.
Take plenty of balls with you as there is a reasonable amount of water (14 lakes) around the course, which comes into play quite often and 74 bunkers, which some i thought were an absolute disgrace. Of the ones that i was unfortunate to end up in, only one of them had something that resembled sand and made it easy to get out of, the others were really rough and the sand was like concrete.
The fairways were well grassed, apart from a few patches where they were a bit dry and even the rough, albeit fairly light in places was well grassed and the ball sat up nicely. Most of the greens were nicely rolled, but wish people would fix their plug marks, nothing like trying to put through and around them at times, or having to fix them yourself.
If you have an Entertainment Book, make sure you take the voucher with you to get a complimentary round of golf when paying for your round, so 2 people get in for the price of 1. I forgot to take mine with me and had to pay $35, which turned into almost $60 when paying half of the cart hire too.
I was a member at McCracken when it started, used to be superb in the early days.....a hint for those playing there, go down the 10th fairway on the first hole, Ive done this for years...gives you a nice big landing spot for your first drive of the day and then lob your second just before the 9th green, then a nice little chip over the water onto the green, if you go down the actual fairway of the first you have bunkers, shrubs and water on the left and your third has water on the right hand side coming in, no good if the wind is off the sea and/or you slice/fade your ball