We played 5 courses last week
We played 5 courses last week. The first, Barefoot Norman was absurd. Worst shape on the 5. Sand traps were more mud and gravel. Not much fun. The next 3 courses were great! Offsite course and the Love and Fazio layouts. I am a huge Pete Dye fan and really looked forward to finishing on that course. The course is fantastic but course management SUCKS. Rangers were for show and couldn't do anything to move the folks who were behind along. It turned into waiting on every shot and a 5 1/2 hour round. Sad ending to an otherwise beautiful week in Myrtle Beach. When our leader contacted Golf Zoo, he was basically dismissed since we had finished everything. I know we were not alone in our opinions as we had several other golfers voice the same thoughts. Very disappointing of Golf Zoo to automatically side with the Barefoot Management team without verifying if there was a legitimate problem or not. We were told that the same person owned all 4 courses by multiple rangers and they verified that Norman was the worst maintained of the 4 and that the Dye course was phenomenal but we would see that they over scheduled golfers and that they would allow people to play beyond their abilities. Our group has used Golf Zoo before and the results have always been great. I sincerely hope this isn't a change in their philosophy but they have certainly disappointed a group of 8 guys with their lack of concern. Just an update on our issue with the Norman and Dye courses. We are a group of 8 guys that get together once a year from all over the country. The resolution for the 8 of us was to give each of us a 9 rain check to be used on the Love, Fazio or Norman course. A lot of good that does for folks who live in Alabama, Ohio, Michigan and New Hampshire. We will run right down and use them this weekend. Right! Talk about giving someone the sleeves off your vest! The area is fantastic as were the accommodations. I take nothing away from those. The bad taste in mouth from the Norman and Dye courses still remains.