Artmbgolf's Spring Trip Part 1 - Starting April 24

I am on the individual part of my spring MB trip.   I will post day to day,
then when I return home I will post my group trip report all at once.    
 
Most of us are aware of the very cold winter and drought in MB.  It's been about 40 years since I was on
a March MB trip, but the bermuda growth right now is about like then.   Although back then in the 80's, 
the overseed was a lot heavier.   
 
Whispering Pines: 
The 2025 renovation was mostly new greens, new fairways and bunker renovation.  They were to cut trees, 
but it did not seem like many.  The new fairways were very thin, except #18 was overseeded, I guess for
looks from the road.    The greens are good, just slow and sticky.   
Some tees were closed and sodded.  I don't know that wasn't done last summer or maybe it failed. 
The 4 par 5's are very good.    The range is grass.  Get a token in the pro shop.   
 
Oyster Bay: 
Greens decent but slow.  Fairways thin.   Anywhere near the tree line is bare and rooty. 
Cart paths are terrible.  The repaired parts 2 years ago are minimal amount of paths. 
There are a bunch of fun holes.  Not many gators today and those were in the water, on a 
nice sunny day. 
 
TPC: 
Overseeded, green, well maintained.    Rough also overseeded. 
Greens good, still not at PGA Tour qualyfying speed, but the overseed is still growing.     
GPS on carts. Range balls included.   
   
True Blue:  
This fairways + tees.   Greens kinda lumpy with more growth from old aeration holes.   
They were sanding greens, which helped this.   They have a lot of fairway bermuda spots
in the greens to make them less true.  Green on #4 is more fairway bermuda than tifeagle.   
It's not terrible, but it's wrong to have $50 municipal greens at a $200 course.       
Carts have GPS. Range balls are included.    If you have a raincheck from a few years ago, 
you will owe the difference between that value and the fee when booked.   
Whispering Pines has better greens than TB right now.   
 
KINGS NORTH: 
Everything in good condition.   All grown in. 
Fairways + tees have good overseed.  KN Greens are not overseeded, fast and firm due to new. 
Renovated New greens are bigger with more undulations.     
New tee colors, where tees behind the white look to be longer.   
With bigger tees, white tees are playing longer than the past.   
Practice putting greens on range side are overseeded. 
Practice putting green between clubhouse and #18 green matches the KN greens.    
KN has a more premium feel now.    It plays about the same, but the bunkers are more challenging.  
 
Something new was a racoon on the tee of #4 looking in carts.  He hung out on the wood side of the path.