November Trip

Thanks again for the reports. I have always like to play Shaftesbury Glen. Nice holes on this golf course. Elevated greens are a challenge.

@kano-mike 
 
The slowness of the greens might be the overseed, along with maybe not 
mowing on Thanksgiving.   
 
Courses make some decisions based on the amount of tee times booked. 
If few TT are booked, they may do things like not mow, no drink cart, etc. 
 
Thanks! 

Day 13

Course: Burning Ridge

Greens: Decent, but very small. They rolled pretty consistent

Fairways: Thin and spotty, not the best.

Rough: Slim to none, some bare spots

CPO: No

Beverage Cart: Saw her on the first hole, but never again

150 Yard Marker: I don't recall

People I played with: 2 members, older guys. One left after 9 because his hands were cold.

Notes: An ok course. Minimal housing on the course. Very cold and windy today. Looked like the cart paths were recently replaced.

POP: 4.25 hours. 

Breakfast: Ate at home.

Dinner: Chestnut Hill. OK, nothing special

Overall Day Rating: 7.5, mostly because of the weather

Tomorrow: Barefoot Norman

Thanks for reading.

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The slowness of the greens might be the overseed, along with maybe not 
mowing on Thanksgiving. 

The mowing was the first thing I thought of, but nothing looked fuzzy or shaggy.

Day 14

Course: Barefoot Norman

Greens: Very Good, but small. They rolled pretty consistent

Fairways: Very good, one of the best I played on this trip

Rough: Ok, not very thick

CPO: Only on holes 1,2,8

Beverage Cart: Yes

150 Yard Marker: I don't recall

People I played with: Played alone, the tee sheet was very sparse today

Notes: A very nice course. Minimal housing on the course. Very cold today. 

POP: 3 hours. 

Breakfast: Cracker Barrel.

Dinner: Greg Norman's

Overall Day Rating: 9.0, mostly because of the weather

Next round outside: January 18,2025, Pattaya, Thailand

The end of another successful trip. 13 rounds in 14 days. Was kind of an experiment this trip, with most tee times around 9 am instead of 11 am. We will go back to 11 am tee times next trip as getting up before 6 am most days kind of sucks after a while. I enjoyed all of the rounds, but I think I would eliminate Burning Ridge, Founders Club and possible Shaftesbury Glen from the rotation. Back to the frozen tundra of Minnesota and thanks for reading.

Mike you have done a great job. I readed each or your reports, all was very interesting. Thanks for all!

You made it a Norman day, with dinner at Norman's. 
 
As you know, most MB courses don't have 11am tee times. due 
to the double tee. More single tee in Dec when you are there. 
 
Thanks for all your reporting!   

Thanks for all the reports! We gave up on early tee times as well. We try to book the first afternoon round. We like casual mornings with breakfast around 10.