What Will Make a Golf Course Memorable

As golfers we are always rating the golf courses we play.  If we've not played the course previously, we would like to know if it really is going to be worth five hours of our time along with the price of green fees to play.  After that once we've played a course, we want to make an opinion about it to know if we would like to return.  But when it comes to golfers and golf courses, isn't there considerably more about a course that we relate to on a personal level?

For the point of this short article we are going to talk about courses that the average player is able to truly play.  Perhaps within a different piece we will discuss what makes a truly magnificent course, like Augusta National, but unless you are acquainted with a member mere mortals are not going to play there.  So now we will discuss features for a course that we are going to experience when we are in fact on a layout we are able to play.

When asking around with golfers I am acquainted with (clearly a very unscientific evaluation), golfers look for particular things.  Several of the things that could attract us are:

1.            Layout.  This is most likely the most significant dynamic that goes into an excellent course which we would like to play.  Most of us try to find holes which are fair and out of the ordinary, with the top offering greater-risk/high-reward choices.

2.            Conditions for the course.  We never want to play on courses that aren't maintained, and most of us have a lot of options to play on courses which are well maintained.  Proper maintenance is not easy, but if the greens turn out to be unplayable, for instance, we won't come back.
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3.            Golf course esthetics.  As mentioned previously, the courses which we love to play we develop a personal connection with, and esthetics will have a major part of it.  It's always easier to keep returning to a place where you can always be appreciative with the attractiveness.

4.            Fees.  There's without doubt a value aspect to what folks are willing to pay.  Just about everyone is willing to pay at least a bit more for any truly exceptional golf course.  But it typically comes right down to how much a person has: the more well off people are going to put green fees as the least important factor.

5.            Clubhouse and personnel.  So long as it isn't a complete mess, most players are going to overlook this when the other things are in place.  Just one instance in my life have I left before my game even started for the reason that the starter had been utterly obnoxious.  It will be extremely rare if this happens.

6.            Golf course difficulty.  This overall might be the least important of the six for most people.  In fact, most people do not think a good time on a golf course is to be overwhelmed by its difficulty.  For a few men it's the macho thing to play from the tips when their golf game doesn't warrant it, however for many people we only want to play on a track that we are able to reasonably compete.