which western burb are you from? I used to live and play at talamore.
What are your thoughts on Talamore?
Are you still in the area?
I live in Minnesota now (via Chicago).
Talamore is not a great course by any stretch of the imagination. That said, it is not as bad as everyone says it is. From a value perspective, though, especially if you live there, it is tough to beat, especially considering the middle tier of private clubs in the phily metro area
A few things
- Its a course built around a real estate development. That limits lots of design right there and would make most of this board rank it a Doak 3 without much thought.
- some nice contours of greens and fairways and decent use of the (remaining trees). The par 3s are actually pretty good.
- Given its location, it is very tied to Merck. When the vioxx incident occurred and merck started cutting back, the club was hit hard. This was the same time when they started cutting the rough short and doing some other things to make the club easier.
- A decent variety of holes; no one great hole (possible the par 3 8th), but definitely not a bad course
- The food in the clubhouse is actually very good