Played Ocala Golf Club yesterday and had a great time. Liked the layout and was in very playable shape.
Being a Muni, I was little concerned that it might take 6 hours, but we played in under 4 hours- walking.
I was so excited that the game is alive and well . The course was packed , the range was packed and it was very inexpensive.
There were players off all ages and skills..
It actually made me excited that there are places that are thriving. Felt kinda electric.
If I could break what I love about the game into 2 different things.
1) I love seeing a bunch or people working on their games and young people learning the game
2) I love the feeling of a private golf club- where you have the course to yourself.
2 totally different perspectives - but the first one was definitely seen yesterday at Ocala
Pictures don't do it justice-excellent
Place was packed-we waited every shot-but that just gave me a chance to take a good look around.
After looking out across the course and seeing carts absolutely everywhere on the compact layout, it hit me that we have really ffffd up this game.
I'm not a cart hater, but I have to say it seemed ridiculous seeing everybody riding around and waiting in their cart-even worse not prepping for their shot until the cart drove them to their ball.
If they were walking, they wouldn't be waiting.
When I asked the guy if I could walk he politely said "why, the cart's included"
There was noticeable cart wear and compaction on the otherwise well conditioned fairways and roughs.
Good course with an interesting mix of holes and excellent elevation change. Short on the card, but not really short in practice. Hit driver off every tee but one.Interesting mix of par 3's. Much more width than the pictures convey