| I played Georgetown back in May or June. Here are a couple of random
memories....
I played it from the forward tees - not an overly long
course as I recall. Nice layout - lots of different shots - you
get to use a lot of different clubs so it's not just a slugfest
like courses like Stow Acres can sometimes be.
Greens were kind of weird. I played it in the spring so the course
was VERY wet, yet the greens were bone dry and kind of brown. Don't
know what, if anything, the summer did to them. This summer wasn't all
that hot or dry so they are probably OK. They weren't especially fast
or difficult.
One thing that really left a bad impression on me: When I made the tee
time and asked the fee, they quoted a price that included the power
cart, which I believe you had to take. When we got there, they said
'No power carts today - it's too wet'. I had left my own pullcart at
home thinking that I would be riding, so I had to rent one of theirs -
no big deal except they didn't have enough to go around! When I got to
the 1st tee, the foursome in front of us was riding! And they were
not elderly, handicapped, or otherwise impaired. The member that we
were paired with told us that the COURSE OWNER was in the riding
foursome. I couldn't help thinking of words like 'ignorant' and
'pompous' as I contemplated the scene of this course owner riding
around on the 'too wet' fairways.
Other than that, we enjoyed the course. Nice layout, decent shape. Pace
of play was a little slow, but we teed off around 1 on a Sunday.
Let me know what you find if you play it.
Louise
oh - one other thing - there is no clubhouse to speak of - just a small
shack where you pay you money and they have a few drinks & snacks. They
are building a humungous clubhouse.
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| Hi everybody. This is Rob Harting, from Veldhoven in Holland.
For 4 years now I ve been working for Digital and this is my first
venture into the world of Notes.
Why Golf Notes? Well, I ve always been a keen sportsman, playing
squash, tennis and, more recently, golf. In my youth I was one of the
top ten squash players in Holland and later on I was appointed Team
Manager for the Dutch Squash Rackets Association for a while.
During this period I travelled a lot and gained considerable experience
organising and accompanying tours all over the world for the top
players and those travelling with them.
Now I am putting this experience to good use and have set up a new
venture that combines golf with holiday travel. I m doing it with the
help of an English friend, now living in Belgium. Like me, he is a
mad-keen golfer and enjoys travelling.
We also share a love of the Far East. My family comes originally from
Indonesia, my colleague has over 15 years experience of holidaying and
golfing in Malaysia, a country he now knows very well.
Together we ve set up a business organising holidays to ... you ve
guessed it ... Malaysia. Holidays that combine playing golf on some of
the finest golf courses in the world with an introduction to all that
this magnificent land has to offer. Holidays that are suitable for both
golfers and non-golfers. So for once, your non-playing partner does not
have to be left out.
How, I hear you ask, does a guy from Digital and his colleague manage
to do this on their own? The simple answer is ... we don t.
For the flights, we have special arrangements with Malaysia Airlines -
one of the world s foremost and fastest-growing carriers and recently
voted top in the Asian Business Travel category for 1996 by readers of
Business Travel magazine.
We also work together with luxurious 4- and 5-star hotels in Malaysia
as well as one of the biggest and most experienced tour operators in
the country.
And we have special playing agreements with a number of superb golf
clubs, most of them privately owned and very exclusive, including one
that has been voted the best course in Malaysia (plus numerous other
accolades) for 4 successive years!
If all this has managed to whet your appetite and you would like to
know more about our golfing holidays, drop me line.
Rob Harting
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