Well, I finally made it to the Pines in Millbrook.  We haven’t played a lot of golf lately, so I was a bit rusty.  To top that off, the course doesn’t have a driving range.  So, I started the round with a nice shank and finished the hole with a nice 8.  The second hole was equally sucky.  I started to loosen up on the 6th hole, hitting 3 nice, straight drives in the center of the fairways.  Bogey, bogey, par.  The Par was awesome… the ball never hit the fairway of the ninth hole, and some how from the woods on the right, over the water on the 10th, and the fairway of 18; I was able to hit a beautiful chip shot from the 10th fairway onto the green 18 inches out.  It was nice work if I do say so my self.

On the back side, Larry R. and I tied the first 4 holes with bogeys.  I was able to to stick with him most of the back side and we each shot a 51.  Not too bad.  Over all I shot a 107 to really feel bad about my 3 bad holes on the front side.

The course it self was decent, many of the holes were straight, but the hills made seeing your destination tough.  Not knowing what is ahead made the course a challenge, but the wide open fairways made the bad shots forgivable.  The ground was very hard and rollers were aplenty.  No sand bunkers, few water hazards, and not many trees made the course laughable.

Overall, I’d give the course a 6 on the 1 to 10 Yoko-Golf-O-Meter.

Price: 3
Difficulty: 3
Scenery: 4
Club House: 3
Practice Facilities: 4