Just golfed Volusia, one of our fav exec courses. First omg it is hot out there but a slight breeze.
Course-wise. After all that time shut down, most holes are exactly the same. And with all that downtime there are still a lot of bare brown weedy areas. Bad. The 3rd hole par 4. They now have a concrete cart path all the way from where it had ended to the bell. The path is about 15-20 feet away from the left hand fence.
It was cartpath only. And the 3 groups ahead of us were very slow. Novice golfers, which is fine but exasperated by the path only. What was shocking was the state of the new sod they had planted in some of the fairway. Brown and poorly cared for. Just plopped down. When we got to the green a worker started the irrigation in that area- at a very sunny HOT part of the day. The 3rd hole is exactly the same except for the new path. Huge backup on 3 - We had 3 groups behind us waiting while we teed off.
No changes or upgrades on any of the other holes. Greens were all ok with very few small weeds. But in talking with the Starter about the aeration set, he shrugged and had a frustrated look, saying “I know…”.
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