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Played Laurel Oak today which is a difficult course to get . We scored an open tee time for two …

We first played this course on the day it opened several months ago, again, an open tee time .

I was anxious to see the condition today vs then.

It was in pretty good shape but I was really disappointed in the weeds all over the place EXCEPT on the greens . The greens were in excellent shape.

Also disappointing was the fact that they are mowing the crap out of the course when there is no need to mow !

The result is that most of the course is that crappy “hard pan”

There is no way to have a decent chip to the green because of the tight lie conditions. There is no “collar” around the greens either . Everything is mowed right down to the dirt (or nearly so)

Just as disappointing is the couple we played with . They have been here for 4 years and play golf regularly and THEY DON’T HAVE A SAND BOTTLE ! 😱

Several times I handed him my sand bottle to repair his divots or his wife’s divots …. He also doesn’t know what a sand rake is used for …. 😳

Anyhow , the tee boxes were in good shape and because the greens were in such good shape I would give the course and overall “B” rating.