Played Bonifay yesterday. Really like the course. Elevation changes reminded us of Amelia. It was unusual for Villages courses in that the two nines are not separated so there were parallel holes with one from one nine parallel to one from the other nine. Fairways in nice shape. Greens were inconsistent, though. Some had an obvious sandy base, while others did not. Some were pretty fast while others were really slow. Some were receptive to shots and some had shots bouncing off them (usually the sandy ones). Not unusual for a new course, though.
The disappointing thing was the amount of un-repaired ball marks on the greens. The course has been opened to residents only a couple of days and there were ball marks all over the place. We were the second group off, so we were not looking at recent ball marks, but those of Monday and Tuesday. I estimate I repaired 5-6 marks besides my own on almost every green on our first nine. Yikes, folks, take care of your courses!
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