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Got to play nine on Bonifay Pensacola Monday as the course opened to play. My group liked the layout of this course and noted a fair amount of water in play. Elevated tee on #1 is interesting. Hole #9 I especially liked. It is a par 5 that with a good shot in the fairway should give you a good downhill roll and push the possibility of the green in two with water along the right side.

On the downside I am not sure this course is ready yet to be open. Fairways are a little burned but the greens were a bigger issue for us. Every green had slices cut in them maybe one foot apart across the entire green. I would guess this occurred maybe a couple of weeks ago but the greens needed more time to grow. Tough to putt with the bounces and ball getting into the groves. #9 green has a large area of replacement sod that does not appear to be healing very well.

All in all I do like this course and hope it does not get overused and burned out.