The Preserve at Verdae

Nice natural course but very difficult especially the front nine. Back nine seemed way easier.

I’ll come back and play it again, tricky pins on Sunday. Lots of slope on the greens. Tee boxes could use a little TLC.

One horribly placed tee box on 7. Watch out for the group behind. One of our guys got beaned, he wasn’t happy.

Great play for a hot deal. It's early spring and the course is rounding into shape. There are some repairs being done to the cart path and a few places with ground under repair. Overall it was a very good experience.

Very good course for the area and price. I got my second hole-in-one on the 11th hole so I might be biased.

Unfortunately I was not able to finish the round of golf, I injured my back on the 4th hole and had to quit. Didn’t know if I could get a rain check so I left the facility.

Everyone is always happy to see you and very helpful from the GM to the starter. Great place to play.

Always enjoy playing at the course. Good conditions for time of the year and the greens are always in excellent shape. Course is not easy but I enjoy the layout and the different tees provide players of different levels to play.

The staff. (Paul, Nancy and Keith). Are always friendly and welcoming.

I have played this course several times over the past few years. I have always enjoyed the course with one exception. Hole 17 is a dangerous menace to senior golfers. The cart parth is right of the fairway on the side of a hill with steep banks, deep grass, and loose acorns to make a person fall. Each time we have played the course our oldest player, who is 89, walks the 17th hole from tee to green carrying the clubs he thinks he will need. This prevents him from making the climbs back up to the cart after each shot. The cart path needs to be move to the left of the the fairway. Someone is going to get hurt if nothing changes.

This course was really fun. Fast greens, elevated greens, great course. Conditions were wet from all the rain over the past few days. . Wonderful layout. The course demands a specific shot from every location tee to green. Staff was friendly. I will be back. Loved it!

Always a challenging course for me, in great shape. Pretty wet low areas from all the rain.

Good play and good pace. Only issue was my cart had no brakes. I ended up using a rock to put in front of the tire so it wouldn't roll away on an incline.

Everyone was extremely friendly and professional at check in. Greens are in very good shape for January. Overall a great experience and an excellent hot deal value.

All things considered, it was a pretty good day at Verdae. Nancy in the pro shop was a real sweetheart and had a pleasant smile on her face. She helped us immensely as we struggled to locate some hot and fresh coffee on a chilly morning.

The starter was also pleasant and extremely helpful with instructions on course conditions and what we needed to do as we navigated the 18 challenging holes.

We were paired up with two very nice gentlemen (Clay & Don) who could blast the ball into the next county. They were friendly, courteous and very kind to put up with two guys who needed two good shots to reach their tee shots.

Cart path only was a struggle for us only because we always seemed to hit our tee shots on the opposite side of the cart path.

The golf course was very wet but fairway conditions were much better than I expected considering the precipitation we’ve had the past several weeks.

The tee boxes were in good conditions and the greens were very, very quick. There were 3-4 very tough pin placements and if you were above the hole, you needed to hit the ball softly or you had a good chance to 3 putt. OUCH !!

All in all it was a fun day. Good company to spend an afternoon with and the golf course conditions were pretty darn good for a brisk January day.

I personally hadn’t played Verdae in a year or more but I plan to return as soon as spring and warmer weather returns.

Be sure to make a tee time at The Preserve at Verdae, you’ll be glad you did.

Ron

… this year end June I managed to get a NIE approved for some business meetings and was allowed to travel from Europe into US.

I stayed my favourite hotel next to ghe golf course to use my spare time to play …. But what happened? The course was closed for green aerification… the whole week?

So I ended up with no play!

Disappointing

Markus