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Greenacres Golf Course
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| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 71 | 6022 yards | 67.6 | 117 |
| Red (W) | 73 | 5787 yards | 73.3 | 126 |
| Gold | 73 | 5210 yards | 69.0 | 115 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White M: 68.3/115 W: 74.6/124 | 293 | 377 | 400 | 190 | 330 | 448 | 168 | 298 | 338 | 2842 | 383 | 521 | 426 | 403 | 385 | 122 | 360 | 167 | 413 | 3180 | 6022 |
| Green M: 66.8/113 W: 73.0/121 | 293 | 358 | 359 | 153 | 330 | 418 | 168 | 298 | 338 | 2715 | 383 | 465 | 406 | 403 | 385 | 122 | 360 | 160 | 388 | 3072 | 5787 |
| Gold M: 63.2/97 W: 67.8/110 | 280 | 303 | 304 | 153 | 287 | 358 | 158 | 253 | 278 | 2374 | 313 | 441 | 406 | 403 | 335 | 105 | 306 | 146 | 381 | 2836 | 5210 |
| Handicap | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 15 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
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Has Some Challenges - But Good for New Players
This is the first time that I have played this course in over 25 years and the first time that I played it since the "prestigious" private Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club bought the course.
One common theme that will be running throughout my review is the issue of drainage and wet, damp and soft playing conditions.
Here is my review:
TEE BOXES. 2.5 out of 5
The tee boxes were average. Good size to the boxes, multiple teeing options for players of different skill levels.
The tee boxes were soft.
FAIRWAYS. 2.0 out of 5
The Fairways were abysmal. The lack of proper drainage meant that the fairways were very soft and many good tee shots resulted in plugged balls.
In addition, the length of the grass on the fairways averaged a minimum of 2 - 3 inches in length/height. I suspect that this is mostly due to the inability to mow given the soft turf conditions.
The fairway rough was even worse with grass length in excess of 4 inches in length -- and despite it being long enough to lay down, any balls that strayed into the edge of the rough were either lost of consumed time to find the balls.
A suggestion to the course management is to widen the fairways this time of the year to allow for players to find their balls quicker. This would undoubtedly, assist in speeding up the pace of play.
GREENS 3.0 out of 5
Like the remainder of the course, the greens were a bit soft, but with better drainage, they were firmer than I thought that they might have been.
The grass length was long and as a result the greens were very, very slow. The green complexes are small and often have a crown on them to aid in the drainage.
I gave this a 3/5 rating and that is mostly on the potential that these greens have when course conditions improve in the summer.
AMENITIES 2.5 out of 5
There are short game practice areas for both chipping and putting. They are nice greens and both have plenty of room to accommodate golfers. There is also a warm up cage for players to take full swings with their clubs prior to tee time.
There is no practice range on site, but there are two practice ranges within 1 km of the course.
On this occasion, I did not get to sample the hospitality rooms/restaurant or lounge areas.
OVERALL
The course in my opinion, is not what it should be given that the ownership is Shaughnessy Golf & C.C. with great facilities. Green Acres does not need to be at the same standard as Shaughnessy of course, but it could benefit tremendously from drainage improvements and some improvements to the fairways and tee boxes.
It has a very promising layout and is a good place for new golfers to learn the game and develop their "on course" skills. As such, it does represent a good value for golfers in that category. It is for this reason that I recommend the course to others.
Not quite in shape
The course wasn't in the best of shape but there has been a lot of rain lately so wet muddy spots on fairways and long rough is expected. The grass on the greens seemed like it needed to be cut but I expect they do that on Thursday so it is prime for the weekend.
Better than the reviews state
Some of the reviews said the course was always wet/muddy and the fairways were narrow. Although my ball was dirty after every hole, my feet didn't get wet, and there were only a couple of places with standing water, so no big deal. Many of the fairways were wide and I didn't lose any balls because of this. The price in April was very good, so good value for the money.
It was satisfactory for the conditions of the course.
Winter Review Course was very Soggy
We have played this course many times over the years. The course is okay to play in the summer when the weather is dry. The course cannot handle water, no drainage. When the course is wet the maintenance team is limited in how they can maintain the course.
The team is great. They are capable but very limited by budgets/revenue.
In the summer dry weather you will have fun easy walk.
In the wet weather suggest you play somewhere else.
Greenacres
Ok but greens had been punched and sanded and either golf now nor the pro shop mentioned this so I think we paid too much- because of rain at beginning of round and maybe because of greens conditions
we were only people on course
Rob Elliott
Overall a challenging course fun to play any enjoyed the afternoon looking forward to the next game
This course location is closed by my work office
Best value for the money to play golf in Richmond. Absolutely will recommend to my friends.
Greenacres, May 27, 2017
We decided on Greencacres because it's close and through GolfNow it was relatively cheap.
The course recently took on a lot of water and was finally dry. There were large patches of dried mud where massive puddles used to be. Those will take time to recover. A wind storm earlier in the week scattered debris everywhere that was somewhat, but not all, cleared. Still, no major issues. The strangest thing was they cut a few of the holes in the worst, chewed-up parts of the greens. Putts would jump and bounce on their way to the hole. There were parts of the these greens that were in great shape and I don't understand why they wouldn't put the hole locations there.
All in all, you get what you pay for. It was fun. I will probably end up playing there again in the future for the reasons I mentioned earlier, but I hope that the course will be in better condition at that time.
Great day but Winter was Rough on this Course
Haven't played Greenacres for several years. Weather was finally perfect after a very long winter, but the course is in pretty rough shape with a lot of mudded-up fairways, still deep and mucky rough, and some greens hit by frost burn (but the price was reasonable for the conditions). The pace was good (for a long weekend Monday morning; 4 hrs 5 mins) and the Course staff were very accommodating and friendly. Lunch afterward was good too! Will be back and no doubt the course will return to better shape as Spring continues.
Stagnant water, extremely boggy, many uncut fairways
The only difference between the Okefenoke swamp
and Greenacres is there are no Alligators!!!!
It will be perfect if the green is faster.
Good layout, challenge with many trees. The green is small and it is hard to hit and stay on the green. It will be perfect course for locals if they can make the green faster.
Still wet
The course is still trying to recover from all the rain. Lots of Mucky spots. Greens were good except for one which had track marks running through it. Better than temps though. The staff were very friendly. Got a HOT deal from golf now. Can't beat the price.
