Heron Lakes Golf Club - Great Blue Course

At this stage the Golf coarse is very much out of touch and would be typical of a muni owned coarse.

Goose waste several feet around the club house; over maintenance poor

So it’s very disappointing to find out when you arrived

We were crazy to play today, between the soggy fairways and the cold wind it was not really fun. The goose poop was everywhere but that’s nothing new. The greens were in good condition when we finally made it to them. It can only get better and drier! Played pretty quickly which was great.

Solid course. Everything I read prior to playing said the only thing to watch for was the Pace of Play.

I looked up courses to play and found this one at 9:30, was on the course at 10:25. Got done at 3:00. Ooof. I got partnered with 3 gentlemen. 2 knew each other, the other was a random like myself. Everyone was super chill, but golf is a hard sport and there are levels to how frustrating it can be for each individual player.

Front 9 took us 2:45.

I enjoyed all of the angularity. Course was wet but in good condition. We were consistently behind most of the day.

Back 9 we breezed through.

Dropped two of 4 players.

Took us an Hour and half. Yep.

The back was tough in its own weird Heron ways. So many drop offs into ponds and blackberry bushes. Tons of fun to get depressed about. Made it out pretty good.

Long story short. If you are worried about Pace of Play, pay higher rates or go earlier. The Marshal was doing his best. But golf is golf.

I'm giving this a 2 star review because Golf now has emailed me 6 times asking for a review.

Service with Golf Now keeps going down, though the course is great.

This was a challenging course that I will definitely revisit in the summer when it is a little less wet. Enjoyed the geese and nature.

I usually play The Great Blue at least 20 times per year. It is a great course in the summer time but the migration of geese to the property this time of year makes the course nearly unplayable. If not for the geese poop, the conditions of the fairways and greens were excellent for the middle of winter.