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Course Review – Chimera, Nevada

Posted on July 11, 2017by sorenj

Chimera (Serpent Tees) 6530 yards – 70.3 Rating – 122 Slope – 83 Score Day 3; April 23rd, 2017   The first thing I noticed about Chimera was the eye popping “green” of their greens.  The word “pristine” came quickly to mind; and, really, the entire course was fantastically groomed and maintained.   This is no […]

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Course Review – Burns State Park, Arkansas

Posted on July 10, 2017by sorenj

Burns State Park – Championship Course (Blues) 6199 yards – 69.6 Rating – 122 Slope – 86 Score Day 11; May 1st, 2017 The first thing to know about this review is that Burns was not our planned course for the state of Arkansas; however, when we arrived at Pleasant Valley Country Club to play […]

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Golf Nerd Alert – a bit on course rating and slope

Posted on May 23, 2017by sorenj

For some time I’ve known that (speaking very generically) course rating is for scratch golfers and the slope is for bogey golfers. While I am, on my good days, typically the afore mentioned bogey golfer, I’ve always determined which tee’s to play based on the course rating and yardage. Most often this has worked for […]

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A few bests – golf stuff

Posted on May 19, 2017May 20, 2017by sorenj

I’m really avoiding saying what course(s) is (are) best as much as possible, however there are a few things that I can say are the best so far (because they have to do with me, not the courses), so I will. Best shots (top 3, I’ll update if this changes): Knockdown 2 iron off the […]

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