Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
I booked to go to Old Thorns on one of their winter warmer packages. There had been a bit of rain during the preceding week, we were due to go down on a Sunday morning and I was advised to phone the pro shop before leaving home to make sure the course was playable.
Bearing in mind we were going to be travelling for the best part of two hours to get there, it left it a bit "nip and tuck".
Anyhow, managed to get hold of the pro shop just after 7am and the guy said it was a "bit wet in places" but was open. So off we went.
What a bloody shambles.
The course should never (ever) have been open.
Every bunker was completely full (and I mean COMPLETELY full) of water, you could not take relief from casual water because there wasn't anywhere better on the fairways to place a ball down!
A complete and utter nightmare and a waste of both time, money and effort to travel down there.
In hindsight I'd much rather have just lost the money and not bothered to go.
And to top it all off, we were supposed to get a roast dinner included in our package.
What did we get??? Naff all.
I WILL NEVER GO BACK TO OLD THORNS TO PLAY GOLF AGAIN.
Bearing in mind we were going to be travelling for the best part of two hours to get there, it left it a bit "nip and tuck".
Anyhow, managed to get hold of the pro shop just after 7am and the guy said it was a "bit wet in places" but was open. So off we went.
What a bloody shambles.
The course should never (ever) have been open.
Every bunker was completely full (and I mean COMPLETELY full) of water, you could not take relief from casual water because there wasn't anywhere better on the fairways to place a ball down!
A complete and utter nightmare and a waste of both time, money and effort to travel down there.
In hindsight I'd much rather have just lost the money and not bothered to go.
And to top it all off, we were supposed to get a roast dinner included in our package.
What did we get??? Naff all.
I WILL NEVER GO BACK TO OLD THORNS TO PLAY GOLF AGAIN.