Some of y’all have played out there with me, and some of y’all have played with other folks. If you haven’t been since the course renovation, it’s quite a bit different on the course and off. Here’s what you should know for both.
When you drive up, use the bag drop and the guys working up there will take your bag and get it on a cart They have everyone’s names and their groups. Please bring cash to tip them. They’ll clean the clubs and all after the round and get your bags back up to the parking lot.
Go park after the bag drop. No rules about changing shoes in the parking lot and I do it every time I go out. Stuffiness has increased, but not that much.
Proper golf attire is required and you need to have your shirts tucked in. Gonna be strict on this. Don’t want you to have to buy a belt in the pro shop or something. Pretty much all of you dress properly at every course we play, so this is nothing out of the ordinary.
Speaking of the pro shop, your rounds will all go on my account, or the other two member hosts, Fritz or John. Go check in at the pro shop when you get there, and then go hit the practice area or head over to the snack shop by the tenth tee box and grab a snack and drinks if you’d like. As noted in the comments on the official FBGC preview, you can pay with cash or card at the snack bar and with Deborah or Suki or whoever is running the beverage cart on Sunday.
Practice area is great. Use it and get well prepared for the round.
In the clubhouse they’ve started a no hats rule. I hate the no hats rule, but I acquiesce nonetheless. If you don’t you’ll be quickly reminded of the rule. The men’s grill is less draconian.
On the course, the greens and surrounds are much more enjoyable post renovation than prior. I think they’ve improved the layout making 1 a little more interesting, 7 more fun, 14 way better, and making 15 a more versatile hole for tournaments. They can tip that out around 270 now. Most of you should not play the back tees.
Unfortunately, the drainage is apparently impossible to fix. The overnight rain and morning rain closed the course today. Keep a close eye on the weather and pray for it to stay dry.
As for which tees you should play, I play the member tees 95% of my rounds out there. Sometimes I move back. I’m playing up for the tournament because I think I can make those strokes back between 4, 16, and definitely 18. 9 can be a good par hole if you can keep your drive on the right side of the fairway and keep it dry from the golds. Honestly, some of them I’d rather play the golds than up, and 9 might be one. 14 could be reachable in 2 from up for me, and maybe 6 as well. If you’re hitting it past 240 and straight consistently, go to members. 270 play the blended back. If you’re a big hitter, watch out for balls running through to water left on 5, right on 6, and maybe right on 14 from golds or up if the wind is behind you.
Speaking of 6, they fixed the big blunder of the renovation that was splitting 6 into a par 4 and a par 3 and skipping 8. The remnants of that blunder are still there, however. If you hit it on the old green on the left side of 6 fairway, pull it off that and take a free drop. It’s my preferred layup zone so I hate it being there, but such is life.
Also, do not rely on your gps apps on your phone. Golfshot for sure is not correct. I doubt others are either. Use the cart’s GPS for back, middle, front, and your laser range finders for the pin. They do not set the pin distance on the cart GPS.
Any other questions, let me know. Be happy to help. And Faz or Chandler, if you think I missed anything, feel free to add in comments. Hope everyone has fun and the weather cooperates for us.
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