Pound Ridge on 6/15 or 6/16?

[jimboski93]

My wife is out of town so it's going to be a solid weekend of golf.

 

I was looking to play 18 on either Saturday or Sunday, June 15/16 at Pound Ridge (http://www.poundridgegolf.com/)

(Great course, but $195 greens fee so this'll be my once-a-year).

 

I am looking to put together a foursome or at least find a playing partner. Anyone interested?

 

Me - 10 index and will be driving up from White Plains

[jimboski93]

My home course was booked for a tournament so I went out on Sunday to Pound Ridge. This was my second time playing it.

It is a challenging course (I played from the Oaks, 6,773 yards, 73.8/142) and my poor putting didn't help. But I felt really underwhelmed.

The first time I played, I was brought out there as a client. So no $195 greens fee, drinks/food were all covered.
It starts with a fine driving range that is netted in, but reduced-flight plastic range balls and hitting off a mat. They have 200 yards, but I'm guessing they either don't trust golfers to use only irons, or there was some sort of complaint/fine about the balls that do go onto the adjoining property.

#1 has a semi-blind tee shot and second shot which is an awful way to start. If you bomb your drive over the dunes, you'll be able to see the green on your approach. If you drive to the area of the fairway you can see from the tee, your approach is blind. I think this is a smart design, but not for the first hole.

The next few holes through #6 are full of dunes and fescue and give you a links style feeling.
#7 through #15 route you through the woods and bunkers/dunes are an afterthought.
#16 through #18 you are back at the higher elevations and again it has that links-y feeling again.
It just felt dis-jointed.

The other complaint I had was that there are several parallel fairways and you get people crossing over the whole time which slows things down considerably. Lastly, because this is a public course, it's sad to see the massive divots people leave in the fairways. The course was otherwise in very good shape.

In terms of value, I think of Pound Ridge at $195 in comparison to Hudson Hills at $110 (those are both the full weekend rate). PR gets the nod because it is more challenging and in better shape, somewhat offset by the price. If PR was $150, I'd play there a lot more frequently.

[johnnybogey]

Thanks for sharing.

Moving to westchester country this fall and plan to get a park pass. Never played Pound Ridge or Hudson Hills before. I think Hudson Hills is only $85.00 with park pass on weekends. Hope it's worth it.

[tsmithers]

[quote name='jimboski93' timestamp='1370448700' post='7174640']
My wife is out of town so it's going to be a solid weekend of golf.

I was looking to play 18 on either Saturday or Sunday, June 15/16 at Pound Ridge ([url="http://www.poundridgegolf.com/"]http://www.poundridgegolf.com/[/url])
(Great course, but $195 greens fee so this'll be my once-a-year).

I am looking to put together a foursome or at least find a playing partner. Anyone interested?

Me - 10 index and will be driving up from White Plains
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Hey Jim, I'm a 10 as well and would love to play but the $195 is a little steep for me. I live in New Fairfield, CT, which is close to Danbury so if you ever want to play a round somewhere else let me know. I'd love to meet someone from GolfWRX.