Just been going through resurfacing memories from my time there as a kid throughout the 90's, but my memory is fuzzy. Or if you've attended one of JR Bronger's churches he's preached at...
My 12 year old son and I went to Bartley Cavanaugh golf course for our 6:15am tee time this morning (Wednesday). I try to go midweek and early if possible to avoid the heat and the crowds. We're regulars at Bing Maloney and are there weekly. I'm by no means a pro, but I'm getting better and I don't really practice swing much before a shot. My boy struggles a bit, but we go right to our balls and hit them without delay.
Today, we had a weird twosome mixed with a threesome in front of us, so 5 guys playing. On hole 4, one of them left a club behind, so i drove it ahead to them while we were waiting for them to leave the green. Behind us were 3 old men playing from the closest tees, and they were on our ass. All three of them learing at us while my kid tops another shot because he doesn't like the pressure of everyone watching him.
The carts there have GPS and will tell you if you're behind or ahead of the pace of play. We were 52 minutes ahead! And waiting for the group in front of us.... Out of nowhere, a marshal pulls up and gets very stern, telling us to "play ready golf". I told him i don't take practice swings and we've been waiting for a group in front of us. He yells over me that they're going to busy today and we're holding everyone up. I point to the timer that has us 52 minutes ahead of our schedule. He just said to "keep up or else" and pulled away while I was talking.
The marshal at the turn was cool and helped us out. I talked to the guy at the desk which was shocked and gave me half a round for free. Kinda wish he gave me another 18 for free because it really ruined the experience for me.
By the way, we finished a 3:50 round, which i think is pretty decent.
For BC regulars... are they always this insane over there?
These arrived today from the officially Callaway store, refurbished. I've bought used clubs before that are roughly the same quality, but i was expecting more from the manufacturer being refurbished.
They were supposed to be black, but i can live with that. I thought that the club heads would be refinished a bit better and that the grips would look like new. They were also shipped loose in a box with no protective covering or bubble wrap.
I'm pretty disappointed as they're a gift for my son, but I really don't know if I'm not being reasonable and instead this is just what I should expect. What's the verdict?