Day 1186.
It's supposed to rain a lot the next couple days so we decided to get out and throw a round. We were going to go to Sycamore Trails (southern Dayton area) but there was an event there today so we decided on Cedar Sentinels out in Aurora, IN.
It's a long way out for us (about 50 minutes) so that's why we hadn't gotten out there yet, but it ended up being worthwhile. As expected, there was no one else out there playing . . . but we did see our friend Tony Vincent out working on the course. It's a labor of love for him and thankfully he does it as the course would probably be overgrown without his continual efforts to maintain it.
As usual, since it was the first time playing the course (this was our 50th course played not counting our home course) we played doubles. Weather was nice for the end of November -- low 40's, cloudy, dry . . . and we had handwarmers. Ah, glorious warm wonderful handwarmers.
The course is short and very tight and technical. It is the most tight and technical course we've played yet . . . which is fine for us . . . we were hitting lines pretty well and throwing pretty well. For a short course (longest hole 388') it was surprising how many holes legitimately required two shots to get into putting position. Birdies (well, 2's) were very hard to come by. We liked that -- it is definitely a golf course not a throwing course.
Playing dubs (and having no knowledge of the holes) we managed +3 (57). That actually felt like a pretty clean round.
The solitude on the course was great -- it was peaceful and quiet. The teepads were pavers which worked just fine and seem to be holding up well.
The next tee signs were some of the best and most helpful we've seen --
Each teepad had a slanted bench/stand which made a great bench, bag stand or bed for tired players --
I took a panoramic picture of Hole 17 which has a large bend to the right requiring a good first placement shot to have a chance at reaching the green in two . . .
And finally we thought this was the greatest bridge ever (ha ha) walking to 18 . . .
Ran into Tony while he was working on Hole 11 (he was trimming to widen up access paths) and he told us his favorite holes were 12 & 13. I could see that, 12 was a shot along the top of a ridge and 13 was an anny down a hill and then back up where you had to try and keep in under the available ceiling . . . on which we both threw our Flying Squirrels . . . and any hole that requires a Flying Squirrel is fun in my book. 😃
Good day, I'm glad we finally checked this one off of our list. I'd play it again and we'd play it frequently if it weren't so far away.
It's supposed to rain a lot the next couple days so we decided to get out and throw a round. We were going to go to Sycamore Trails (southern Dayton area) but there was an event there today so we decided on Cedar Sentinels out in Aurora, IN.
It's a long way out for us (about 50 minutes) so that's why we hadn't gotten out there yet, but it ended up being worthwhile. As expected, there was no one else out there playing . . . but we did see our friend Tony Vincent out working on the course. It's a labor of love for him and thankfully he does it as the course would probably be overgrown without his continual efforts to maintain it.
As usual, since it was the first time playing the course (this was our 50th course played not counting our home course) we played doubles. Weather was nice for the end of November -- low 40's, cloudy, dry . . . and we had handwarmers. Ah, glorious warm wonderful handwarmers.
The course is short and very tight and technical. It is the most tight and technical course we've played yet . . . which is fine for us . . . we were hitting lines pretty well and throwing pretty well. For a short course (longest hole 388') it was surprising how many holes legitimately required two shots to get into putting position. Birdies (well, 2's) were very hard to come by. We liked that -- it is definitely a golf course not a throwing course.
Playing dubs (and having no knowledge of the holes) we managed +3 (57). That actually felt like a pretty clean round.
The solitude on the course was great -- it was peaceful and quiet. The teepads were pavers which worked just fine and seem to be holding up well.
The next tee signs were some of the best and most helpful we've seen --
Each teepad had a slanted bench/stand which made a great bench, bag stand or bed for tired players --
I took a panoramic picture of Hole 17 which has a large bend to the right requiring a good first placement shot to have a chance at reaching the green in two . . .
And finally we thought this was the greatest bridge ever (ha ha) walking to 18 . . .
Ran into Tony while he was working on Hole 11 (he was trimming to widen up access paths) and he told us his favorite holes were 12 & 13. I could see that, 12 was a shot along the top of a ridge and 13 was an anny down a hill and then back up where you had to try and keep in under the available ceiling . . . on which we both threw our Flying Squirrels . . . and any hole that requires a Flying Squirrel is fun in my book. 😃
Good day, I'm glad we finally checked this one off of our list. I'd play it again and we'd play it frequently if it weren't so far away.
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