like the Red course a little more, but, I still love the Blue course.
I recently took three fellows to Streamsong who had never been there before.
They loved it.
When we were talking about the course, one theme, which transcended both courses, seemed to prevail.
Variety and fun
The opinions seemed consistent.
The par 3's were great.
The short par 4's were great.
The par 5's were terrific.
The long par 4's were a demanding challenge.
Another theme that was consistent was how, due to the size of the greens, the holes could play dramatically different, without moving the tees.
As an example, # 16 Red, could be a 9-iron to a 3-wood or driver into the wind.
So many greens held an infinite number of hole locations.
So much so that you could probably play 100+ days in a row without seeing the same hole location on a good number of holes.
All agreed that "WIDTH" was one of the key ingredients to enjoying the course.
The greens were fast and very challenging for all, not so much on 5, 10, 15 and 20 footers, but, on the 30, 40, 50 and 60 footers.
Approach putting takes on enormous significance at Streamsong, especially when those greens are running fast.
Rusty and Kyle had the course in very good shape and those greens were really FIRM and FAST.
Chipping/pitching to them was difficult.
We all employed rescues/3-woods from off the green rather than lob wedges.
We all agreed that both courses were terrific in every way.
We could find no substantive shortcomings.
We had four good caddies, but, only one was an outstanding reader of greens.
We all found them difficult to read.
At high speeds, blending break with pace was a real challenge.
We had a great time and some great matches.
I made a birdie 3 on # 4 Red, and lost the hole to a 2.
Stacy Lewis, who was playing ahead of us made a 1 on # 6 and three of us hit it inside of 4 feet and all made birdie on # 6.
Teed off in a thick fog yesterday morning on Blue.
The twosome playing ahead of us, who had never played Streamsong Blue........... got lost in the fog on # 2.
So, we suggested that they play behind us because the caddies and I were familiar with the course.
So, we're talking on the 3rd tee and low and behold, it's another GCA.Com'er.
And the fellow he was playing with was wearing a Notre Dame cap.
And, so was I. Turns out that his two daughters went to ND.
We were so excited to meet each other that we could have talked for hours.
But, my group was yelling for me to get going as they were far ahead in the fairway.
The golf world is uniquely small.
The other three guys in my foursome and the caddies asked, how do you know that guy.
So then I had to explain GCA.com to them.
Everyone I spoke to at Streamsong, loved the courses, Red and/or Blue.
The debate over 100 plays ensued.
Blue seemed to win by a 7-3 margin, but Red grew on me a little.
Lastly, the golf staff were terrific.
The Pros, assistant Pros, staff, Starter, assistants, caddies, everyone was great to be with.
I'm anxious to return.
I wonder if they ever considered building an airstrip with shuttle service from Orlando, Tampa, Palm Beach, Ft Lauderdale, Miami,
What kind of golf course would compliment the existing two courses and act as a significant golfing lure ?