Golf in Ames.
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Took a golf class from Joan Gerhart (women’s golf coach) back in 1975. Homewood was the course we played. Fun course and at that time, we played it for next to nothing as a student.
Veenker is better than Coldwater. Honey Creek is better than Veenker. Otter in Ankeny and TCI in Polk City are better and within driving distance.
Lincoln Valley in State Center is super underrated, at least when I was playing it years ago. It’s a great 18 hole small town course only like 15-20 from Ames.
Lincoln Valley in State Center is super underrated, at least when I was playing it years ago. It’s a great 18 hole small town course only like 15-20 from Ames.
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Anybody remember the golf course on old hwy 30 towards Nevada? I think they took it out when the ethanol plant was built. What was the name? Played there in the late 90s early 2000s
Being a member at a country golf has many privileges, like not really worrying about getting tee times and free range balls. But As many have said here, the course is fairly boring. It’s pretty flat, no real trouble on most hole.
Yeah it’s been a housing development for years now. There was a particular dangerous hole on that course. One of my dad friends got hit by a ball. I believe there was a big hill sloping down towards the hole.
Veenker is a good test, many people hate it because of the all the trees. The greens are very tough. My only complaint about the course is many of the tee boxes are just in awful shape.
FWIW at the end of league this year I heard they had money to fix at least some of the tee boxes for next season. It is sorely needed.
That was a crazy hole you had to put a red flag up a tall pole when on the green because you could not see the green from the tee box.
It's technically still there, you'd just have to hit through windows of various houses now
Absolutely not true. Honey creek is 46 during the week with cart and 60 on the weekend. Cold water is 51 during the week and 55 on the weekend. Where the hell are you getting your information?
And honey creek has a play all day for 60 bucks deal that beats anything cold water offers. Try again.
AGCC is indeed a bit uneventful. The nice thing about it though is that it's an easy walk if you're a walker and the course and range is almost always open. It has the best greens in Ames. Outside of Ames, other than ones previously mentioned, I enjoy Lincoln Valley in State Center. It's short and gets very dry in the Summer but the course layout stays interesting throughout the round.
I think the Par 5 on the back 9 "the beast" is the dumbest hole in golf ive ever played. Its so unfair.