The Home Course

Yesterday we spent my birthday at The Home Course in DuPont, WA. The Home Course was the assisting course for teh 2010 US Amateur.

The Home Course has great potential. The practice area is worthy of a top notch facility, but they haven't built a clubhouse, yet. The golf shop is in a trailer next the to snack shack trailer next to the restroom trailer...Hopefully they'll be able to raise th capital needed to build the infrastructure to match the great golf course.

The day started off clear and cold. Then came the wind and rain...

I was surprised that they let us drive carts on the fairways. The course has had as much water as it could take and casual water was becoming commonplace.

The course was in great shape for mid-November. The main defenses for the couse are wind and the greens. If they speed the greens up, 3-4 putts could be the norm. It appears the greens are bent grass, we'll see if they survive in this climate, most have not. Some local knowledge is required to play the course well.

Pace of play was a little slow on the front nine. Enough people quit when the weather turned; we didn't see anybody on the back side.

The course was marked reasonably well. The bunkers are a bit strange. Some look like they are from Scotland with vertical faces while others look like my back lawn with patches of grass in random places on the faces of the bunkers.

The prices are very fair for a championship quality course. If you have a GHIN card, make sure you show it to get your discount.

On a scale of 1-5... (1-not good; 5-nothing better)
Course conditions: 4
Clubhouse: 1
Range/practice area: 4
Cost: $36/$17 Adult/Junior Holiday w/ GHIN card
Overall: 3+ almost as good a value as Gold Mountain, needs a clubhouse.