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 Golfing in the fog, Dec 26, 2008
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reviewer: D.R.Warke
from Collinsville, IL
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| My first time to this course, I knocked on a large steel door to what I thought was the club house. A polite Russian voice coming from a box asked what I needed. I said "I'm here to play a round of golf". The Ruski voice explained this was a private building (Mikhail Gorbachev's) and I needed to walk down the path behind me. It was a sight to behold when I first stepped onto this course. A light fog was lifting and gave way to the large old trees framing the magnificant fairways. This entire course is in the hills of San Fransico and is breath-taking!!! The beginner-golfer will be amazed and the experienced will be challenged. The fairways are long and wide. I walked this 1895 built course in utter "shock & awe" thinking of all our famous military generals passed this way. The food in the cafe was great. It was a very fine experiece all around. |
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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 Palmer is ruining this course, Oct 10, 2004
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reviewer: John Richardson
from New YYork
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| This is a great old historic course with wonderful "bones" but the new managers, the Arnold Palmer Co. are ruining it, destroying the greens because of incompetence, hiring and firing staff so often that no one knows their jobs. Too bad: a grand old course, destroyed by corporate greed. I used to visit it every time I came to San Francisco; I won't until they change management. |
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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 Worth bringing your clubs to San Francisco, Jun 15, 2004
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reviewer: Mark
from Cincinnati
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| Easy to get to, reasonable in price, and not a flat lie anywhere. I played it in a 4-club wind, and thought it worthy of comparison to Olympic and Pebble Beach for challenge. The scenery is beautiful, if you like the Northern California look.
My only beef--players start every 4 minutes, which is flat out silly. When I was told by the starter to hit from the first tee, I asked to let the group ahead get off the tee box first!
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