点评:It's disappointing to have to write another critical review about this course, of which I'm a member, but something needs to change, and this is the only avenue I have.
The driving range is beaten to dirt by mid-morning. The mowing schedule is baffling: maintenance crews are out on the front nine before 10am, right when members want to get in a quick round and go about their day. It feels like tee time access and course conditions are consistently deprioritized for the membership. This isn't a one-off — outside leagues are allowed to book entire days of tee times, blocking members from playing at least one day a week, and it was closer to two days a week last year.
The bunkers remain little more than a thin layer of sand over black tarp — it's hard to play a round without seeing the liner peeking through. The only bunkers that get real attention are the ones around the 18th green, visible from the restaurant to guests staying at Paradise Village.
Speaking of which, I suspect Paradise Village has significant influence over what does and doesn't get invested in here. Recent renovations have focused on the bag drop area, the parking lot, the restaurant, and bag storage — areas members rarely use — plus a new entrance gate currently under construction. These are all things aimed at appealing to people who aren't golfing, like time share people. Meanwhile, the golf course itself keeps deteriorating. There's no real first cut of rough, no collar to speak of — just fairway and foot-high grass. And when mowing does happen, it's common to see a dozen or more staff standing around the clubhouse while fairways are left lined with piles of clippings.
I golf about four times a week, and it's tempting to leave a review after every round based on what that day's conditions actually earned. The recent 2025-2026 reviews are honest, but they're not dragging the overall rating down to where it should be — this course is still coasting on a reputation from 20+ years ago that hasn't matched reality in at least a decade. It's a shame TripAdvisor doesn't separate an all-time score from a recent-reviews score; that would make it much clearer how far this course has fallen. At this point it's not even a good municipal course — it's a shell of the club it used to be.
翻译:很遗憾,我不得不针对我所隶属的这家高尔夫俱乐部再写一篇批评性评论,但确实有些事情需要改变,而这是我唯一能表达的途径。
到了上午中段,练习场就变得脏乱不堪。草坪修剪的安排也令人费解:维护人员早上10点之前就在前九洞区域作业,而此时会员们正希望能打几洞然后继续自己的日常安排。感觉俱乐部始终把会员的开球时间需求和球场状况置于次要位置。这种情况并非个例——外部联赛可以预订一整天的开球时段,导致会员们每周至少有一天无法打球;去年这一情况更是接近每周两天。
沙坑里基本上只有一层薄薄的沙子覆盖在黑色防水布上——打球时很难不看到从下面露出的防水布。唯一得到妥善维护的沙坑就是第18洞果岭周围的那些,从餐厅里就能看到,那些沙坑也是给入住Paradise Village酒店的客人准备的。
说到这个……我怀疑Paradise Village对这里的投资方向有着相当大的影响力。最近的翻新工作主要集中在球包寄存区、停车场、餐厅以及球包储存处——这些地方会员们很少使用——此外还有一座正在施工中的新入口大门。这些措施都是为了吸引那些不打高尔夫的人,比如分时度假的消费者。而高尔夫球场本身却一直在恶化,现在连最基本的草皮修剪都做不到了。几乎没有所谓的“球道边缘带草带”——只有平整的球道和齐脚高的草丛而已。即便真的进行修剪,也常能看到十几名工作人员站在会所周围,而球道上则堆满了剪下的草屑。
我每周打四次高尔夫,每次打完之后都很想根据当天的实际状况写下评价。近期发布的2025-2026年度评价也确实反映了真实情况。不过,它们也并未把整体评分拉低到应有的水平——这家球场至今仍靠着20多年前的名声在吸引顾客,但事实上近十年来它的实际水平早已配不上那份名声了。很可惜TripAdvisor没有将历史评分与近期评论评分分开统计;那样就能更清楚地看出这家球场的水平究竟下滑了多少。如今它甚至算不上一家优秀的市立球场了——完全成了昔日辉煌时的影子罢了。