Good course layout, slow play, temporary tees
Palm Beach National Golf & Country Club的点评
点评:The course has a good layout with good variety from one hole to another, and was well maintained, though with a caveat I will get to shortly. The staff was friendly, but the starter seemed a bit addled by something, and was back and forth from the first tee to the clubhouse or somewhere, and we ended up teeing off ten minutes or so late.
The pace of play was horrendous. The place could use a ranger. The group ahead of us was epically slow. You know the situation: both carts drive to the same spot; someone gets out of one of the carts and ponders the situation for a while before selecting a club and taking numerous practice swings, hits the ball somewhere random, replaces the club, and climbs back into the cart; and they all proceed to the next ball. All the while it was apparent there was a lot of open space ahead of them. The front 9 took over two and a half hours. Fortunately they wandered off not long after starting the back 9.
A number of the tee boxes were being resodded, and there were temporary tees. That's not necessarily a big problem, except there was no indication of the new yardage. Range finders are helpful devices, but should not be essential. A course, especially one that caters to visitors, should have enough guidance for newcomers without electronics.
If not for the combination of slow play and temporary tees I might have considered a four star rating, but as it was the experience was no better than average. It's a decent value, and probably won't be a disappointment if you play there.
翻译:球场布局不错,每个球洞都各有特色,维护得也很好,不过有个问题我稍后会提到。工作人员很友好,但发球员似乎有点心不在焉,一会儿在发球台,一会儿又跑回会所,或者去了其他地方,结果我们迟到了大约十分钟才开球。
打球速度慢得令人发指。球场应该配备巡场员。前面那组人慢得惊人。你肯定也遇到过这种情况:两辆球车开到同一个位置;有人从其中一辆球车上下来,琢磨了一会儿,然后选了一根球杆,做了好几下练习挥杆,随便把球打到某个地方,再把球杆放回原位,爬回球车;然后他们就继续往下一个球打。明明前面还有很多空地,他们却慢吞吞地打。前九洞打了两个半小时多。幸运的是,他们在后九洞开始不久就离开了。
一些发球台正在重新铺草皮,所以设置了临时发球台。这本身倒不是什么大问题,只是没有标明新的距离。测距仪虽然有用,但并非必需品。球场,尤其是接待游客的球场,应该为没有电子设备的新手提供足够的指导。
如果不是因为打球速度慢和临时发球台的问题,我或许会给四星评价,但就目前的情况来看,体验只能算一般。球场性价比还不错,如果你去那里打球,应该不会失望。