oops -- hit "send" too soon.

Obviously the newest version of French Creek is much more difficult.
The tee pads are better. If you're going to go for the first time make
sure that you're there with someone that's familiar with the lay-out.
We were unable to park anywhere near the course -- the park may have
been trying to keep us out since shot-gun season had starter or maybe
they were just lazy on a rainy day about opening the gate to the back,
I don't know -- hopefully it was just a one time thing.

The walk from 18's basket to the 1st tee is really really long. If the
huge parking lot that you have to walk through ever gets re-opened it
would make it much less difficult to walk since you could park in the
middle. If you're ever playing in a tournament there make sure to tip
the TD to try to start on the back nine since otherwise you'll be
making the hike up the hill twice -- ouch.

Better than IH? Personal preference -- no. #3 is a great basket -- and
whatever the basket is with the island green is a great basket. Every
bit of the course is heavily wooded and the fairways are more narrow
than IH's on average. IH's tee pads are better but the rubber mats at
the new French Creek are WAY better than any previous tee pad at FC by
about a billion times. The French Creek guys have really done some
great work -- it'll be interesting what kind of a reception the new
course gets as they remove the last old course. When we were there
yesterday no one was playing the new baskets except us and the old
course had a couple of herds of golfers on it -- may have been because
of the parking thing -- may have been because of the hardness of the
layout . . .dunno.

Iron Hill has a couple baskets in the open (3 and 4). Iron Hill is
also much easier to get to being right off the highway.

FC is certainly worth playing. Scoring in the 60's is a good round . .
.I didn't. Schoettle kicked my ass.

To each their own -- it would be a fun day to play both and see which
one you score lower on . .. I'm guessing there's not much difference
between the two.

--- In FiendsofSedgleyWoods@yahoogroups.com, "pauwharton"
<pwharton1@...> wrote:
>
> There are tee pads done for all of the new holes now.
>
> --- In FiendsofSedgleyWoods@yahoogroups.com, "William Geibel"
> <lafsaledog@> wrote:
> >
> > JGB , I dont know when you were down there but most of the new holes
> > have GREAT TEE PADS at this point . They are stoned around and
> > layered with a Fly pad material at 1/3 the cost of fly pads .
> > I have always blasted the FC tee pads in the past but the one that
> > are there now are just FABULOUS . I was there for the French Creek
> > Autumn open in early NOV and there were about 8 tee pads done on the
> > new course .
> >
> >
> > --- In FiendsofSedgleyWoods@yahoogroups.com, "John Bradway"
> > <jbradway@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I played most of the new layout, and yes it's got some very serious
> > > signature holes that are outstanding. Paired with this are the
> > worst tee
> > > boxes on the east coast. There is no comparison to IHs gorgeous
> > tees. If
> > > French Creek can get concrete, or fly mats, or even some
> > > basic maintenance on the exiting tees.....
> > > JGB
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 7:47 PM, pauwharton <pwharton1@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > The contention is that French Creek's re-creation is better
> > than Iron
> > > > Hill -- I don't believe it. Want to find out Saturday?
> > > >
> > > > I got $5 says I can kick your ass there.
> > > >
> > > > -Wharton
> > > >
> > > > ps -- Krahn and Stein were the contentious ones . . but aren't
> > they
> > > > always . . . ah, to be young and contentious again -- old and
> > angry
> > > > just seems so redundant all the time. Bras on the porch . ..
> > sigh.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
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