Metcalfe

[Riddler]

Got a game Monday... anyone play there lately? What are the conditions like?

[billbob]

I played Metcalfe yesterday when they had a "wear red for Canada 2 for 1 deal" going on in the afternoon. I was very glad that I only paid $21 for my 18 hole round. 4 or 5 greens have large dead patches on them. I will not be playing that course for the rest of this year at least.

[Big Johnny69]

I played Metcalfe yesterday when they had a "wear red for Canada 2 for 1 deal" going on in the afternoon. I was very glad that I only paid $21 for my 18 hole round. 4 or 5 greens have large dead patches on them. I will not be playing that course for the rest of this year at least.

Not promising to hear considering we have Intersectionals there in two weeks.

[lovethatping]

i agree with billbob, i played there yesterday and some greens were terrible with large dead patches (par 3 5th was the worst offender, i thought it was a sand trap from the tee box!) others were shaggy and others were fine. very inconsistent.

[Fade]

agree with the comments above, considering it's the middle of summer, the condition of the course should be much much better. perhaps it's a newer course and it needs time to mature. otherwise, not sure what other excuse they would have

[Big Johnny69]

I have to agree with all the above posted comments. Not sure what's wrong, but some of the greens at Metcalfe are hurting indeed. I'm no greenskeeper, but I know the greens at Edgewood (which are notorious for being brown, hard and burnt late in season) are in very good shape right now considering how bad they were at the beginning of the year. Not sure what would cause the greens at Metcalfe to not rebound back to decent shape. Needless to say, Intersectionals there tomorrow will be trying to say the least with the different characteristics from green to green.

[big mac]

I Don't know guys----just got back from Metcalfe--yep one green is in bad shape but is playable--as far as the others I didn't find any serious problems--# 18 is like cement but its OK. This is the same type of comments that came up about Casselview 2 monthes ago and as far as I am concerned they got a bad rap---sure they had green problems but they sure fixed them in a hell of a hurry and did a great job too. Don't forget Metcalfe greens are old and for only one to be on the critical list your being too pickey. First time I played the new nine and really enjoyed the course---and will definitly go back

[Bullet]

Metcalf has always been a hard ground course in past years. I haven't played it this year. I can say to their defence the few times I did play the course it was in the fall. Hard to keep a popular course in top shape at end of season.

[up&down]

yes, # 5 is awful..take your 2 putts and run
the new greens are faster than the others! if you have decent feel, you'll adapt no problem