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07-14-2008 05:22 PM #1
Missisipi Golf club
One word to describe this course:Wow.If ever I needed incentive to leave La Belle Province this would be it.Gorgeous old style course with lush fairways,wonderfull greens,and what a layout.Every hole is an adventure.Just cant believe my wife and I did not play here before.And as a bonus if you get tired of golfing you can always cast your fishing line in the river on the front nine.For the money you spend wich i was told around 40.00,you can play this wonderfull course 2 times compared to alot of other high end courses in our area.And thanks to Dan Kilbank and Reservation Masters,we would have never played up here.We will be back and bring some friends.Any members out there who can add to this?
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07-14-2008 08:58 PM #2
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07-14-2008 09:00 PM #3
Lucky you,I wish I lived closer.
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07-14-2008 09:27 PM #4
It's a sweet track, for sure. Not long by modern standards, but it is extremely well kept, and capital improvement projects are continually undertaken to improve the course. Played 27 holes on Sunday afternoon / evening by myself, in less than 4.5 hours, with a stop for dinner.
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07-14-2008 10:25 PM #5
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Hmmm, maybe I'll have to give it another go because I wasn't that impressed when I went earlier in the year.
I found the conditioning to be good but not great. I liked the layout on the front nine - some really interesting and challenging holes. But it seemed that the back nine just had a ton of blind shots - I don't mind one or two but when it turns into every second hole it becomes a little frustrating.
I had heard great things about the course and had high expectations when I booked it (perhaps too high), but I was kinda disappointed when I left.
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07-15-2008 12:49 AM #6BoucheGuest
Yet to play it but I have heard alot of good things about the course! I might go play there sometime early August. I will keep my expectations down!
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07-15-2008 10:01 AM #7
It's not a course that you'd compare style-wise to Eagle Creek, Marshes, or Stonebridge (especially the front nine which is more than 80 years old). The back nine does have a few tee shots where you can't see the fairway (12, 14)... and the 16th is a short par four that can be driven, though you can't see the green from the tee.
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07-15-2008 12:20 PM #8
I found that you need to try all sorts of shots and if you play from the tips,its prob. a good challenge,but its not like E.C,Marshes etc..but if you like the old style courses and we do,then by all means its the best bang for your buck.
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07-15-2008 01:15 PM #9
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Just to be clear, I wasn't expecting conditions like Eagle Creek or The Marshes - I would have been happy with conditions like Casselview or Canadian. I just found the greens to be a little slow and bumpy and the fairways were just OK - this was back in early June so maybe they're a lot better now.
Length was not the issue as I usually play from the whites anyway. I love old-style courses - one of my favourites is Chateau Montebello and I always enjoy the Perth course (and you can't much older than that!). I'm not a "bomb and gouge" player by any stretch - I like to think my way around a course and play strategically. That's what I liked about the front 9.
What I don't like is a course filled with blind shots and hidden hazards. As I stated, I don't mind one or two (like there were on the front), but when it is every second hole (as it was on the back) then in my opinion the course is just being "tricked up" for the members.
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07-15-2008 01:26 PM #10
I think you may be mis-remembering the back nine, because they're aren't blind shots on every second hole... maybe every third hole
1. the tee shot on 12 you can't see the fairway.
2. same for 14.
3. and if you choose to go for the green on 17, that would be considered blind.www.chapeaunoirgolf.com
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07-15-2008 01:45 PM #11
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Did you say that you can only play it 2 times ? So 2 times a year or....?
I've been wanting to play this course for a while now, and now I want to play even more....
Thanks.
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07-15-2008 02:01 PM #12
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OK, I wasn't counting the par 3's - that would just be too crazy!
I think you mean 13 instead of 14 - the one with the swamp on the right that has the periscope, right? Also, long hitters can't see their landing area over the hill from the 16th tee, while short hitters will have a blind second shot over the hill.
I'll give it another try. I don't want to judge a course too harshly based on a single visit, but I'm just saying that I was little disappointed on the first trip.
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07-15-2008 02:42 PM #13
I guess it is true about 16, I hadn't really thought of it as blind hole.
Actually I meant 15, my bad... #10 is a shortish par 4 over a pond to a recently re-done green. #11 is a 169 par three with a small pot bunker in front of the green. #12 is a slight dogleg left... from the tee you can't see the landing area. #13 is a tricky, tight par five, #14 is a 107 yard par 3... and #15 is a par four that moves to the right around the marsh, and from the tee you can barely see the left side of the fairway...
Not trying to convince you it's a great course, as everyone has their own likes and dislikes for various reasons (for me it's Loch March on the not-too-crazy-about-side).
Just surprised about your impression regarding conditioning on your visit, because that's one of the last criticisms I would expect of the 'sip.www.chapeaunoirgolf.com
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07-15-2008 02:50 PM #14
They did have some trouble with #1 & 2 fairways and #10 green this year. I played it in the middle of May and the conditions were not what I've come to expect from Mississippi. You're right about the blind shots on the back, there's quite a number of them.
I would suggest you give it another chance, it is the epitome of 'hidden gem'Al Gore didn't invent the internet, but he did invent global warming.
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07-15-2008 08:15 PM #15
I love a challenge---got to go---maybe next week---sounds very interesting
Does the 2nd hole-n-one come easier ?
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07-15-2008 08:23 PM #16
Me and Bugsy are going to try it at 12:37 this friday
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07-15-2008 09:08 PM #17
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07-15-2008 11:03 PM #18
If I said I would join you I would probably be shot!!!!
Does the 2nd hole-n-one come easier ?
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07-15-2008 11:13 PM #19
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07-15-2008 11:37 PM #20BoucheGuest
We should get a couple groups going there sometime soon! Sounds like a good funday
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07-15-2008 11:43 PM #21
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07-16-2008 12:07 AM #22BoucheGuest
I should....how about you should!! LOL
No im kidding. I guess I could do it but that means your driving. No sense on both of us driving like that day we went out to Geoffs course out in the middle of nowhere
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07-16-2008 05:31 AM #23
I was wondering when the "fun day" would come up
Does the 2nd hole-n-one come easier ?
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07-21-2008 12:22 PM #24
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07-21-2008 02:03 PM #25
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Mississippi's fine but how about Renfrew?!?
Yessir, Mississippi's just fine but the best value in the valley has got to be Renfrew...
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07-21-2008 06:35 PM #26
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Come on Indio, step up to the plate again, Mississippi in the fall.
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07-26-2008 01:01 PM #27
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07-26-2008 07:32 PM #28
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I played it on Friday for the first time, and this course is excellent and in great shape. I will be returning for sure. I have yet to play renfrew but it is next on my list.
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07-27-2008 08:33 PM #29
i was a junior member there growing up $325 at the time, I was spoiled.
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07-27-2008 09:22 PM #30
Well I played it for my first time today. Really nice course, very pretty and interesting. Hard to know where on earth you are going I think it would be better after getting to know it more.
My only beef was the very very bumpy fairways. If you are on a cart it will do your back in if you don't go at a snails pace.
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