East Roswell Park

Pros: Offers 3 distict levels of ability, In the woods make a great walk in the summer. A great technical course that demands your absolute attention.Offers a change of pace that is unlike anything else in the area. If you want a new experience get out to ERP. Holes 2 and 6 were absolutely breath taking and beautiful. You need to go on a nice sunny day as the pics above, just don't do the hole justice. Course is marked well and easy to get around, but locating baskets can be a challenge. ...
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Pros:
Offers 3 distict levels of ability, In the woods make a great walk in the summer.

A great technical course that demands your absolute attention.Offers a change of pace that is unlike anything else in the area. If you want a new experience get out to ERP. Holes 2 and 6 were absolutely breath taking and beautiful. You need to go on a nice sunny day as the pics above, just don't do the hole justice. Course is marked well and easy to get around, but locating baskets can be a challenge.

Cons:
Huge mulch piles are ugly and provide an unwanted habitat for snakes. Some of the kudzu is scary. Can lose a disc a just a shade off the fairway. Back 9 seems lack luster with the exception of 2-3 holes. Kinda feels like some holes were squeezed in and some others just feel repetitive. Like the other review, some holes Par might want to be reviewed as some seem almost unfair. Almost like a novelty, difficult just to be difficult.I don't think ERP will crown the best golfer in tournament play, just best golfer that round. I think luck kinda has a little more leverage at ERP than surrounding area's. Which in some regards isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Other Thoughts: ERP is an extreme challenge from the black tees that IMO should only be challenged by advanced if not pro players. The shots the black tees call for, most Ams and lower 950 rated players just don't have. I made this mistake the first time here, thinking that since I play black and gold at Jp that id do fine here. I couldn't have been more wrong. This is a different kind of distance, im talking hallway like fairways that may dog leg twice or make one huge dogleg with some sporadic trees in the line.

That being said the blue tees were perfect and provided an experience that no other course in the area can provide. When I was told that the course was technical I immediately thought about Redan, wow how wrong could someone be. This course is very technical and you will need your TLs, Valks, and Eagle. I did at least. Blue tees provided a very fair test of golf for someone who doesnt have 400 ft hyzers that go down a hallway LOL. Some holes like the one with the ton of mulch and the one with the cargo containers were downright ugly, but its more than made up for with 2 and 6 which from the black tee are almost breath taking.

The tee pads hurt the overall rating, as I would have rather had dirt than the powdrer they put down, but dont let that stop you from playing this course. Its more than worth your time.
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