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Date: 13 Sep 2006 15:27:12
From: judy
Subject: golf courses in the Walpole/Franklin area in MA
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Can anybody recommend any courses in the area between Natick and
Taunton? A friend and I live in these places and looking to drive
(cars) somewhat equal timesto play golf. Could even be 9 hole as we're
going to be playing late afternoon.
thanks,
Judy
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Date: 13 Sep 2006 20:26:59
From: John Livengood
Subject: Re: golf courses in the Walpole/Franklin area in MA
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judy wrote:
> Can anybody recommend any courses in the area between Natick and
> Taunton? A friend and I live in these places and looking to drive
> (cars) somewhat equal timesto play golf. Could even be 9 hole as we're
> going to be playing late afternoon.
>
> thanks,
> Judy
>
New England Country Club and Maplegate Country Club both in Bellingham are
decent tracks.
http://www.newenglandcountryclub.com/
http://www.maplegate.com/
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Date: 14 Sep 2006 05:05:18
From: cja
Subject: Re: golf courses in the Walpole/Franklin area in MA
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John Livengood wrote:
> judy wrote:
> > Can anybody recommend any courses in the area between Natick and
> > Taunton? A friend and I live in these places and looking to drive
> > (cars) somewhat equal timesto play golf. Could even be 9 hole as we're
> > going to be playing late afternoon.
> >
> > thanks,
> > Judy
> >
>
> New England Country Club and Maplegate Country Club both in Bellingham are
> decent tracks.
>
> http://www.newenglandcountryclub.com/
> http://www.maplegate.com/
>
You might want to try Bungay Brook, also in Bellingham:
http://www.bungaybrook.com/
I haven't played it myself, but I've heard good things about it from
people who have. It's a 9-hole course, not too far off 495, and should
be about the same driving time for both of you.
NECC and Maplegate both provide a fairly severe test of your golf game.
If you're choosing between those two, I recommend New England over
Maplegate, mostly because of the Maplegate staff's well-deserved
reputation for rudeness and bad service. I played NECC on 7/29 and it
was in good shape. I haven't played Maplegate since last year, but I
heard they haven't been maintaining it as well this year as in the
past.
- cja
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 10:06:24
From: Ed Vogel
Subject: Re: golf courses in the Walpole/Franklin area in MA
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"cja" <cja@excite.com > wrote in message
news:1158235518.886189.254730@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
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> NECC and Maplegate both provide a fairly severe test of your golf game.
> If you're choosing between those two, I recommend New England over
> Maplegate, mostly because of the Maplegate staff's well-deserved
> reputation for rudeness and bad service. I played NECC on 7/29 and it
> was in good shape. I haven't played Maplegate since last year, but I
> heard they haven't been maintaining it as well this year as in the
> past.
>
> - cja
>
My wife and I played Maplegate last Thursday. When I got there there
girl
behind the counter was very friendly...said "You're in luck...we were
aerating the
greens today, but the machine broke after three holes." Any decent
course
would have mentioned their planned aerating when I called the day before
to
make the tee times!!
The course was in good shape except the greens were very slow...they
probably
did not cut them as they planned to aerate.
I have not played NECC for a long time. I think NECC requires carts.
Maplegate will let you walk but will only allow pull carts before noon
on
weekdays (or something like that).
Ed
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Date: 16 Sep 2006 18:37:07
From: cja
Subject: Re: golf courses in the Walpole/Franklin area in MA
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Ed Vogel wrote:
> My wife and I played Maplegate last Thursday. When I got there the
> girl behind the counter was very friendly...said "You're in luck...we were
> aerating the greens today, but the machine broke after three holes." Any decent
> course would have mentioned their planned aerating when I called the day before
> to make the tee times!!
>
Indeed. Good, though, that someone was friendly.
> The course was in good shape except the greens were very slow...they probably
> did not cut them as they planned to aerate.
>
I'm glad to hear the course was in good shape. Maybe I'll try to get
out there once while the weather is still decent, after the aeration
has some time to heal.
> I have not played NECC for a long time. I think NECC requires carts.
> Maplegate will let you walk but will only allow pull carts before noon
> on weekdays (or something like that).
>
I've walked (carrying my bag) at both NECC and Maplegate. Carts may be
mandatory at NECC on weekends, but on any day it's a good idea to ride.
Unfortunately, there are some very long green to tee distances. I
appreciate a course that is set up with walkers in mind. I don't mind
hills, but it's not good to have to walk a 1/4 mile or more on a cart
path to get to the next tee. For all my complaints about Maplegate,
it's at least a reasonable walking course.
Maplegate does have very strange pull cart rules/restrictions. I never
use one, so I haven't paid too much attention to the rules. One of the
guys in the "pro shop" made it sound like the owner has threatened to
fire people if he _ever_ sees a pull cart out on the course when he
doesn't want them there.
- cja
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