CRYSTAL FALLS

Reviewer - StanB1
Date - October 5, 2009
Course - Crystal Falls
Tees - 5
Fairways - 4
Greens - 4
Bunkers - 4
Layout - 4
Staff - 5
Pace - 4

Comments -
Played as a single on Sunday, October 4th.
The course is in very nice shape with Bermuda grass fairways and rough.
The tee boxes and fairways are full, plush and green; the rough is not especially deep and is relatively easy to hit out of.
The well-placed bunkers are numerous, filled with deep, soft, and fluffy sand. They were all raked and looked very well maintained.
The greens are generally quite large and had been aerated recently and top dressed, and there was still a little loose sand on all of them,
but they seemed to putt very consistently. They felt firm to walk on, but held approach shots well, especially with high ball flighted shots.
The fairways are plenty wide on the front, but narrow a bit on the back with a few that have a lot of slope to them.
At 7,050 yards from the tips, this course has and interesting mix of hole lengths, with par 3's of 135, 144, 172 and 202 yards;
4 of the par 4's are between 450 and 491 yards; all the par 5's are 540+ yards long.
There is a very nice practice range, range balls are included, and there is a large putting green.
This is a very enjoyable course to play, and worth the drive.

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On July 22, 2009, TYKA posted:

Played Tues.7/21/09.Cashed in some yardage and purchased a week day pass from LMTT.
What an outstanding value! Second time playing this gem. Last time was in Nov.2008.
It was cold and windy ,with dormant fairways. This time it was even more enjoyable.
 Everything was green! Tee boxes were great. The fairways were firm and rolling.
Sprinkler heads were marked with front, center and back yardage.
Bunkers -filled with clean soft sand.
Excellent greens that rolled fast and true. Greens were firm, making approach shots difficult. Some would hold and others released.
An approach shot landing short - 8 yds. on the fairway, or hitting the fringe-actually ended up being decent.
The layout offers a few good scoring opportunities with a couple of short par 3's,a par 4 and a par 5 hole.
Club selection on the doglegs are key, as you can hit through some of those fairways.
Today we saw no cart service.
Nice driving range - hit off mats. Staff was helpful and courteous.
This course will challenge all levels of golfers. A must play !!



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On July 15, 2009, servant posted:

Played the course on 7-14. Great golf course. Bring all of your shots.
For 1st time players, pay attention to the layout. On a few holes it is best to go off the tee with an iron.
Will get back soon.


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On July 14, 2009, BamaChris posted:

We had a foursome go off early Saturday morning, July 11th.
It was everyone's first time playing the course and all agreed it was a great course.
The greens were just punched (small holes/very little sand) but were still running true.
The greens were very fast and fairways were hard.
The course needs some time to mature and when it does it will be 1st rate all around.
I'll be trying to get back as quickly as I can.


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On July 6, 2009, thesaintbc posted:

This course is beautiful and in great shape.
The only thing worth mentioning is that the greens a very soft which makes them bite hard and roll slow.
Keep this in mind on your approach shots.
 The layout is great and extremely challenging.
I highly recommend playing this course and enjoy the quite privacy of this club.