I played at the Zebulon Country Club this week.\u00a0 Overall it’s a very good course as far as conditions go.\u00a0 Among local courses I would rank the fairways and greens slightly above Lochmere and Wil-Mar.\u00a0 It’s definitely way better than nearby Wendell Country Club (which is barely a golf course anymore). We were told the greens may be a mix of bent grass and Bermuda.\u00a0 They were almost as good as the bent grass greens at Carolina Country Club.<\/p>\n
It’s not a long course and has some easy to par 470 yard holes.\u00a0 It’s got a couple of easy to birdie par 4’s if you’re even slightly better than me. \u00a0 All-in-all it’s a course worth going back to many times, again based on the conditions.\u00a0 But it does have one really bad problem on weekdays: lots of grumpy old men.\u00a0 I mean, these old timers are straight evil and angry that anyone under 55 years old dare, yes dare, come on their course.\u00a0 They play with no golf etiquette, none, zero.\u00a0 They don’t finish out their putts from five or ten feet and then proclaim “ya, I scored a 74 today”. \u00a0 Right, minus any putting at all.<\/p>\n
Since they don’t putt out once they hit the green they’ll pick up their ball and tee off immediately while the group in front of them is still on the fairway. \u00a0 One thing is for sure, these old coots won’t slow you down.\u00a0 They’ll spray the ball to bejesus, usually on to another fairway, and then without warning or any dialog drive their carts straight onto a fairway someone else is playing to hit their shots.\u00a0\u00a0 We were playing fast (pars and bogeys) but one group behind us was so bad we let them play through since no etiquette, hurry up golf was their thing.\u00a0 Only to have another Geritol gang come up behind us and almost hit us with a ball (literally) as we\u00a0 finished putting.\u00a0 I said something the the effect of “You need to slow down and chill”.\u00a0 To which one old man replied “No, you need to move boy!”. \u00a0 So I replied “No. I do not and will not”.\u00a0 I know what they’re trying to do because I’ve seen it before.\u00a0 It’s an ego trip for these old guys to be able to say they can play 18 holes in 2 1\/2 hours or less, score be damned.\u00a0 It happened a lot at Winton Country Club in Virginia where the average member age is probably 62.\u00a0 Nothing makes them prouder than to have the “youngun’s” let them play through.\u00a0 Somehow in their minds this equates to better golf.\u00a0 Never mind taking the time to make shots that score low.<\/p>\n
I’ve decided to try this course another day at a time later in the afternoon to see if the “Geritol Thugs” might be less of a distraction. \u00a0 The first time I went to check the location and prices a really nice manager was offering some attractive membership rates.\u00a0 Even with the wonderful turf this course has, if you’ve got to sacrifice playing a complete game to let angry old people who don’t really care about quality golf have their way, it’s not worth it.\u00a0 The attitude of regular patrons can make or break a golf course.\u00a0 I’ve played many, and these regulars are the absolute worst I have ever seen despite the sign coming into Zebulon that says “Home of Friendly People”.\u00a0 Ya right, friendly people that think they own a golf course because it’s the only one they play four times a week.\u00a0 I hope my next experience is better so I don’t have to leave these great turf conditions to the cranky old coots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I played at the Zebulon Country Club this week.\u00a0 Overall it’s a very good course as far as conditions go.\u00a0 Among local courses I would rank the fairways and greens slightly above Lochmere and Wil-Mar.\u00a0 It’s definitely way better than nearby Wendell Country Club (which is barely a golf course anymore). We were told the … Continue reading Zebulon Country Club Course Review<\/span>