True North
Aug 13, 2007, 11:17 PM
This story start off boring but ends up interesting, so please readh through.
Well everything started out pretty good, it was a gorgeous day, my first time on Eagles Nest. I was teeing with a couple of very close friends.
The first strange thing, the course was empty. This is not bad of course but I could not see anyone behind me and no one in front of me. The course is in good condition and they have endeavoured to make this track interesting and challenging.
The first thing that bothered me was that were no course diagrams offered or given to the players. This wasn't a big deal until i realized that there are a number of blind shots and doglegs where that sort of mapping is necessary. There weren't even hole layouts/digarams at each of the holes.
All you got was the hole yardage on your scorecard.Keep in mind this a $200 round of golf with a cart.
NOW FOR THE WEIRD PART
We are on the 17th hole on an otherwise pleasant round of golf. We finish up on 17 and get back in our cart and it won't start. Beer cart girl stops and we tell her what is going on and she calls in. No one offers up a solution, it was a bit annoying but no biggie. We are playing as a threesome and the second cart is only occupied by one person. We load up our clubs on the cart and walk to 18, no biggie. We are playing through the hole when some goofball in purple sweater shows up (perhaps the marshall I don't know) and starts to tell us that the cart was shut off automatically when it senses that it is in a restricted area.
We then explained that the cart was on the cart path when it wouldn't start. He then changes the story slightly and says the carts shut off within 'a couple of minutes' when the cart goes into a restricted area. He then points his finger saying we have you on video going in between the cart path arrows and the green. This person was just outrigth rude and and seemed proud of what he was doing. I wasn't even aware that I had gone off course, but a friend later told me I was in the rough past the no cart markers (hence the reason I missed it) on the wrong side of the markers. I wasn't anywhere near the green and it wasn't as if the area was virgin to carts. My friend later went on to explain that he saw a couple course employees in a cart about 100 yards from our cart and they were the ones who intentionally shut down the cart
So not only did the Marshall (or whomever this Barney impersonator was) lie to me but he intentionally had the cart shut down without a even a word or a warning. There were only 6 players on the course at that time, how hard would it have been to say something? How they could afford to display such unbelievably bad judgment in customer service with so few customers is beyond me but I have never in my life encountered such idiocy on a course before in my life. Keep in mind I am not some drunkard 19 year old who has never played a course before. I have had the privilege of playing some of the finest tracks in North America and I try to treat each course with respect.
The moral of the story is that I own a wholesale distribution company and every few years we look for a new and exciting place to hold our annual corporate tournament. I was excited about what I had heard about Eagles Nest and I was fully expecting to try and book our tournament there next year.
To the Degasperis family, I know you don’t need the money, but Marshall Barney who pulled that stunt on your course today just cost you my business, I really hope it was worth it.
Cheers!
Well everything started out pretty good, it was a gorgeous day, my first time on Eagles Nest. I was teeing with a couple of very close friends.
The first strange thing, the course was empty. This is not bad of course but I could not see anyone behind me and no one in front of me. The course is in good condition and they have endeavoured to make this track interesting and challenging.
The first thing that bothered me was that were no course diagrams offered or given to the players. This wasn't a big deal until i realized that there are a number of blind shots and doglegs where that sort of mapping is necessary. There weren't even hole layouts/digarams at each of the holes.
All you got was the hole yardage on your scorecard.Keep in mind this a $200 round of golf with a cart.
NOW FOR THE WEIRD PART
We are on the 17th hole on an otherwise pleasant round of golf. We finish up on 17 and get back in our cart and it won't start. Beer cart girl stops and we tell her what is going on and she calls in. No one offers up a solution, it was a bit annoying but no biggie. We are playing as a threesome and the second cart is only occupied by one person. We load up our clubs on the cart and walk to 18, no biggie. We are playing through the hole when some goofball in purple sweater shows up (perhaps the marshall I don't know) and starts to tell us that the cart was shut off automatically when it senses that it is in a restricted area.
We then explained that the cart was on the cart path when it wouldn't start. He then changes the story slightly and says the carts shut off within 'a couple of minutes' when the cart goes into a restricted area. He then points his finger saying we have you on video going in between the cart path arrows and the green. This person was just outrigth rude and and seemed proud of what he was doing. I wasn't even aware that I had gone off course, but a friend later told me I was in the rough past the no cart markers (hence the reason I missed it) on the wrong side of the markers. I wasn't anywhere near the green and it wasn't as if the area was virgin to carts. My friend later went on to explain that he saw a couple course employees in a cart about 100 yards from our cart and they were the ones who intentionally shut down the cart
So not only did the Marshall (or whomever this Barney impersonator was) lie to me but he intentionally had the cart shut down without a even a word or a warning. There were only 6 players on the course at that time, how hard would it have been to say something? How they could afford to display such unbelievably bad judgment in customer service with so few customers is beyond me but I have never in my life encountered such idiocy on a course before in my life. Keep in mind I am not some drunkard 19 year old who has never played a course before. I have had the privilege of playing some of the finest tracks in North America and I try to treat each course with respect.
The moral of the story is that I own a wholesale distribution company and every few years we look for a new and exciting place to hold our annual corporate tournament. I was excited about what I had heard about Eagles Nest and I was fully expecting to try and book our tournament there next year.
To the Degasperis family, I know you don’t need the money, but Marshall Barney who pulled that stunt on your course today just cost you my business, I really hope it was worth it.
Cheers!