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To caveat off what Aclay said. To me unplayable means baskets pulled, construction going on, course damaged severely by natural disaster, or otherwise completely being unable to play. While poor means it is still playable, but it's in horrible condition and needs upkeep. Two very different things. If a course just needs mowed in a bad way but everything is still there, it's not unplayable. It's unpleasant to play.
To caveat off what Aclay said. To me unplayable means baskets pulled, construction going on, course damaged severely by natural disaster, or otherwise completely being unable to play. While poor means it is still playable, but it's in horrible condition and needs upkeep. Two very different things. If a course just needs mowed in a bad way but everything is still there, it's not unplayable. It's unpleasant to play.
I have a hard time imagining a course in such bad need of mowing that I would mark it as unplayable. However, take Springfield Park that I played this week: It really needs mowing. Ancient tee signs, many of them unreadable. 9 hole course with 3 baskets missing. We've got 6-hole courses, so I'm saying playable. One basket is leaning SO badly that most putts will fall out. We're basically down to 5 baskets. Still playable. Probably half of of the remaining holes/course are under water. Is that course unplayable? It's awfully close.
I used to think the same thing... until I tried to play Ozark Mtn in 2017.I have a hard time imagining a course in such bad need of mowing that I would mark it as unplayable.
Hawk Hollow is currently listed as unplayable because of calving season. I'm thinking about going back this year when it opens back up.
For me I normally just put the condition of the course itself. If it's wet, if there is over grown stuff, if they mowed recently. Not sure that's the best way to do it but I normally play fairly early and no one is on the course.Bumping - this discussion seems still relevant, and worth considering as @greens continues to update the site, especially with an influx of new members.
I have just recently started updating Course Conditions after playing.
The site gives us a choice of 5 levels (see them for yourself on any course info page if you haven't already memorized them) and space to enter comments.
It seems to me that "Conditions" is a pretty broad term. It could legitimately include anything from the state of the baskets, to the amount of litter, the number of people present in a mutluse park, bugs, wet ground, tall grass and so on.
If you regularly enter Course Conditions, what do you include or exclude? How do you use the "Comments" option?