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I had the day off on Thursday and decided to play two courses I had not played before.
My morning tee time was at Dub’s Dread Golf Club in Kansas City, KS. I was playing as a single as none of my partners were willing to get out that morning. The first thing I noticed was the clubhouse, which was much nicer than most of the clubhouses around here. I paid my green fee and the starter told me to go ahead and head to the first tee. There were a couple of groups ahead of me and they’d probably let me play through. The course is tree lined, lush and green with gently rolling hills. There are some elevation changes, but nothing too drastic. I had to club up on several holes. There isn’t much water on the course, a couple of ponds on about 4 or 5 holes. The greens were very fast. The course website even lists a daily stimpmeter reading. The course was in good shape. There were a few patches where the zoysia still hadn’t recovered from the winter damage. The greeens were in excellent shape.
I had a great time playing Dub’s Dread. The course is a little longer than I usually play, 7230 yards from the black tees, 6277 from the white tees. Probably my favorite shot was when I caught up to the group ahead of me off the third tee. They were hitting their second shots as I got to the tee box. They moved back and waved for me to play through. So I have four guys waiting and watching me tee off with my driver, which hasn’t been very dependable. I ripped my tee shot down the middle and ended up close to where they were waiting.
At the end of the round I felt like I had played well and was surprised my score wasn’t lower (99). I really enjoyed the course and will be back.
One other note about the course, they have a very nice bar and grill attached to the clubhouse. I could definitely see taking a foursome here and getting lunch after the round.
My afternoon round was at Winterstone in Independence, MO. I played with a friend from work. The first thing I noticed was the elevation changes on the course. It looked like every hole I could see was hilly. The clubhouse was pretty standard. There is a nice pavilion were you could get food and drinks. We teed off from the back nine, as they were having leagues that night. It felt like every hole needed me to club up to reach the green. We started off walking but by the turn we were gassed and got a cart. I would recommend riding instead of walking. Some of the hills are very steep. If you do walk, you’ll get a good workout.
The course is a little shorter than my usual courses, 6752 from back tees and 5611 from the white tees. There are some holes with some interesting features. I believe no. 17 has an elevated green with the rock wall surrounding the green and a creek running around it. I think we both lost a ball in that creek in spite of having about 50 yard pitch shots. No. 12 was a very short par 3, only 77 yards from the whites. It would seem like it was an easy shot, but there were bunkers in front and the pin was close to the front. Neither of got a GIR on that hole. That hole felt a little gimmicky, but to each his own.
There was some lingering winter damage on the fairways. The greens were in very good shape.
I struggled with my game much more here than in the morning round and my score was actually better than I expected (105). My driver which had worked so well in the morning, turned into a slice. I ended up switching to my 3 iron and that helped my score. I will play Winterstone again.
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