No. 66 Nemacolin Woodlands Resort Mystic Rock Farmington PA

August 8, 2021    69.2/129    Score 79

A lovely resort nestled in the mountains of western PA. Falling Rock (hotel) is designed in the Frank Lloyd Wright style and is very beautiful. The private pool area, restaurants, pro shop, locker rooms (nicest I have ever seen) are clean and extremely well maintained. However, even with a great score (if I do say so myself) the golf was not my favorite. Mystic Rock was in good condition, very green fairways and greens, very good sand traps. I believe the rating and slope assigned the course don’t accurately represent the difficulty compared to other courses golfed during my quest so far. 

  

 

 

 No. 70 Atunyote Golf Club at Turning Stone Verona NY

August 5, 2021    69.6/125    Score 83

Spelled with a T sounds like a D. The better (marginally) of the two courses at Turning Stone. In slightly better condition with manicured fairways and greens.  Beautiful wildflowers and trees abound. Shorter in length and rated easier with wide open fairways. Traps again lumpy. Very accurate GPS system and the cutest one of a kind beverage cart. Ideal weather — cool start (58*), sunny and warm finish (80*).  There is also a third course, Shenendoah.  Would make a great golf trip destination.

 

  

 

 No. 90 Khulyat Golf Course at Turning Stone Verona, NY

Begins with a K but sounds like a G. This course wins most beautiful so far — lovely, natural pastoral setting in upstate New York. Cart paths wind through fields of fescue, Queen Anne’s lace, black eyed Susan’s, Bee Balm and other perennieal flowers and many different varieties of trees. Tee boxes (a tad spongy), fairways, and greens in good condition. Sand traps were lousy with very little chunky sand with under cloth showing. No homes on the course. On course restrooms were built in the prairie school style. Food was tasty, pro shop was so so, accommodations very good.

August 4, 2021    72.1/129    Score 96 (day 2 score 86)