Thomas Bowen

Review of Valley of the Eagles

This is a Jack Nicklaus golf course that took four...

This is a Jack Nicklaus golf course that took four years to remodel and has been open for two seasons. It plays well with some very challenging holes but needs some work. It is also very scenic as it plays in the Black River valley area. There are more then a few bare patches that need seeding. It needs a lot of just "sprucing up", trimming ditch areas etc. The day we played there were a lot of maintenance staff sitting on their equipment not doing anything. The cart paths are gravel and could use some maintenance.

I know they have been instructed to not mow while golfers are playing the hole but they need more productivity out of their staff. Typically on most courses the staff is on the job by 5 or 6 AM,. start on the first hole and stay ahead of the golfers. Way too much down time. We live on two golf courses - one in Ohio and one in Florida so we see and are very attuned to golf course maintenance.