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Westwinds Golf Club

  Sometimes we get spoiled in the Mid-Atlantic area. We have such a wide assortment of courses to choose from it's hard to make a decision on which course you might want to try next.

You may want to try that new high dollar course your doctor was raving about, or maybe the one your buddy mentioned at poker night last week. But if you take our advice you might want to try out the WestWinds Golf Club.

This tight hilly layout with will test even the best of shot makers, not to mention the fast and impeccably maintained greens. The WestWinds course has the the character and bite to satisfy even the most discriminating of golf junkies.

Amigos favorite Hole: With a multitude of differing holes and enough doglegs to make you think you wandered into a kennel, it was hard for us to pick just one hole as our favorite. But in the end we choose the number 2,  par 4. 

This hole is both astatically pleasing to the eye and a great test of course management. From the tee it's necessary to have a good gauge of your club distances for the day. Take one club to many you'll end up in a hazard, take one club to little and you'll have no shot to the green.

The best play for the start of this tricky hole is to play it safe with a medium to high iron to the fairway landing area. From there you're left with a middle iron shot to the green. The more daring might choose to attempt cutting the corner with a fairway wood, but be warned there is little room for error with a water hazard guarding the left side of the fairway after the corner.

On a partially overcast day with Autumn in the air we had just barely survived the first hole to find this blind tee shot for hole number two.

From the tee our solo Amigo had a decent iron shot that just barley cut the corner. Next was a testy and partially obstructed shot to the green. Luckily with a good strike he made it through the one impeding tree unscathed in close proximity to the green.

After surveying the area around the green our Amigo finally found his ball  in the rough and had a routine chip left to save par. But with a mediocre chip attempt the he was left with a 25-footer to save par. It seemed as though the first bogey of the day was soon to come, but with a good read and just the right speed the long putt was made to save the par.





Review Date: 09/20/2003

Course review ratings are conducted on a five point scale. ( 1 = Double Bogey 3 = Par 5 = Eagle)

Tees:
All sets of tees were in decent shape and nicely maintained. Some tees were moved forward.
 
Fairways:
Most of the fairways on the front nine are in good shape but a couple on the back did need some work. I am sure the staff is aware of the issues and have them planned for rework.

Rough:
One cut off rough and discernable from the fairway. All areas away from the fairway were well kept.

Traps:
All the traps were in good position making the course challenge you in different ways based on your approach to course management.

Greens:
Excellent greens, the highlight of the course.! Slight to medium undulation with very quick speed. The course will play different every week based on pin placement.

Amenities:
Restaurant with bar on premises and fully stocked pro shop to meet all your needs. Driving range is available and large chipping and putting green is right off the 1st and 10th tee.

Staff Services:
The entire staff was cordial and attentive.

Pace of Play:
The pace of our round was average to slow. No ranger was out minding pace during our round.

Overall Average: 4, Birdie Course
Good Course, worth a play

The GolfinAmigos would like to thank the management of WestWinds Golf Club for allowing us to visit and review the course.

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Location: 11330 Country Club Road, New Market MD 21774
Tee Time Phone: 301-831-6191
Course Type: Semi-Private 

*The opinions expressed in this course review are those of the individual reviewer(s) and do not reflect the editorial opinion of www.GolfinAmigos.com

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