Nothing annoys me more than the American concept of blind hazards. Nowhere is this outrageous development in golf course design more prevalent than at the Bridges Golf Course in Madison. While the overall layout is solid for a course currently giving out a special at $30 with a cart on weekends, the constant presence of hazards blinded from view by tall reeds sours the experience. I havent been playing great, and I certainly didnt have my best day of ball striking, but eight lost balls goes beyond the spectrum of challenge and into the realm of the unfair.
In addition to the abundance of hazards and awkward lines, the conditions were below what I would consider to be acceptable even for a course at that price level. Despite having greens that certainly out performed my expectations, the fairways were bordering on unplayable, with bare lies all over the place and very little definition between fairway, intermediate, and primary rough.
Although $30 with a cart on a weekend remains a fairly good value for what you get in the Bridges, I would not want to go through the pain of constantly dropping balls in the fairway, something even better players will not be able to avoid their first time around the course.
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