Grover Cleveland is the first course I’ve planned a trip around but failed to play. The conditioning was so poor, and the course looked so banal that I decided to skip it.
A part of me was disappointed but I really couldn’t get over the dirt bunkers, burned out patches in the fairway, and spotty greens. There seemed to be plenty of people playing it, but judging by their swings, they were probably new or very high handicaps.
A part of me was disappointed but I really couldn’t get over the dirt bunkers, burned out patches in the fairway, and spotty greens. There seemed to be plenty of people playing it, but judging by their swings, they were probably new or very high handicaps.
Grover Cleveland has the distinguish of having both Walter Travis and Donald Ross as architects. It is said that the Travis holes are still pretty decent.
The present day Grover Cleveland is a far cry from the past course that held the national championship. Today’s course measures 5621 yards with a 69 par. The original course was
6326 par 74 which included the 606 yard par 6 tenth!! [Btw the only par 6 ever in U.S.Open history]
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