Papago was opened in 1963 and for the longest time was considered the finest public course in the state of Arizona. It definitely has the feel of an old style links course with lots of big mature trees. I had never played it before but had heard about it many times. So when I was asked to play I was excited. However I wasn't that impressed. I believe a courses club house holds a lot of value on its course. If they have a nice club house then one can assume the course will be just as nice. After all first impression is big! Well the club house at Papago is lacking big time, as a matter of fact is almost non existing. By that I mean its located in a trailer that they built a deck around. It held maybe 3 people and had the worse smell ever. Next was the lack of cart paths. Every now and then there was one, but for the most part every hole didn't have one. You could just drive anywhere you wanted. They also didn't have a cart lady, or at least we didn't see one. The did however have a water and ice machine between #9 and #10, so that helped.
Aside from all the negatives I will say that the conditions of the course were great. For a summer day it was nice and green with solid fairways and greens. It wasn't that tough of a course, very open and larger greens. However it just wasn't my day. The heat was kicking my butt and I think I was still bitter about what I paid for what I got. I don't think I will play it again unless its a free round.
- Front 9: 44
- Back 9: 46
- Total: 90 (18 over par - ouch)
- Puts: 39
- Greens in Regulation: 5
- Fairways Hit: 8
- Eagles: 0
- Birdies: 0
- Pars: 2
- Bogey's: 14
- Double Bogeys: 2
- Triple Bogeys: 0
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| My crappy scorecard! |
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| It was early and the sun was coming up over the mountains |
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