Cobbs Creek - The Olde Course
"I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for? - Tiger Woods
(Played on Sunday, April 8th, 2018)
Cobbs Creek Olde Course is located just minutes from the Center City of Philadelphia. The course was designed by Hugh Wilson, who is famously known as the architect for Merion Golf Club, which is less than 15 minutes away.
Although it was designed by a very famous architect, the course conditions have always been an issue throughout the years, according to GolfNow's reviews. Nevertheless, we decided that no golf course could be too good or too bad for the Sunday Golfers, and we decided to book a round and give the course a chance.
There are actually two courses on the property, the Olde Course and the Karakung. The Karakung was originally built to help reduce the amount of play the Olde Course was getting.
We played the Olde Course on a freezing sunny Sunday morning, with high winds keeping the temperature below 40 degrees all day. Unfrotuantely, we weren't able to get as many photos of the course as we would have liked due to the weather, but we still got our classic 'pose' shot.
Although the weather was a little disappointing on Masters Sunday in the Delaware Valley, we had a pretty fun time. The course has better greens than Beckett, but their fairways and rough were about the same. Dirt patches were not uncommon, but we tried to make the most of it. Unfortunately, Thomas had to work again and was unable to make it. So it was just the two Chris's tearing up this classic Philadelphia golf course.
At just before 7:30 in the morning, we were paired up with another twosome, who we unfortunately can not remember their names for the life of us, and we teed off right into the rising morning sun.
Cobbs Creek, the creek not the golf course, is present on the first six holes, and then not seen again until the 17th hole. The opening holes are not very long, but still require good shots to give yourself a good chance at making par or better.
The greens, on the other hand, are where things get interesting. Sometimes they have huge slopes and tough pin placements, and others can seem relatively flat or uninteresting, but can actually have hidden breaks. This can make putting a real challenge.
Considering that Hugh Wilson designed one of the greatest golf courses of all time, Merion, I believe that he did this entirely on design to make sure that there was plenty of variety on the course.
Like we previously stated, the course conditions were not that great, but we were more unhappy with the cold, which didn't get better even though the sun was out all day. The wind whipped through us and destroyed our scores. To put it simply, we got beaten up pretty badly. Considering how much we paid for the round, we wish the weather would have at least gotten up above 45 degrees that day.
Alas, we powered through, and managed to finish the round before being too embarrassed on this "shorter course".
We don't exactly remember how many of these tiny fairways we hit, but as a twosome, we probably hit less than five. They are insanely small, and the rough was not exactly a lush grass to hit out of. Despite these shortcomings, we could definitely see that this course has an interesting routing, sort of out and back, and had vistas similar to Beckett. Not exactly very picturesque, but a bit scenic.
We figured out the signature hole was most likely the 17th hole, a mid-length par 3. It is about 190 yard par 3, kind of in the middle of a wooded area, surrounded on bunkers on every side.
The 17th green slopes insanely from the back to the front. Everyone except Colman putted off the green. It is one of the hardest greens we've ever played on.
All in all, Cobbs Creek has a lot of interesting holes that if the conditions were better or the price was a lot cheaper, it would be a course we would play more often. We will probably give it another chance in the future, hopefully in warmer weather.
Thanks for reading. With the weather fluctuating up and down weekly, we hope to catch a Sunday soon with much warmer weather.
- The Sunday Golfers
"I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for? - Tiger Woods
(Played on Sunday, April 8th, 2018)
Cobbs Creek Olde Course is located just minutes from the Center City of Philadelphia. The course was designed by Hugh Wilson, who is famously known as the architect for Merion Golf Club, which is less than 15 minutes away.
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| View from the second green, with Colman's ball sitting a few feet away. |
Although it was designed by a very famous architect, the course conditions have always been an issue throughout the years, according to GolfNow's reviews. Nevertheless, we decided that no golf course could be too good or too bad for the Sunday Golfers, and we decided to book a round and give the course a chance.
There are actually two courses on the property, the Olde Course and the Karakung. The Karakung was originally built to help reduce the amount of play the Olde Course was getting.
We played the Olde Course on a freezing sunny Sunday morning, with high winds keeping the temperature below 40 degrees all day. Unfrotuantely, we weren't able to get as many photos of the course as we would have liked due to the weather, but we still got our classic 'pose' shot.
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| Chris Pusey doing 'the pose'. |
Although the weather was a little disappointing on Masters Sunday in the Delaware Valley, we had a pretty fun time. The course has better greens than Beckett, but their fairways and rough were about the same. Dirt patches were not uncommon, but we tried to make the most of it. Unfortunately, Thomas had to work again and was unable to make it. So it was just the two Chris's tearing up this classic Philadelphia golf course.
At just before 7:30 in the morning, we were paired up with another twosome, who we unfortunately can not remember their names for the life of us, and we teed off right into the rising morning sun.
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| The first green, guarded by a bunker on each side. This bunker needs a little repair. |
Cobbs Creek, the creek not the golf course, is present on the first six holes, and then not seen again until the 17th hole. The opening holes are not very long, but still require good shots to give yourself a good chance at making par or better.
The greens, on the other hand, are where things get interesting. Sometimes they have huge slopes and tough pin placements, and others can seem relatively flat or uninteresting, but can actually have hidden breaks. This can make putting a real challenge.
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| The 9th green. |
Considering that Hugh Wilson designed one of the greatest golf courses of all time, Merion, I believe that he did this entirely on design to make sure that there was plenty of variety on the course.
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| Chris Pusey watching the other guy in our foursomes hit into the first green. |
Like we previously stated, the course conditions were not that great, but we were more unhappy with the cold, which didn't get better even though the sun was out all day. The wind whipped through us and destroyed our scores. To put it simply, we got beaten up pretty badly. Considering how much we paid for the round, we wish the weather would have at least gotten up above 45 degrees that day.
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| The long par 5 14th hole. |
Alas, we powered through, and managed to finish the round before being too embarrassed on this "shorter course".
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| Colman chipping up to the 14th hole. It landed about 5 feet away, caught a slope, and ended 25 feet away. |
We don't exactly remember how many of these tiny fairways we hit, but as a twosome, we probably hit less than five. They are insanely small, and the rough was not exactly a lush grass to hit out of. Despite these shortcomings, we could definitely see that this course has an interesting routing, sort of out and back, and had vistas similar to Beckett. Not exactly very picturesque, but a bit scenic.
 |
| Chris Pusey teeing off. |
We figured out the signature hole was most likely the 17th hole, a mid-length par 3. It is about 190 yard par 3, kind of in the middle of a wooded area, surrounded on bunkers on every side.
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| The par 3, 17th hole. |
The 17th green slopes insanely from the back to the front. Everyone except Colman putted off the green. It is one of the hardest greens we've ever played on.
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| Chris Pusey playing off the Karakung course after shanking his drive on 2. |
All in all, Cobbs Creek has a lot of interesting holes that if the conditions were better or the price was a lot cheaper, it would be a course we would play more often. We will probably give it another chance in the future, hopefully in warmer weather.
Thanks for reading. With the weather fluctuating up and down weekly, we hope to catch a Sunday soon with much warmer weather.
- The Sunday Golfers
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