Massachusetts Golf

Well, going from what will certainly be one of my favorite states to what will now be my least favorite state for golf - Massachusetts (I sure hope I misspelled it)!!  My plans were to play both Pinehills and Taconic but it looks like I won't play either.  One by force, one by choice.

My Pinehills experience was to say the least horrible.  Everyone that has talked to me or follows my blog knows that I call ahead to make a tee time and when doing so I mention that I travel with my dog and I always ask if 1) I can leash her on the cart with me, and if not, 2) can I then leave her leashed outside my van.  I do not want to leave her in the van for sometimes over 5 hours.  Not good and besides it is probably against the law in some states.

Well, Pineville wouldn't let me leash her on the cart but it was fine leaving her in the parking lot.  I always park near a grassy area so she has a comfortable place to lie and leave her plenty of food and water.  Well, I'm about tho hit my second or third shot on the 4th hole when one of the marshals come up and tell me the director says I can't have the dog on the premises.  Well, it was a cool day so I asked the marshal to go back and ask the director if I could just put her in the van for the remainder of the round.  When the marshal came back he told me no, the director said I have to take the dog off the property.  What a putz!!  And what's even worse is that when I walked into the club house to pay for my round of golf, you guessed it, there was a dog walking around inside the clubhouse.

What a complete jerk!!!  The only saving grace was that while I was packing up to leave a member came up to me and apologized for the director.  I say they should fire his butt and teach him some proper manners!!  If courses much better than Pineville let me have my dog on the course with me then Pineville needs to work on their rules.

Whew!!!

The other course in Mass. is Taconic which is the university course for Williams College.  I probably should have played this course before I went up to Maine.  Maine has some beautiful courses all of which are very reasonably priced.  When I called up Taconic to set up a tee time I do what I always do, ask what their rates are and ask about having Lusha with me.  They mentioned a rate of $145.  The rate in and of itself doesn't bother me.  Many of the really good courses charged that and more.  So on to Williamstown I go.

Upon reaching the golf course I start to question the amount of their rate.  The course is nothing special that I could see from the club house.  And they only charge their members $65.  After talking to a couple of members and no invitations to join them at their member rate I decided my money could be better spent on other courses.

So Massachusetts may be the only state in which I play no golf.  Ahhhhhhhh, I don't like their politics much anyway!!!  lol