| I played at Wolf Creek Golf Links, Inc., located in | | | | club? Second, by the shape of the course - it was |
| Olathe, Kansas a couple of weeks ago in a | | | | gorgeous - it appears that all of their money goes |
| Kansas City Cup match and must say it was a | | | | back into maintaining and upgrading the golf |
| very beautiful golf course. We won the match, | | | | course itself. |
| which may have made it that much better, but I | | | | Starting off, the range was very nice. It is grass, |
| thought post my review of the course while it | | | | they a bunch of balls set up in range ball bags at |
| was still fresh in my mind. | | | | each station (about 20 stations), and they have a |
| If you don't know about Wolf Creek or hadn't | | | | bunch of bags filled with tees for your indulgence. |
| heard of it, you are in for a treat. First of all, it is | | | | Off the range, you hit to several different flag |
| a men's only club. And that means literally no | | | | sticks at several different yardages. It was in |
| women allowed. The bartenders are men. The | | | | great shape. |
| cart girls are men. Everybody there is a man. It is | | | | If you ever play here, a couple of putts on the |
| actually kind of a strange experience, but I guess | | | | green is a must. The greens are firm and fast, |
| some people are looking for that kind of | | | | and beautifully cut. They roll true, but take some |
| environment. | | | | getting used to because they are faster than |
| That it is only men makes it a very exclusive golf | | | | your average green. For me, truthfully, the day |
| course, and it is 100% private (except for events | | | | we played I thought the greens were just |
| like the KC Cup, where we got to play because | | | | marginally fast. But I think that was because we |
| of the format). I don't know the exact dues | | | | played so early in the season. In the middle of the |
| required to become a member, but based on the | | | | summer, I could see them being lightning fast. |
| shape of the course, I'm sure they are quite large. | | | | As for the course itself, there is a lot of |
| The course itself, although located in Olathe, | | | | undulation and a lot of holes with little to no |
| Kansas is very isolated. It is in the southernmost | | | | undulation. There are two par threes in particular, |
| part of Olathe, out in the middle of a bunch of | | | | one on the front nine, one on the back, that I |
| fields. The seclusion provides great tranquility and | | | | particularly liked. The first was slightly downhill with |
| a great golfing experience. | | | | water guarding the front and right side of the |
| Driving up to the course is not an imposing | | | | green (everyone missed long and left - go figure). |
| experience like you might have at some other | | | | The other par three sits high on the tee box |
| exclusive places. The clubhouse is modest, neither | | | | before descending what must be at least 100 |
| extremely extravagant nor shoddy. There is a | | | | feet to the green. It is a fantastic looking tee |
| bar, a locker room, and a dining room, among | | | | shot. |
| other rooms (post-round I did glance a poker | | | | Overall, I'd rate the course a 9 out of 10. The |
| table located in the back of a room full of | | | | course was great from tee to green, and I had a |
| gentlemen playing in what I am going to assume | | | | great time. The only thing holding it back from |
| was a friendly game). The course is gated, but | | | | being a 10 was that wow factor (although one of |
| again, does not give off the air of something as | | | | my opponents was a former major league all-star |
| exclusive as it is rumored to be. | | | | pitcher - that was cool - and he was a decent |
| I think the reason the clubhouse and facilities are | | | | golfer). It was a very nice course, but when I |
| so modest is twofold. First, with only guys there, | | | | was done I didn't feel different as a golfer - that's |
| how extravagant does it have to be? Isn't it cool | | | | what a 10 takes from me. |
| enough just to say you belong to an all-male golf | | | | |