The Wyndgate: West Wynd

This is one of the best courses on the area. By a long shot. Beautiful piece of land. Lots of elevation change. Challenging layout. Well maintained. I like that the cart paths made of paver stones are still really smooth after 20+ years. That’s a small detail that shows how well they take care of things. And clean and quiet electric carts are another small detail.

Nice track but a little gimmicky for me. Very tight course, hard to hit driver on most holes as there just aren’t clear landing areas in the fairway. A lot of drastic doglegs or just odd winding fairways. Tons of deep deep bunkers. I played well for me (47-45 from the tips) but felt frustrated at the design. Pro shop personnel weren’t very welcoming.

Peaceful place to play golf Greens are having a problem right now now We saw a bunch of turkeys coming out of the woods Cart paths are brick pavers. So nice and smooth Always nice to eat lunch or dinner after golf To watch the golfers pitch up to the green I always order the chicken salad croissant It is the best

Westwynd is a fine golf course. Some holes are a little gimmicky, but their policy of no rainchecks (clearly disclosed) is too strict. I was forced to play today, or lose $320. But the fairways had standing water at their high spots and the bunkers were literal ponds. Any ball that found a bunker was lost because they were so deep and you could not see in them. The tee sheet was supposedly full, but the course was mostly empty. This is an apparent shortfall of the semi-private model because the members can book tee times every day and not show up without penalty. But non-members who book online better pray for good weather or you’re out your full freight. Also, they do not have any food at their “past halfway” shack so the earliest you could grab a bite would be the 16th hole. I was looking forward to the round, but their inflexible policies make it unlikely I’ll ever go back. The pictures below were the best of the bunkers all day.

First class golf! Played by myself on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. I arrived a little early and the starter let me take advantage of a hole in the tee sheet which allowed me to play at an ideal pace to take in the views and use some strategy which this course certainly requires. I came into the round with some uncertainty based on several reviews but once I got rolling I had a highly challenging yet enjoyable round. The course is manicured and the greens rolled true. A couple of the tee boxes were beat up but that's to be expected this late in the season and when folks don't fill their divots. (Which is easy to do here with all the fill sand provided) The only time the starter/ranger "hounded" me was to return my sand wedge that I had left behind a few holes prior! Everyone I encountered was kind and helpful. Although green fees are a bit on the steep side they are not out of line given the overall top notch experience that I had here. My new favorite course within 30 minutes drive of my home.