This week The Dewsweepers played our first round ever at Fox Den Golf course in Stow. It will not be our last, as this is a very nice place to play.
Fox Den is roughly a 6,400 yard par 72 golf course that makes you play all the clubs in your bag. A great mix of short and longer par 4's and short but tough par 5's. For early in the year they were in great shape with very lush fairways, and great greens that are still healing from a well done and professional aeration. But you can see come mid May, as he tree's bud, and all grows in, this place is going to be pristine. Should be noted too that we played in great conditions on the front, but in a steady drizzle on the back, but we made it through.
As the weather is now warming up we are all finding our early season and early morning swings, and we all played far better today than in previous weeks. Beef was back this week, and played very consistently on the front, even tossing in a birdie on number 7, a nice par 5, as he checked in with a 41 on the front. He maintained a nice stroke on the back as the weather went south, continuing to hit the driver well, staying out of trouble and not letting things get away, for a 44 on the back for 85 on the day. Not a bad round especially after things got wet, including hands and clubs.
Joe Red hit the ball well all day log by and large, but the putter was letting him down and would be the bugaboo of his round. Although he decided to just chip one off the fairway from 30 yards on number 3, then do a peacock dance we all wished we wouldn't have seen, but that's the way it goes. After a nice 43 on the front, it all caught up with him on the back. Red had a tough stretch of 5 6's in a row that cost him his score. And the putter was mostly to blame, as many of his putts died at the hole. There was a bunch of break at the hole all morning long. He actually played better than his 94 would suggest, as he is still adjusting to his new driver.
Tex hung in there on the front posting bogey golf 45. But we all thought the back was a tougher design than the front to begin with, and toss in the rain and wet it played bar tougher. Tex threw in a few 7's on the back that never helps. Tex putted well all day long again draining 7 putts of the day that kept him in it. Overall Tex hit the ball better that he has so far this year, so better scores are just ahead.
I was very happy with my game for 17 of the 18 holes. I hit the ball very well, and was putting same. But as I was sailing along through the first 14 holes I was was scoring well - I was only 5 over. Then I threw up on my shoes (in a golf sense,) and posted a 9 on number 15 par 5! I can't think of the last 9 I have had. That really derailed my round. 5 over after 14, 4 over on one hole! But I hung in there posting a 40 on the front, and a 44 on the back. Not bad with a 9 on the card. I was in position to go low, but it's tough to recover from that terrible 9. But 9 pars no birdies and no double bogies!
Course highlights? Well, the course itself. This is an extremely well designed golf course that has a nice mix of tree lined fairways, some sand, some water, all carved into a nice rolling terrain. Plenty of up and down, with not a lot of flat lies. Greens that to me, were somewhat small, but very nice. It's a course that is driver friendly overall, but it's not so long that you can't hit some irons off the tee if that is your strength. This is a quiet, serene setting that is really nice too. No houses on the course, and you feel very much immersed in the course, especially after he first 4 holes or so.
Worth any trip to play. Fox Den is a great golf course. Play it.
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