Course: Big Met
Location: Fairview Park in MetroParks
Directions: Easy Access from I-480, Lorain Road, Brookpark Road, and I-71
Dewsweepers Tee Time was: 7AM
Conditions: Ideal, calm 70 degrees
Big Met Website
The MetroParks courses are always really nice to play, with their natural settings and Big Met is a nice jewel that has been around since the 1920's. There was a time the were the most played course in the state, I am not sure if that is still intact. But Big Met is a popular place.
Big Met is not an overly long golf course, even from the deeps. In fact, there is not a great deal of difference between the whites and the blues. But Big Met is a beautiful course that is old school designed and extremely mature, and that is it's allure. Tree lined, with a moderate amount of sand, little water hazard, and average sized greens. The strength is in its setting, deep in the MetroParks.
This is a course that can be played well, if you simply hit it straight. It drives well, and the approaches are basically routine. Then rough today was really tough though, and wet from the early dew, that was a problem. The greens at Big Met are seldom extremely fast, and they weren't today, but they were nice.
Beef is nursing a sore shoulder and his game was good, but he was having a tough time getting all the way through the ball well as he normally does. But he fought through it with an erratic driver for a lot of the day. He did have a few really nice saves, and came in at 89 for the day. Better score if not sore. Not a bad score being 5-0 percent.
Joe Red was off this week, but his son Bryan filled in nicely. Bryan's game has come a long way in a few years. He overall kept the ball in play, posting a real nice birdie on number 6, a short par 4. But he got bit a time or two my a bad number and that kept him from going low. Although at the end of the day, he tossed up and 83.
Tex played his most consistent round of the year. Tex stayed away from the bad numbers and kept the ball in front of him. Tossed up a few pars, and his short game and putting really helped. Plus Tex and that new Taylormade driver are continuing to click. It's not hugely long, but in play and a slight draw keep him out of trouble. Tex tossed up a 86.
I hit a ton of irons, especially on the front and that was a good decision as the ball stayed in the fairway. I had two bad three putts that hurt and kept me from going low on the front, where I shot 41. On then back after a par, birdie start, I went on a bogey run, culminated by a bad double on the easy, easy number 17 par 4. I became impatient and hit a driver there, where iron was a better call. Then a par in 18...84 on the day. The way I hit the ball, it should have been far better.
Course highlights? Number 1, a long starting hole, par 4, 400 plus thin, number 5, short par 5, reachable, but water hawks you down the left. 7,8,9....very tough stretch, par 5, 3, and 4. You can lose your round there. Number 12, long uphill par 3, 200 yards.
Big Met is a course that only requires straight shots. You can make this course way harder than it is of you try to overpower it with the driver, and taking risky approaches on the par 5's trying to reach in 2. Big Met is there to be scored on, just do it. Wonderful serene golf.
Scores
Bryan - 83
Wynn - 84
Tex - 86
Beef - 89
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