Forest Dunes had presented some hurdles for me because I cancelled a round due to weather, only to play it the following summer. Sure, I had faced some weather delays (three of them at Crystal Downs alone), but weather had only stopped me from completing a round once, and that was at Lost Dunes in Southwest Michigan, when an apocalyptic thunderstorm rolled in over Lake Michigan in the late afternoon that ended our day after 12 holes. Almost all of those rounds had gone off without a hitch. To this point, I have played around 80 courses that were on one list or another, across 25 US States. You can't play golf (an outdoor game, I might add) at a bucket list of nearly 200 courses (counting all of the public and private lists) across the United States without running into some road blocks along the way.pun intended, but more on that in a bit. Thanks so much to the club in being so flexible to let me out for a "do-over," and for the hosts that took me around and showed me such a great experience! I'd be super happy to play Eastward Ho! every day, which is another thing that makes a golf course great to me. The land is so good that it's an awesome experience working your way through it, and watching your ball carom here and there between hills, dales, valleys, and plateaus. Put it all together, and I think it's very appropriate to call it a course in the second 50 of American golf courses. It's got some great holes and some holes that just didn't wow me. My second thought after reflecting on the experience is that the front nine is fabulous-just a world class collection of holes. Wind is part of what makes the course challenging, even though it's less than 6,400 yards. First off, expect wind when playing Eastward Ho! It was blowing around 15-20 mph on this day, which we were told was pretty average. After finishing up the round, we went upstairs in the clubhouse and enjoyed a couple cocktails while reflecting on this perfect day on the Cape.
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