Atlantic City Golf

I started playing golf about five years ago after attending a Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce golf outing. It was held at Harbor Pines Golf Club in Somers Point, NJ. I remember that it was a cold and windy November day when I played that first round of golf, but it obviously had quite an impression on me from that point forward. Over the years I have longed to break open the piggy bank and give Harbor Pines another go (especially since the first time I played, I hadn't a clue what I was doing). So, this past memorial day I finally gave in an played the course I remember so little about. After first trying "the dump" McCullough's Emerald Links, which wanted $80 for the round and Twisted Dune wanted over $100, I finally settled on Harbor Pines for $90. My major disappointment with most of the higher end golf courses in the area is their total aversion to walkers on the course. While in many cases, it is a good choice to restrict walkers, not all of them ...

Having started playing golf in 1999, I would have to still call myself "new to the game". In addition, I am still young and wasn't born into great wealth, so a membership at a prestegious golf club would have been out of reach even only a year ago. But it is with great pride and thanks that I am this year a member at Blue Heron Pine Golf Glub in Cologne, NJ (only about 20 mintues from the heart of Atlantic City. The most appealing part of joining Blue Heron is also its most dissapointing aspect as well. Blue Heron Pines consists of two world class golf course (the West Course and the East Course). The West Course is the original course which opened with a great deal of fanfare that brought celebrities from throughout the Northeast. I know this, because I had the pleasure of working as a valet when the course first opened ( I think it was around 1992 while I was attending college). It is a traditional course that is both challenging, but also forgiving. A few yea...