Memorial Day Weekend
Atlantic City's primary source of revenue is derived from tourism and as such, holiday weekends are where Atlantic City thrives. As a result, golf can be a timely proposition during the holidays. Memorial Day weekend is notoriously the start of the summer tourist season, and for many travelers coming to Atlantic City, it is often their first round of the year. It is remarkable how few golfers take the time to do any practicing what-so-ever.
Combine this with the challenging array of Atlantic City Golf Courses, and as wonderful as this weekend has been, which will continue to be right through the picnics tomorrow, it is a bad weekend to play golf (picky prick isn't he). Most courses will designate a round to be timed at 4 hours 15 minutes, yet only the most hoity-toity courses will enforce such a limit (and even they will be lenient). The Atlantic City Golfer assumes that the courses simply don't want to offend or interrupt many tourists rounds by a course marshal for fear of losing business (this is just a guess).
However, little regard is given to the golfers who would like to finish their round in less than 6 hours. How many golfers are offended and annoyed by this fact? The reality of a 4.25 hour round versus a 6 hour round is that far more rounds can be played making the course more profitable during this busy time frame. This reality seems not to be figured into the equation.
And so it will be that the Atlantic City Golfer will take the holidays off and spend the time with family. To this end, yesterday was spent riding bikes at the Atlantic County Park in Estell Manor. It is without question the best place to make a day of hiking or riding bikes in the Atlantic City Area. At this location are playgrounds, trails galore, parks and more. In addition, the veterans' cemetery is there and we stopped by my grandfather's grave to wish him well on this weekend dedicated to him and other fallen veterans.
Only downfall to this weekend was the arrival of the May flies. They are only here for about 3-weeks, but it makes for trouble when you stop and get off your bike. These pesky varmint are also the reason I steer clear of the Atlantic County Public golf course Green Tree this time of year. It is only a 3-week time frame, but a tough one at that.
To all veterans (even my mother-in-law), the Atlantic City Golfer salutes you and the ultimate sacrifices that have been made by so many. Happy Memorial Day!
Combine this with the challenging array of Atlantic City Golf Courses, and as wonderful as this weekend has been, which will continue to be right through the picnics tomorrow, it is a bad weekend to play golf (picky prick isn't he). Most courses will designate a round to be timed at 4 hours 15 minutes, yet only the most hoity-toity courses will enforce such a limit (and even they will be lenient). The Atlantic City Golfer assumes that the courses simply don't want to offend or interrupt many tourists rounds by a course marshal for fear of losing business (this is just a guess).
However, little regard is given to the golfers who would like to finish their round in less than 6 hours. How many golfers are offended and annoyed by this fact? The reality of a 4.25 hour round versus a 6 hour round is that far more rounds can be played making the course more profitable during this busy time frame. This reality seems not to be figured into the equation.
And so it will be that the Atlantic City Golfer will take the holidays off and spend the time with family. To this end, yesterday was spent riding bikes at the Atlantic County Park in Estell Manor. It is without question the best place to make a day of hiking or riding bikes in the Atlantic City Area. At this location are playgrounds, trails galore, parks and more. In addition, the veterans' cemetery is there and we stopped by my grandfather's grave to wish him well on this weekend dedicated to him and other fallen veterans.
Only downfall to this weekend was the arrival of the May flies. They are only here for about 3-weeks, but it makes for trouble when you stop and get off your bike. These pesky varmint are also the reason I steer clear of the Atlantic County Public golf course Green Tree this time of year. It is only a 3-week time frame, but a tough one at that.
To all veterans (even my mother-in-law), the Atlantic City Golfer salutes you and the ultimate sacrifices that have been made by so many. Happy Memorial Day!
Memorial Day Weekend
posted by JB at 10:42 AM 
