The weather report scared me with thunderstorm warning all week. I had driven all the way up to Washington DC and I might not get to play! So I went out to Andrews early and luckily beat the rain. I played the East course which didn’t have much water and wasn’t all that long. It’s really not that challenging a course, but very lush and mature. It’s nice scenery, but not the best I’ve ever played. The guys I played with told me they liked the South course. It’s the newest and more of a links style course.
That being said, I decided to play mostly from the trees just to make it more interesting..not! I couldn’t hit the ball straight today. I was left or right all day, and I never knew which way it was going to be. I started out fading, or uh, slicing the ball, but just got more inconsistent throughout the day. In any case, the trees were very big and there were lots of them.
The East course is the longest of the courses, but it’s still not that long measuring only a little more than 6800 yards from the blues. There’s one long par 5 that’s about 560yards, but many of the other par 5’s are reachable.
The course is well maintained and the greens were well taken care of. They were fairly quick and you need some spin to hold the ball. There’s also definitely some grain that’ll play a part in your reading of putts.
It does get crowded, but the three courses on Andrews AFB help keep the wait down. I was able to walk on as a single within 30-40 minutes on a holiday.
Maybe one of the best things about Andrews is the water machines that they have around the course. There were 3-4 points through the round where you could get a cup and fill it at an ice machine and a refrigerated water dispenser. That was great! I stuck it in my push cart and just kept walking.
Well, I heard the thunder a bit after my round, but made it through 18. Sweet!