When Bruce was growing up the South Shore Country Club was considered the finest outdoor recreation facility south of Boston, so he was very please to when we found time on our schedule for him to play the par 72 golf course was designed in 1922 by Wayne Stiles.
Unfortunately he was far less pleased once he arrived. For one thing he greens were far from pristine. Sure it was cute seeing all the Canada geese waiting under the apple trees for the fruit to fall, but having them chase you was not, and landing you ball in the mess was worse.
An even greater problem was that the starter paired people walking the course with those in carts, and paired teenager junior players with experienced players. This played havoc with the timing between holes. The result was an endless series of bottlenecks. It got so backed up on the back nine, that after waiting 35 minutes for our turn at play, we quit the game. Our experience, on this course definitely made us more appreciative of our South Carolina Low Country Golf Courses; that's for sure!
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