Norbeck Country Club
Jacqui and I applied for and have now become members of Norbeck Country Club, which is on the Rockville-Olney border. The club is about 200 acres and is about to celebrate its 50th year. It has a beautiful and secluded golf course, which is maintiained impeccably, a pool, tennis complex, and clubhouse. Jacqui bought me several golf lessons from Clarke Sisson, the golf pro, for Valentine's Day. I went there for a lesson and was impressed by the pro staff and the fact that the facilities were maintained nicely but not "over the top." They had a membership drive this winter that was too enticing to let go and so we joined.
The golf course features hundreds and hundreds of established trees and fairly small, fast, and difficult greens. The middle tees are about 6400 yards and more than challenging for my game. The holes differ greatly with only one "trick" hole, the winding and sloping par 5 tenth hole.
Here is a picture of the 3rd hole, a par 3:
Due to the rainy Spring, today, my first day playing the course, was cart path only. I was a bit unhappy when I showed up at the first tee because they had no paired me up with anyone. However, they soon set me up with a long time member and I proceeded to shoot a 108. Pretty ugly score but I loved the course and am looking forward to my next round already.
I need to play 20 rounds to establish my official handicap so I can enter a tournament or two and meet some guys