First Weekly Venue
TPC Harold's Glenn
Where are we?
Little Rock, Arkansas
Robert Wagers, in January 2000 gave to us a very nice parkland fictional course from his locale in Little Rock, Arkansas. TPC Harold's Glenn is a very playable course which features (in his words) 'rolling fairways, blind shots, and greens full of undulation'
Pin placements here range from easy to very difficult, and this week we used pin 1 (Easy) twice, but mainly because the winds were picking up. You will need to come back another time and try it on the difficult pins. Pin 1 promises really pleasing scores. As promised, you definitely will hear neighborhood noises from the surrounding golf community, and you will want to go ahead and get some dog treats to appease the local guardians.
This one is 6807 par 71, and I think the highlight are the interesting variety of holes, particularly the shorter ones which demand accurate use of slopes near the greens to feed the ball to the hole.
In the notes, he mentions Matt (9), Zach (4) and his wife Andrea and I get such nostalgia when I think this was 24 years ago that he made this course and wrote this. So now, his children are 33 and 28 and he likely in his 60's and I find myself thinking where does the time go?!?? What are his wonderful kids doing professionally now? Do they have kids that they sit on the PS4 or 5 and play golf with? I would so love to get an update.
My girls are now 18 and 22 and both graduating (college and high school), but I still remember playing JN6 with my older daughter sitting in my lap and telling me that I just need to put the ball in the hole off the tee.
(Update: I did a quick google search just to see if I could get in touch with him, and sadly we lost Mr. Wagers in 2012, having died at age 42 yo, leaving behind his wife, two sons, and a daughter. And this from the obit "Robert was a 1988 graduate of Buckeye High School in Deville, Louisiana. He served in the U.S. Army in the military police unit with several assignments including a tour in Korea. He was in sales and serviced many restaurants, nursing homes, hospitals, and other facilities by assisting with cleaning and chemical needs. Robert was blessed with the ability to sing. He was an amateur artist and musician. Robert loved to play golf, which his sons now continue to do. Growing up in Louisiana, he loved his LSU fighting tigers. He was a southern Baptist and claimed Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.")
My prayers and thanks for our time together today Robert!
PLAY INFORMATION
CONDITIONS
Round 1: Mild - normal - pin 1
Round 2: Strong - soft - pin 1 - 30 Fog
No gimmes (recommended)
No mulligans (recommended)
BLACK tees
Medium or faster meter
I am playing each round once and taking what I get
-------> https://golfsimclubhouse.com/jack/jn6/f ... s_Glen.zip
Tarheel’s current hcp: 10
Tarheel's .round files
Number 11, which looks nice from front and reverse view, par 3, 208 yards
Number 17, a really short par 4, where you need to direct the ball over the trees and catch the slope to your left going into the green to feed it into the cradle
A nice par 5, number 3, 549 yards. Here we see the third shot going into the green
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