Hi there! I actually work at Bonaventure, I am glad you gave the course a shot. As the reviews show, the course used to be worse for wear. We have recently gone under new management and we’ve been rapidly improving our course trying to bring it back to life. A couple things to note, the bathrooms, the key is attached to your cart key as it has 2 keys, if you look closely at 6:33, you can see that. 2. the billboard is not on our property and we hate it just as much as the highway right next to us, but what can you do? Also, we are getting new carts this winter! We as well have a new greenskeeping staff that is working on our property and holes 1,5, and 17 were completely stripped and redone. I am glad to see us out there on the internet, regardless of the criticism, we have a lot of work to do. Thanks for coming and you’re welcome to do another video in a couple months to see our progress! 🙂
Have you played the course?? Even Mr. Short game says the course has upped its game (at 4:30). Three greens were completed built , and are in perfect condition.
@@TheMighty412try opening your eyes a bit. maybe i should show you the previous pictures of the course? take a gander on our google reviews page and look at some pictures from a couple months back (before may) you’ll see the difference, and if you don’t, you’ve got some high standards or you need to get your eyes checked lol
Greenskeeper from Canada here - Those "damage" marks that you said were maybe caused by the mower (edit: on the first course) are actually intentional slices made by a specific machine. It can affect putting for a few days unfortunately, but it is how to propagate creeping styles of grasses. The slices will cut the stolons produced by the grass and create new growth to replenish bare spots. So yes it looks like they are trying to bring that course back to life. Fun Video!
That 2nd course you reviewed had me laughing to tears. Love these videos. Best was you pounding the tee in with your iron. Loving all the work you put in for our entertainment!
Wonder what the cost is. Has the feel of a place the ownership keeps expecting to sell to a developer but the deal hasn’t gone through for a few years and it’s gotten real bad. But if it’s like $5 to go out and play for kids to practice… who cares?
I play at the shitty courses but I've never had to chip on the greens. I thought I played shitty courses until I watched this. I'd ask for my money back.
If you can get there .. go play the course at Guantanamo Bay. You get a 12x12 patch of astro turf to use during the round. Still one of the most fun I've had golfing
That has to be the course record in San Antonio. If 3 of the top players in the world were with you I'd be shocked at any were breaking 75. Every putt is russian roulette. Loved every minute of it.
I play Bonaventure at least once a week. The management there has really made some great improvements. It's no wonder MrShortGame was surprised by the condition of the course as all the reviews he posted were at least four months old. A lot can happen over the summer, as in repairing the sprinkler system and the rebuilding three greens. Those new greens are a work of art and in perfect condition.
This is definitely your comedic niche. I just love them as they make me laugh as mentioned on the last one while getting through chemo. I laughed so hard again and the comments had me rolling. Appalled at the conditions but this is comedy at it's best. Still want to play a few wholes with you when we wrap this treatment up and I'm cancer free! I love these videos and thank you for getting me to laugh so hard! This is better than Bob does golf!
That was a gutsy move drinking from that water bucket hope you're up to date on all your vaccinations also love the cart reviews you should be a car salesman on the side
Was the second course actually closed? It looked like you never made contact with anyone, shouldered your bag and went off. The fact that you scored as well as you did was amazing.
Love these series. What a great idea. Please do more of worst golf courses of America reviews. The fact you fly to play these terrible courses just shows extreme dedication to the series.
You have more fun on bad courses than most people have on nice courses. Agree this should be a series, well done, funny, and thanks for just being a positive guy Matt, Cheers
As someone who grew up in Lake Elsinore and since moved, it pains me to see what the Links of Summerly has become. When that placed first opened it was so pure. Such a tough and fun layout that you just didn't get anywhere else.
I live in wildomar, summerly is dirt cheap and pretty tough. Fun in summertime. Played it a few weeks ago for $14 and got attacked by mosquito’s. It’s pretty bad and the owner has it up for sale for $5 million dollars.
I love it when you take us to such nice courses as these. Locally two of our courses closed due to lack of water. Nice to see green on a course and some of it was even connected. Keep up the good work and searching for more of these treasures.
As an employee of a golf course ,at 6:57,,those are punch marks for seeding on the greens ,and we do that tees too. Mowers only leave lines ,and uneven terrain on greens if uneven or offset, COME TO PINE HILL IN MEMPHIS TN ,when u get a chance
Still, to this day, I use the very best putting tip ever. A few years back, you did a video on reading up and down hill putts, " double the amount of break going down hill apposed to uphill." It's helped my game emensly. Thank you,
Matt, never laughed at a golf video so hard in my life. Also, thanks for the tip on scammers. You cannot tell a true offer from a scam. They mimic a true offer so completely they are virtually indistinguishable!
I will never complain about the condition of any golf I play course again! 🙂This was hysterical! And, you still scored well on the scorched Earth, killer ant-infested, courses of death! Good job!
The first course is clearly being repaired. I couldn't stop laughing when you played the second one. That was great content right there. My sides hurt from laughing so much. I've never seen such tall grass on the "greens".
Mr Short Game, that was the funniest golf video I watched this month! Comedic, tongue in cheek, gold! But what was really impressive is your scores. You are a helluva golfer. You have proven to me that a good golfer can play pretty well regardless of the conditions! Thanks for the entertaining travel review of the three worst courses in America. I’m gonna put them on my bucket list. May not get to them.
Matt your commentary had me rolling until I had a coughing fit😂😂😂. I would not have drank from that water jug though. Hopefully you didn't get Typhoid Fever! 😅
First course the greens were aerated with knives in the aerator rather than coring tines. It’s a relatively common practice to open the greens with little disruption. It’s not a substitute for coring (nothing is and nothing is better, change my mind) but it’s great in season. It looks like they’re trying to fix it up.
Used to travel to Lake Elsinore frequently for business. Went by the “Links” many times and decided to take my clubs (about 2012) to give it a try. My goodness has this place gone downhill! Had some rough spots back then but nothing like this. Company I worked with was right next to the jump school and we’d occasionally get a stray skydiver on the roof.
I had to find someone in the comments who played this course back in the day. I played it when it first opened, back in 2008-2009. It was an absolute jewel links course with burns and everything. They could not have a picked a worse time to build it. And the houses in that area were selling for ridiculous prices and they massively overbuilt. I can't believe how bad it is now. Wow. Wow. Wow.
I get tough conditions playing in the Great White North. But at least owners here try to operate properly. It's comical the state of those bad courses. Really like to see more of the series.
Matt you are the man.... It's remarkable how you invest time and money into going to these places when everybody else would do the same to go to dreamed courses. Kudos to you
That second course had me in tears😂 I loved seeing a puff of dirt on each shot and watching your ball bounce to and fro on its way to the hole. “Rolling 5 on the stimp” 😂😂😂
I live in south Florida and used to play Bonaventure a lot (pronounced bonna-venture) I hadn’t played in years but went a little while ago and also left it a 1 star review lol. This used to be the premier course in south Florida and hosted a lot of semi pro events and qualifiers. As you pointed out the layout is really great with well designed holes (that first par 3 with the waterfall was the signature hole) and plays pretty challenging with the water and wind but it has fallen into disrepair. Just unkept with patchy greens, the rough is actually st Augustine and weeds and the bunkers are more dirt than sand. I bet you had a better experience at Osprey Point, I was there the day you were filming lol.
@@edruiz6364south Florida is a funny place. We have a ton of golfers and golf courses but quite a few have closed because we also have so many people moving here that the land is too valuable for it to be a golf course.
I can’t explain in anymore detail how happy this channel makes me! Keep up all your great work. It is a real pleasure to travel and see these courses with great commentary and low scores too!
What a commitment for a video!! I would enjoy seeing if you get any back story on some of those courses and how they ended up that way. Also what happened to the wings and pickle fries...?
I played a few holes at the sand golf course just east of Tonopah, Nevada, back in the 1970s. The course had been abandoned by then. The fairways were just desert that had been cleared, and the greens were made of sand. I always wondered what it might have been like when it was maintained.
Played on Elsinore Highs golf team for all 4 years and Summerly was our home course 2010-2014. Crazy to see how far it has fallen. Used to actually be a very nice place. It now fits in more with the rest of Elsinore now though..
Great piece. When living in Palm Beach from 2000 to 2010 I played Bonaventure a couple of times. It was in good shape and as you said a challenging layout. You were funny and polite with all your comments for the last two courses.
I've played that Canyon Lake course I believe many years ago. What a transformation. No members, no golfers around, no funds, not upkeep. The drought we had last summer didn't help the situation eirther. The cart with no windshield? I've never seen that before. Your're the best golfer I've seen outside of the pros on tours. The short game is razor sharp.
Hahaha the comment about the bob does sports guys had me click the like button immediately. Great video man, love the humor and I loved to see how bad some places have (sadly) become. Especially the second course, it looks so full of potential.
Philly Cricket club ball! I’m from around the area. From what I saw that’s where that ball is from! What a video. Always a joy to see you shoot great rounds at the worst courses around America. God bless you brother
I love this! It's so nice when someone can have fun with the not great things in golf. That first one, seems a timing issue. Was bad, someone showed up who cares, and being that it's Florida got good conditions for making things better. I looked up the Lakeside Golf Club and allegedly it is open. Though per the Google activity tracker thing, it's less busy than usual. Which, not a surprise. Also less busy than usual, usual when?
Great video. Loved how you blamed yourself for the bad shots. Like not planning for the 6 inch pop-up on the putt. This is a great series, keep it going.
In the 1980's, I lived in the panhandle of Texas. Up there, there are two kinds of golf courses. If it is a city course in a small town, the city was looking for a place to dump their processed sewer water. Irrigating a golf course is a solution . The other type of course is one built by the local farmers out in a field so they don't have to travel to play. That Canyon Lake course would be an example of that. Maintenance is by volunteers. These golf courses reminded of of those things. They fall under the category of "just happy to have a place to hit the ball."
I could barely see the screen with the tears rolling down my face when we got to the second one. I was waiting for Matt to bust out the launch monitor to see if it could cope with the lateral rollout. 😂 🤣
Ten years ago I used to live a few miles from Lake Elsinore and played Links of Summerly. The fairways were greener as were the greens. Finding your way around the course wasn't much easier and I would have been completely lost had not the 2 guys I played with pointed me in the right direction! Now I live in Austin and could make it down to San Antonio and play the course there.......looks like getting a tee time might not be a problem. As Meatloaf says.......2 out of 3 ain't bad!
Headgreenkeeper on a course in Germany here .. that first course was very good .. the guys know what they are doing .. you had some very true putts on those greens ... i am sure the course has gotten better this year ...you have played on a course that is in its improvement stage .. the head knows what direction he is going .. to say you dont understand the problem about disease on the greens .. its not as easy as just spray ... like many .. you dont understand how much work goes on to stop dollarspot .. would be good if golfers could look and try and understand what goes on behind the sport they love
Those lines on the green are likely from a recent verti-cut. I’m guessing those greens are Bermuda and they’re trying to harden them up or it’s part of normal maintenance plan. Verti-cutting is different from punching. You use a mower with vertically teeth and dig into the thatch layer, rip it up to the surface to be blown off or collected. Also…there typically is a separate entity at the course that cleans the bathrooms, but one of the assistant superintendents typically unlocks the bathrooms in the morning for the crew and golfers. Cleaning is only done a couple times a week. The more you know 🌈 Enjoyed the video! As someone who’s been in agronomy for 7 years, this was hard to watch without cringing.
This video has made me respect my Country Club for all the hard work the put into their maintenance. Thanks for the awesome and entertaining video MSG!
That first course was actually super nice, it just needs some TLC. The last one... man, terrible. But it makes me miss San Diego so much. If you're still out there, do a review on Pala Mesa Resort in Fallbrook! My old home course :)
I hope Pala Mesa isn't in a state that would make it into one of Matt's Worst Course videos. Pala Mesa was always one of my favorite places to play when I lived in Escondido and Temecula. I literally played there from the early 70's until just about 4 years ago. Fast, tricky greens. I could never putt well there.
I have actually played that Lakeside course near Canyon Lake. Grew up in San Antonio. It was much better back then, lol. Great series, these are a fun watch!
Aayy! I used to play the Links at Summerly a couple times a week as a high school golfer. Even back then (15ish years ago) it was looking a bit rough in a few places. It's a shame, as the layout was fun and a bit different from most courses out here. As an update, it seems the course is now closed, and largely underwater (it was developed below the lake level in case of flooding) and all of the carts are now at other courses with the old Summerly logos still on them.
I love this content. The happiness on your face playing these horrible courses is amazing. I would love to get my hands on that cool ball. I cant believe how you manage to make any birdies on the horrible courses you play. I love it 😊😂
I just drove the Lake Elsinore yesterday and man, if I would have known I could have played a course that MSG reviewed, I would have at least stopped to say I've been there. Thanks for the video Sir, it was genuinely entertaining.
So I play a muni course sort of like Canyon where you get a lot of loose dirt lies. I think it would be neat if you did a little "how-to" on playing out off of stuff like that! lol! Seriously though, some parts of Texas has had such bad luck with the drought and extreme temps lately. It's just so expensive to water and maintain them without help from mother nature in the form of rain. And, you can't afford to keep the maintenance crews around when their isn't any grass to mow. This is why I think 6 hole courses would be more beneficial in those areas. Less to water, less to maintain!
Remarks about the first courses… I’m an assistant superintendent and the yellow marks you’re seeing is due to 2 reasons: 1.) when the golfer hits the green and doesn’t repair it right the grass in the middle of the ball marks dies 2.) The biggest reason is Operator Error.. he’s not fixing the ball marks before mowing resulting in the mower nicking the turf which causes those yellow mark.
Thanks for coming and reviewing Lakeside. I use it as a practice course so when I go to a course with actual grass I’m that much better. It’s the worst. LOL
So glad you checked out my recommended course in Lake Elsinore! Front 9 is nothing but dirt! That Texas course looked pretty horrible. Thanks for 30 minutes of laughs! I can't believe how you made some of those putts/chips. Awesome!
After watching this video I feel like I need to change the review of my home course here in New Hampshire. It’s worse than I gave it credit for 😂😂 Great video Matt. Thanks for the entertainment!
Makes me really appreciate the muni course that has 4 people take care of it a lot. Its a bit swampy when its rained recently but my goodness it isn't anywhere near this bad
yall who suggested the first course are SPOILED
The first course was WAY worse before he filmed it. Check out some other TH-cam golfers that went there.
Fr lol that course wasn’t that bad
Seriously
@@humorinpolitics56 i bet you it was because it was the dry season in florida but idk
@@spooky6839 maybe
Hi there! I actually work at Bonaventure, I am glad you gave the course a shot. As the reviews show, the course used to be worse for wear. We have recently gone under new management and we’ve been rapidly improving our course trying to bring it back to life. A couple things to note, the bathrooms, the key is attached to your cart key as it has 2 keys, if you look closely at 6:33, you can see that. 2. the billboard is not on our property and we hate it just as much as the highway right next to us, but what can you do? Also, we are getting new carts this winter! We as well have a new greenskeeping staff that is working on our property and holes 1,5, and 17 were completely stripped and redone. I am glad to see us out there on the internet, regardless of the criticism, we have a lot of work to do. Thanks for coming and you’re welcome to do another video in a couple months to see our progress! 🙂
I call bullshiit.
Have you played the course?? Even Mr. Short game says the course has upped its game (at 4:30). Three greens were completed built , and are in perfect condition.
@@kcham2003va You have alot of nerve calling that a golf course.
@@TheMighty412try opening your eyes a bit. maybe i should show you the previous pictures of the course? take a gander on our google reviews page and look at some pictures from a couple months back (before may) you’ll see the difference, and if you don’t, you’ve got some high standards or you need to get your eyes checked lol
Remember this comment was based on Bonaventure. Not the two course featured at the end of the video.
Greenskeeper from Canada here - Those "damage" marks that you said were maybe caused by the mower (edit: on the first course) are actually intentional slices made by a specific machine. It can affect putting for a few days unfortunately, but it is how to propagate creeping styles of grasses. The slices will cut the stolons produced by the grass and create new growth to replenish bare spots. So yes it looks like they are trying to bring that course back to life. Fun Video!
verticutting :)
That 2nd course you reviewed had me laughing to tears. Love these videos. Best was you pounding the tee in with your iron. Loving all the work you put in for our entertainment!
2nd course is definitly the course to beat as the worst.
No rating though...😂
Same dude I was absolutely cracking up and the rating showed a 3.4! That place looked like a bomb went off on it 😂😂😂
It's a Country Club! 😂
Wonder what the cost is. Has the feel of a place the ownership keeps expecting to sell to a developer but the deal hasn’t gone through for a few years and it’s gotten real bad. But if it’s like $5 to go out and play for kids to practice… who cares?
love how Mr SG isn't a resort snob like other tubers. The man is happy to get down and dirty with the common folk. Love this video mate.
I play at the shitty courses but I've never had to chip on the greens. I thought I played shitty courses until I watched this. I'd ask for my money back.
The Florida course looks like Augusta National compared to the other dumps.
This series needs to go viral...share it, post it...we need to make sure Matt makes all his money back on these videos...
This was one of the most entertaining videos that you have made. Didn’t learn any great golf tips but had a great laugh. Thanks for doing it.
If you can get there .. go play the course at Guantanamo Bay. You get a 12x12 patch of astro turf to use during the round. Still one of the most fun I've had golfing
That has to be the course record in San Antonio. If 3 of the top players in the world were with you I'd be shocked at any were breaking 75. Every putt is russian roulette. Loved every minute of it.
I play Bonaventure at least once a week. The management there has really made some great improvements. It's no wonder MrShortGame was surprised by the condition of the course as all the reviews he posted were at least four months old. A lot can happen over the summer, as in repairing the sprinkler system and the rebuilding three greens. Those new greens are a work of art and in perfect condition.
Perfect condition?
@@jdhrap Yeah, perfect. Check Google reviews lately.
@@jdhrap the rebuilt greens are still going strong
This is definitely your comedic niche. I just love them as they make me laugh as mentioned on the last one while getting through chemo. I laughed so hard again and the comments had me rolling. Appalled at the conditions but this is comedy at it's best. Still want to play a few wholes with you when we wrap this treatment up and I'm cancer free! I love these videos and thank you for getting me to laugh so hard! This is better than Bob does golf!
Good luck to you. it’s important to laugh and keep a positive attitude during chemo. There are plenty of cancer survivors.
That was a gutsy move drinking from that water bucket hope you're up to date on all your vaccinations also love the cart reviews you should be a car salesman on the side
I came here just for this comment, as I was thinking the same thing. Definitely a bold move 😬
Michael Bartnek 8360 Moline Pl Springfield Va 22153
I immediately made sure I liked the video a second time after seeing that. Incredible display of resilience to drink that and not die.
Typhoid has entered the chat
Water born illnesses are no joke. You would have been way better off with the expired Gatorade.
Was the second course actually closed? It looked like you never made contact with anyone, shouldered your bag and went off. The fact that you scored as well as you did was amazing.
No way he scored that.
Love these series. What a great idea. Please do more of worst golf courses of America reviews. The fact you fly to play these terrible courses just shows extreme dedication to the series.
You have more fun on bad courses than most people have on nice courses. Agree this should be a series, well done, funny, and thanks for just being a positive guy Matt, Cheers
As someone who grew up in Lake Elsinore and since moved, it pains me to see what the Links of Summerly has become. When that placed first opened it was so pure. Such a tough and fun layout that you just didn't get anywhere else.
Agreed! Used to be such a well maintained and unique course, and now, a total dog track. So sad.
Wonderful course when it opened. Beautiful
I live in wildomar, summerly is dirt cheap and pretty tough. Fun in summertime. Played it a few weeks ago for $14 and got attacked by mosquito’s. It’s pretty bad and the owner has it up for sale for $5 million dollars.
Course 2 has me crying right now. How you were able to keep it serious during any of that course is beyond commendable.
🤣🤣 laughed my a-- off. for drinking the water. you're a brave soul.
I can't believe you were even able to score a tee time for that second course. And Juan's ***** review on the 3rd course was priceless. Good video.
I love it when you take us to such nice courses as these. Locally two of our courses closed due to lack of water. Nice to see green on a course and some of it was even connected. Keep up the good work and searching for more of these treasures.
As an employee of a golf course ,at 6:57,,those are punch marks for seeding on the greens ,and we do that tees too.
Mowers only leave lines ,and uneven terrain on greens if uneven or offset,
COME TO PINE HILL IN MEMPHIS TN ,when u get a chance
Still, to this day, I use the very best putting tip ever. A few years back, you did a video on reading up and down hill putts, " double the amount of break going down hill apposed to uphill." It's helped my game emensly. Thank you,
Matt, never laughed at a golf video so hard in my life.
Also, thanks for the tip on scammers. You cannot tell a true offer from a scam. They mimic a true offer so completely they are virtually indistinguishable!
I will never complain about the condition of any golf I play course again! 🙂This was hysterical! And, you still scored well on the scorched Earth, killer ant-infested, courses of death! Good job!
PS I am also declaring you Club Champion!
The first course is clearly being repaired. I couldn't stop laughing when you played the second one. That was great content right there. My sides hurt from laughing so much. I've never seen such tall grass on the "greens".
I hope this series continues. Honestly the most entertaining golf content in my recent memory.
These course reviews are so much fun, so much to enjoy from them.. Can't wait to see the next series on the 'best of the worst' 😁
The sarcasm in this video is top notch 😂😂😂
That Texas course looked to be the worst thing I've ever seen.
Mr Short Game, that was the funniest golf video I watched this month! Comedic, tongue in cheek, gold! But what was really impressive is your scores. You are a helluva golfer. You have proven to me that a good golfer can play pretty well regardless of the conditions! Thanks for the entertaining travel review of the three worst courses in America. I’m gonna put them on my bucket list. May not get to them.
Matt your commentary had me rolling until I had a coughing fit😂😂😂. I would not have drank from that water jug though. Hopefully you didn't get Typhoid Fever! 😅
Love how much energy and time you put into your journeys. Makes me smile, laugh and learn actually. You’re a great dude and keep em rolling my guy 🤘🏼🔥
First course the greens were aerated with knives in the aerator rather than coring tines. It’s a relatively common practice to open the greens with little disruption. It’s not a substitute for coring (nothing is and nothing is better, change my mind) but it’s great in season. It looks like they’re trying to fix it up.
Used to travel to Lake Elsinore frequently for business. Went by the “Links” many times and decided to take my clubs (about 2012) to give it a try. My goodness has this place gone downhill! Had some rough spots back then but nothing like this. Company I worked with was right next to the jump school and we’d occasionally get a stray skydiver on the roof.
I had to find someone in the comments who played this course back in the day. I played it when it first opened, back in 2008-2009. It was an absolute jewel links course with burns and everything. They could not have a picked a worse time to build it. And the houses in that area were selling for ridiculous prices and they massively overbuilt. I can't believe how bad it is now. Wow. Wow. Wow.
I get tough conditions playing in the Great White North. But at least owners here try to operate properly. It's comical the state of those bad courses. Really like to see more of the series.
I spit out my coffee when you said, "it resembles the moon. I have never been there." Classic!
Matt you are the man.... It's remarkable how you invest time and money into going to these places when everybody else would do the same to go to dreamed courses. Kudos to you
6:57 potentially looks like they recently verti cut their greens. At the course I work at we have to do that about once a month
I can’t believe you drank that water. Who knows how long that could have been in there
That second course had me in tears😂 I loved seeing a puff of dirt on each shot and watching your ball bounce to and fro on its way to the hole. “Rolling 5 on the stimp” 😂😂😂
Just amazed you can still shoot in the 70’s playing those sh-tholes lol.. great job
What a fun vid! Maybe start another series playing the best course or finding hidden gems? Love the content keep it up!
I hope your stomach is alright after drinking that water
If your from cali and need a not so nice course. Play roadrunner dunes in 29 palms CA. 😅
I live in south Florida and used to play Bonaventure a lot (pronounced bonna-venture) I hadn’t played in years but went a little while ago and also left it a 1 star review lol. This used to be the premier course in south Florida and hosted a lot of semi pro events and qualifiers. As you pointed out the layout is really great with well designed holes (that first par 3 with the waterfall was the signature hole) and plays pretty challenging with the water and wind but it has fallen into disrepair. Just unkept with patchy greens, the rough is actually st Augustine and weeds and the bunkers are more dirt than sand. I bet you had a better experience at Osprey Point, I was there the day you were filming lol.
I played Bonaventure about 18 years ago and it wasn't so bad. I've seen a few courses close or in disrepair during the last 10 years or so.
@@edruiz6364south Florida is a funny place. We have a ton of golfers and golf courses but quite a few have closed because we also have so many people moving here that the land is too valuable for it to be a golf course.
This is like Survivor Golf Edition😅. Absolutely LOVE this series.
"The flagstick has perished... so it's lying down." Comedy gold.😄
I have never laughed so hard at one of your videos, Matt. Love it. 😂😂
I can’t explain in anymore detail how happy this channel makes me! Keep up all your great work. It is a real pleasure to travel and see these courses with great commentary and low scores too!
What a commitment for a video!! I would enjoy seeing if you get any back story on some of those courses and how they ended up that way. Also what happened to the wings and pickle fries...?
I played a few holes at the sand golf course just east of Tonopah, Nevada, back in the 1970s. The course had been abandoned by then. The fairways were just desert that had been cleared, and the greens were made of sand. I always wondered what it might have been like when it was maintained.
Love this series! My wife sits here laughing at me...laughing at you! I'm from Riverside, so I know Lake Elsenore well. Keep up the great work!
Played on Elsinore Highs golf team for all 4 years and Summerly was our home course 2010-2014. Crazy to see how far it has fallen. Used to actually be a very nice place. It now fits in more with the rest of Elsinore now though..
Great piece. When living in Palm Beach from 2000 to 2010 I played Bonaventure a couple of times. It was in good shape and as you said a challenging layout. You were funny and polite with all your comments for the last two courses.
This might be my new favorite video on the channel 😂 nice job Matt! Btw I wouldn't have risked drinking that water LOL
I've played that Canyon Lake course I believe many years ago. What a transformation. No members, no golfers around, no funds, not upkeep. The drought we had last summer didn't help the situation eirther. The cart with no windshield? I've never seen that before. Your're the best golfer I've seen outside of the pros on tours. The short game is razor sharp.
Love it! 😂😂😂
Second course I was laughing so hard!
Bravo! 👏👏👏
Absolutely love these course vlogs. So much fun. Please keep them coming!
Hahaha the comment about the bob does sports guys had me click the like button immediately. Great video man, love the humor and I loved to see how bad some places have (sadly) become. Especially the second course, it looks so full of potential.
Great video, not sure what was worse the San Antonio or only having 9 holes in San Diego. Can't wait for part 3.
Philly Cricket club ball! I’m from around the area. From what I saw that’s where that ball is from! What a video. Always a joy to see you shoot great rounds at the worst courses around America. God bless you brother
I love this! It's so nice when someone can have fun with the not great things in golf. That first one, seems a timing issue. Was bad, someone showed up who cares, and being that it's Florida got good conditions for making things better. I looked up the Lakeside Golf Club and allegedly it is open. Though per the Google activity tracker thing, it's less busy than usual. Which, not a surprise. Also less busy than usual, usual when?
Great video. Loved how you blamed yourself for the bad shots. Like not planning for the 6 inch pop-up on the putt. This is a great series, keep it going.
Highly entertaining! Really enjoyed. Seeing the ball hop on the greens and take 45 degree turns was something else 😂
In the 1980's, I lived in the panhandle of Texas. Up there, there are two kinds of golf courses. If it is a city course in a small town, the city was looking for a place to dump their processed sewer water. Irrigating a golf course is a solution . The other type of course is one built by the local farmers out in a field so they don't have to travel to play. That Canyon Lake course would be an example of that. Maintenance is by volunteers. These golf courses reminded of of those things. They fall under the category of "just happy to have a place to hit the ball."
Top tier content. Thanks for investing all the effort, time, and money into even a short video like this. More please!
I could barely see the screen with the tears rolling down my face when we got to the second one. I was waiting for Matt to bust out the launch monitor to see if it could cope with the lateral rollout. 😂 🤣
Ten years ago I used to live a few miles from Lake Elsinore and played Links of Summerly. The fairways were greener as were the greens. Finding your way around the course wasn't much easier and I would have been completely lost had not the 2 guys I played with pointed me in the right direction! Now I live in Austin and could make it down to San Antonio and play the course there.......looks like getting a tee time might not be a problem. As Meatloaf says.......2 out of 3 ain't bad!
The content is impeccable. I laughed out loud at you. Very funny
More of this content please, love this series.
Headgreenkeeper on a course in Germany here .. that first course was very good .. the guys know what they are doing .. you had some very true putts on those greens ... i am sure the course has gotten better this year ...you have played on a course that is in its improvement stage .. the head knows what direction he is going .. to say you dont understand the problem about disease on the greens .. its not as easy as just spray ... like many .. you dont understand how much work goes on to stop dollarspot .. would be good if golfers could look and try and understand what goes on behind the sport they love
Thanks for this series...makes me feel better about the courses I play that I thought were poorly maintained!
Those lines on the green are likely from a recent verti-cut. I’m guessing those greens are Bermuda and they’re trying to harden them up or it’s part of normal maintenance plan.
Verti-cutting is different from punching. You use a mower with vertically teeth and dig into the thatch layer, rip it up to the surface to be blown off or collected.
Also…there typically is a separate entity at the course that cleans the bathrooms, but one of the assistant superintendents typically unlocks the bathrooms in the morning for the crew and golfers. Cleaning is only done a couple times a week.
The more you know 🌈
Enjoyed the video! As someone who’s been in agronomy for 7 years, this was hard to watch without cringing.
This video has made me respect my Country Club for all the hard work the put into their maintenance. Thanks for the awesome and entertaining video MSG!
When you planted your bag on the green and just said fuck it....LMAO that killed me
That first course was actually super nice, it just needs some TLC. The last one... man, terrible. But it makes me miss San Diego so much. If you're still out there, do a review on Pala Mesa Resort in Fallbrook! My old home course :)
I hope Pala Mesa isn't in a state that would make it into one of Matt's Worst Course videos. Pala Mesa was always one of my favorite places to play when I lived in Escondido and Temecula. I literally played there from the early 70's until just about 4 years ago. Fast, tricky greens. I could never putt well there.
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Lol, love this! Im guessing you could do a whole series in the "worst courses" category
That second course literally looked like it was abandoned. Shocked the TV was on in the place still
I have actually played that Lakeside course near Canyon Lake. Grew up in San Antonio. It was much better back then, lol. Great series, these are a fun watch!
Aayy! I used to play the Links at Summerly a couple times a week as a high school golfer. Even back then (15ish years ago) it was looking a bit rough in a few places. It's a shame, as the layout was fun and a bit different from most courses out here. As an update, it seems the course is now closed, and largely underwater (it was developed below the lake level in case of flooding) and all of the carts are now at other courses with the old Summerly logos still on them.
I love this content. The happiness on your face playing these horrible courses is amazing. I would love to get my hands on that cool ball. I cant believe how you manage to make any birdies on the horrible courses you play. I love it 😊😂
If you come to Alabama, The Links of Tuscaloosa is an absolute must for this series as well as cahaba falls country club!
I just drove the Lake Elsinore yesterday and man, if I would have known I could have played a course that MSG reviewed, I would have at least stopped to say I've been there.
Thanks for the video Sir, it was genuinely entertaining.
I got a greay laugh and had to watch again you putting bag on green." Gonna take a shoot in the dark and say thats gonna be okay today" lol
So I play a muni course sort of like Canyon where you get a lot of loose dirt lies. I think it would be neat if you did a little "how-to" on playing out off of stuff like that! lol! Seriously though, some parts of Texas has had such bad luck with the drought and extreme temps lately. It's just so expensive to water and maintain them without help from mother nature in the form of rain. And, you can't afford to keep the maintenance crews around when their isn't any grass to mow. This is why I think 6 hole courses would be more beneficial in those areas. Less to water, less to maintain!
You got to fly Spirit airlines when doing worse course reviews. I love these videos keep it up.
Remarks about the first courses…
I’m an assistant superintendent and the yellow marks you’re seeing is due to 2 reasons:
1.) when the golfer hits the green and doesn’t repair it right the grass in the middle of the ball marks dies
2.) The biggest reason is Operator Error.. he’s not fixing the ball marks before mowing resulting in the mower nicking the turf which causes those yellow mark.
Thanks!
Absolutely hilarious 😂 I don’t think I have ever seen anyone on TH-cam play the worst courses out there. Too funny. BTW, Would love the ball
I’m in awe that you played all 18 holes in TX! Dedication to the content!!! Mad Props!!!
Thanks for coming and reviewing Lakeside. I use it as a practice course so when I go to a course with actual grass I’m that much better. It’s the worst. LOL
So glad you checked out my recommended course in Lake Elsinore! Front 9 is nothing but dirt! That Texas course looked pretty horrible. Thanks for 30 minutes of laughs! I can't believe how you made some of those putts/chips. Awesome!
🎶 Giant steps are what you take… golfing on the moon🎶
I think the bad course reviews are my favorites.😎😂
Could have stayed in Texas for a couple weeks and never ran out of video after the summer of no rain we've had! Great Video!!
After watching this video I feel like I need to change the review of my home course here in New Hampshire. It’s worse than I gave it credit for 😂😂 Great video Matt. Thanks for the entertainment!
Makes me really appreciate the muni course that has 4 people take care of it a lot. Its a bit swampy when its rained recently but my goodness it isn't anywhere near this bad
Absolutely hilarious. Some brutle tracks. Thanks for the Saturday morning laughs.
The one in Florida can hardly be called a golf course. It’s a piece of unmaintained property with 18 randomly placed holes.
Love your work Mat, couldn’t stop laughing…..😂