12/27/2023 0 Comments Anaconda montana golf course![]() ![]() But this course came highly recommended and, finding myself in the area anyway, I decided to try it out. Normally, I would never drive 500+ miles just to play one golf course. I highly recommend The Old Course: great fun!! A word on the bunkers: some folks in Butte told me that the granulated slag still had some poisonous by-products in it: the course literature says it's all inert.I guess it's not a problem if you stay out of the bunkers and don't take any home with you! It is, however, pretty abrasive stuff: it will score up your golf ball, and put some serious wear on your wedge. Take the time to read it, it will save a stroke or two. One of the really nice things is the scorecard: shows the layout of each hole, with some details about how to approach each. Lots of artifacts surround the course, and there is plenty of signage to explain what you're seeing. Saw a pair of foxes on hole #6, and a mule deer watched us putt on another hole (can deer laugh out loud?). The day I played, the course was in super shape: tee boxes were excellent: fairways are LUSH: rough is fair, but will cost you: greens are very large, and most are heavily contoured, and are FAST (10 on the stimpmeter). The folks I played with came up from Utah for a week at their getaway place, and planned to play the course every day while in the area. No one gets to Anaconda by accident, but this course is a darn good reason to go there. Still no motels to speak of, just a few B&B's, so it's necessary to go to Butte, about 25 minutes away. On the accommodation side, Anaconda is a very nice small town that seems to have weathered the loss of copper jobs pretty well. Previous reviewers have it about right with course comments. Played here 7-11-07: made a special trip to get here. ![]()
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