Coeur D'Alene Golf Club, Coeur D Alene, ID

I played this course on 6/25/14 but was only able to play the front 9 due to the time and how busy it was. The guy got me out right away and I was able to play as a single. It took 2 hours to play 9 as a single, it was so busy. Everywhere you looked there were so many people around you. I had 4 village idiots in front of me that refused to acknowledge that I was playing up behind them. That killed my round.
The course offers large greens and many trees. The homes on the front 9 could come into play if you spray it around. Favorite holes were 3 and 4. The front was very straight forward and easy, no real tricks out there. It would be nice to see pace of play enforced and water coolers on the course. Wish I could have played the whole track.

I wish I could tell you something about the scenery and the condition of the course, but I never got to play. Instead, the only thing I can tell you is that this course is not family friendly and that the clubhouse personnel are rude.

I came in without a tee time, but I asked to be put on the list and have them call me if something came open. My son came with me (he's six) but he wasn't going to play, he just wanted to ride in the cart with me while i played. I kept listening for a call and eventually something obviously came open: they sent out a two-some and a single. But they never called me in. In fact, shortly after they sent out the three-some, they came and told me, in not so many words, to leave.

It may have been different if I hadn't brought my son, but I felt slighted, mistreated and unwelcome. My son has been on the some nice courses and knows how to behave during a round, but none of that appears to matter to this course.

With golf course rounds declining nationally and waning interest in the younger generations, one would think that golf courses would be doing everything possible to keep young, future golfers feel welcome and interested in golf. It's really their future and the future of the game at stake. But it doesn't appear to be the case at this course.