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[Roy McAvoy]

From October edition of Royal Auto...

RACV has acquired a new resort property. The RACV Goldfields Resort, previously known as the Novotel Forest Resort Creswick, will start operation as an RACV resort on 1 November 2015. The early months of operation will include some refurbishment to meet RACV standards and members’ expectations.

[*Mouldy]

Mike Clayton getting his chainsaw sharpened.

[honma boy]

i live 20 min away,i have heard some real horror stories,its not on my agenda to play....in a very few words...i have been told that they "ruined it thoroughly"

[Hawkers2015]

I expect that RACV will do a decent job of improving the course conditioning, I had 9 holes at a conference 18 months ago.  It was in terrible condition then and I sure its a lot worse now.  The playing surfaces, especially the greens were terrible.

 

I really question whether apart from some subdivision potential whether its even possible to make the course pay at all.  Its got a lot going against it, its

 

• got lots of close by competition
• a decent hike from Melbourne
• a hard walk for mountain goats
• kinda hard for the less skilled or players having a bit of a spray day - lots of ball losing potential

[honma boy]

the old creswick course beautiful as it was.......had probs with water and mud in a few spots,heaps of low points etc.......i also played forest res.one day and had mud problems still..........well actually....my old mate had probs with the mud.....we got bogged....and he pushed the cart.....got a shatload of mud sprayed all over due to me hooving it   lol..............that same day........the water was coming down the fairway so heavy that it just washed a ball back down the fairway.......yep   the mates ball.....he had a bad day...............in short though...racv will have a massive job fixing up the mess.........design is all up the creek