I Investigated An ABANDONED Desert Golf Course

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@wacorichards6595 11 ай бұрын

I’m a member of this course and the Wednesday scramble regularly! We have right at 40 members. It’s a 9 hole course but there are 18 tee boxes so there is a “front” and a “back”. The school did buy the course and a very large bond was passed to redesign and add necessary infrastructure. I can answer any other questions you may have, Josh, though I am not the course spokesperson.

@dyounger3021 11 ай бұрын

Any grass still alive at that course should be cultivated on a sod farm and sold for its high performance drought tolerance. I'm guessing it has to be some variety of Bermuda greens and tees?

@wacorichards6595 11 ай бұрын

@@dyounger3021 there’s quite a bit still alive. Tee boxes are watered the most though the greens should be. I don’t know what type of grass it is. The way we play, to protect our clubs is, if you land in the “fairway” you can tee up so that you’re not hitting off of rocks. We do currently have some grass in fairways here and there but it’s tough to keep it alive in this heat with the limited water. Going forward, when the new course gets built and designed, I believe they’re bringing in sand and soil for anything that’s supposed to be green.

@wacorichards6595 11 ай бұрын

Poor Josh sure did pick the hottest day of the year to play and didn’t have near enough water!

@JoshMayerGolf 11 ай бұрын

Hearing great things about these Wednesday scrambles. Looking forward to seeing what the school does to the course!

@jazzcardashcam 11 ай бұрын

where is this course?@@wacorichards6595

@ddd1hhh 11 ай бұрын

Hospitality so low??? That dude in the beginning couldn’t have been nicer!?

@supitschillbro 29 күн бұрын

i think the rusty $5 box might have factored into the hospitality experience

@jmc224 15 күн бұрын

@@supitschillbronawww how could it?? It took his tee time reservation without pause and instantly! Lol

@gdd3499 11 ай бұрын

This video made me smile as I grew up in Texas playing on 9 hole courses like this one. I even lost balls in deep cracks in the ground on supposed fairways. $1.25 got me golf all day plus 2 RC colas and a snickers (a long time ago). So much fun. Thanks for the video!

@richardready4995 11 ай бұрын

Hospitality rating should be higher ... Rudy was a really nice (and helpful) guy. Give him some props!

@JoshMayerGolf 11 ай бұрын

Agreed. Rudy was the man

@BOLDBANGER 2 ай бұрын

seriously, the one employee they did have was chill. should be a 5. also not sure why customer service is even a thing in reviewing a course, like it almost never comes into play. you say hi and then play golf, unless they have a beer girl which while cool should not have such a heavy factor in reviews imo.

@darkspd31 11 ай бұрын

Honestly, this is what a golf course SHOULD look like in the desert,

@jacksoni349 11 ай бұрын

For $5 I would be out there until sunset. Love little gems like this. Glad to hear the school bought the course and is hopefully making it a little more playable.

@DaGolfViking 11 ай бұрын

I completely agree with this. It's golf for five bucks!!

@henrikpatterson1521 11 ай бұрын

And if you're worried about clubs, go to the thrift store and buy an old set. It's all about the practice and technique. For $40 a month, I'd be there a couple times a week.

@marcofacundo757 11 ай бұрын

Love that transition of you being out of breath on the teebox to being in the same position while on the fairway commentating your next shot 🤣🤣🤣

@thanos_frog3747 11 ай бұрын

Has no one thought of the little portable hitting mats, usually used for protecting nice courses? With those and some bright red balls you could have a legitimate time out there

@jasonjason5184 11 ай бұрын

I was thinking same. Also synthetic grass tee box and greens. And take your aircon car as your buggy, leave boot open strap bag into boot sticking out 👍

@pirtatejoe 11 ай бұрын

That would be fantastic. And we need more facilities like this... not less. The amount of water and resources saved while giving people a chance to get outside and play inexpensively is definitely what we need more of.

@rmiller334 11 ай бұрын

Thing is, there aren’t enough people playing this particular course to pay for that. There are precious few people even in the county.

@tubecoatue 11 ай бұрын

Great idea except even the cost of those mats would eat up all the greens fees collected. LOL!

@SPL2k 10 ай бұрын

I spent a lot of time at this country club in the 70's as a kid. Sad to see the shape its in now but so glad you shared this video.

@maxmarshall4621 11 ай бұрын

We need a Bob Does Sports round here!! what a find.

@bluepenguin2071 11 ай бұрын

I’m loving this series! Glad I found your channel this week

@chetranqui 11 ай бұрын

Yo, carrying... and even just walking.. in the heat is tough. It's a workout and if you aren't keeping yourself hydrated when it's over 90 out, there can be some serious health concerns. Remember this experience! Amazing how well ya scored despite the conditions... dang.

@evirgil84 11 ай бұрын

Favorite quote of the video “I’m playing on concrete” 🤣 Really enjoying seeing you tackle all these bad courses!

@whatdudeokman6481 11 ай бұрын

The school is gonna use those kids to clean up the course and call it "extra credit".

@RiccaRazor 11 ай бұрын

Honestly it would be pretty cool to see and work on the rehab of the course. They’re college students, use that energetic free labor lol

@tristantempleton 11 ай бұрын

The kids won’t be doing anything bc they’re remodeling the whole course

@jon-michaelparker8930 11 ай бұрын

Dude the school is loaded. The kids won’t be doing it

@BrendanSwagg 11 ай бұрын

“Internship”

@bobbys4327 11 ай бұрын

Lol......kids to day, not all, but many of them don't work, don't wanna work and don't want you to think they will work lol!

@brandonadams6719 17 күн бұрын

My grandfather used to drop us off and we would play that course all day long then go to the pool. They just tore it all up to put in a new course. Glad you were able to get this video!

@charlesbond4413 10 ай бұрын

I love it. Great find. I rode my motorcycle to Alaska to play the farthest north PGA golf course. Condition was similar, only greener and permafrost heaves made putting a true experience.

@countrygaming8367 11 ай бұрын

Josh, you guys never cease to amaze me! You’re life is a great adventure most of the time; would love to play golf with you guys! Keep up the great content pal!

@JoshMayerGolf 11 ай бұрын

Appreciate it my man!

@Burricane26 11 ай бұрын

Can't wait to see what the course turns into. Hopefully you do a follow up after it's renovated! That would be such a cool agriculture class to take as a student to work on turf.

@frankhernandez6883 11 ай бұрын

great idea--- wonder what school bought it?

@memeteam2016 11 ай бұрын

@@frankhernandez6883 I don't think there are too many schools in Rankin, Texas lol

@frankhernandez6883 11 ай бұрын

*Apparently there's ONE rich one! FORE!*@@memeteam2016

@850gator5 11 ай бұрын

You should play the course on Dauphin Island, AL, it is right on the water, it is partially abandoned and has basically an honor system for fee to play as well. Really interesting place to visit!

@macdaddy8483 11 ай бұрын

Dauphin Island was always the first course my team played during spring break in the late 90's. Would start there, then Springhill GC, then play on the RTJ Trail before heading home. Good times

@ARUSApacecarHAMPTON 3 ай бұрын

Need to have Pro Tour called the “Survivor “ play really bad courses in very challenging conditions.

@EricSanchez-to6cf 11 ай бұрын

Big fan. Been watching you since the beginning of the breaking par series. I live about 100 miles from Rankin and didn’t even know they had a course there. That place looks terrible. Lol

@garydavis8213 11 ай бұрын

I am subscribing to this channel simply because this is awesome. I would definitely take a little turf mat to hit off of. I would have given a 10 for hospitality because that one guy was cool and otherwise, there was nobody there to give you a hard time and ruin the atmosphere, which happens when people are around. I would also give a 10 for the price: no way to beat 5 bucks!

@stun2187 10 ай бұрын

I was feeling your exhaustion but I figured if you could make it all the way through I could finish the video with you. This was cool man. Reminds me of some Tin Cup stuff being in west Texas

@waggatagga 11 ай бұрын

Loved the determination in the heat 😂 I hit the subscribe button simply for that

@brumfiba 11 ай бұрын

The ominous tones while the B roll of the janky conditions plays gets me every time.

@GolfBaller 11 ай бұрын

This is the kind of track that exists outside of ranking systems like yours. Sure it's a dirt field for the most part, but it's unique, and the pay system is charming. It's hard to quantify as a score.

@09nvn 11 ай бұрын

I grew up in west tx in Monahans and Kermit. Both of the courses have had some bad times but this one takes the cake. But I’ve definitely played on rough greens like you were putting on. 105 walking props to you. Glad the humidity is low.

@BooYaKah81 11 ай бұрын

Bro, this DFW heat is rude. I can only imagine how it felt out in Rankin. Bless your heart for toughing out.

@glennray1901 11 ай бұрын

Lee Trevino cut his teeth on courses like this and look where he ended up. I played a course like this in Menard, Texas and it was windy just like this. Fun, but tough.

@jerrygilbert1761 11 ай бұрын

Loved the video and you are a much better play-by-play announcer than those poor folks at ESPN!!!

@whyitmatterstome 2 ай бұрын

New sub here - you just appeared in my feed for the first time today. I think you are really on to something with the niche of the 'worst' rated courses. Keep up the good work, I'll be watching, right after I binge all of your older content first. (BTW, I also use the LAB Link 1, best putter out now IMO).

@JoshMayerGolf 2 ай бұрын

My man! Welcome to the family

@MichaelThomas-bb6mz 11 ай бұрын

I was stationed at an AFB in OK. The course looked like the one in the video. The greens and tee box were green, but the fairways were brown.

@TheFishSlayer-dj8mk 11 ай бұрын

That west Texas heat is no joke. You Gotta bring water out there bro. 😂

@masterplumberman 11 ай бұрын

Well played 🏌️‍♂️⛳️ I’m guessing there were NO water hazards…🤣🤣🤣 Like your style & attitude 🤩🙂

@quicoyo7 11 ай бұрын

Is an easy course, no water hazards and bunkers

@scottmayer5046 11 ай бұрын

This reminds me of playing the base course at MCB 29 PALMS California 112 - 114 there was no one else out there so I just took my time they all thought I was crazy but being originally from Needles Ca i was use to the heat and it never bothered me !

@noahharris4541 11 ай бұрын

Buy this tee shirt it’s keeping me nice and cool as you complain your dying from the heat 😂 great advertisement

@321java Ай бұрын

yup - still think Black was stylin' or proper choice?

@StockBlackWRX 11 ай бұрын

Craziest thing is.... I played a course last year in Virginia. The greens were legit worse than this. They were 75% hard dirt and burnt grass. A month before they were in okay condition but it went to hell.

@GhostofEight 11 ай бұрын

This was super interesting and fun to watch.

@sidneygreen9120 11 ай бұрын

An amazing experience, that course will get a good few visitors thanks to your video 📹 👍

@vintageswiss9096 7 ай бұрын

@7:55 - i love how the 5th hole flag is just an upside down 2 flag 😂

@purpledon4527 11 ай бұрын

Great vid, love the series

@JoshMayerGolf 11 ай бұрын

Thanks don

@Inked_Kev 11 ай бұрын

If you bring a small hitting mat and they take proper care of the greens and tee boxes this wouldn’t be as bad.

@Hard_7_Iron 3 ай бұрын

You had a good wind. ALWAYS soak the tee in water before playing in 100 plus degrees…. A respectable score for the course. 😂

@iaintthewon 11 ай бұрын

Did the ad keeled over 😂😂😂😂

@garyt3hsna1l82 Ай бұрын

It has potential, I would love to see the students turn this into a case study for golf course management. Over the next 30 years alot of southwestern golf courses are going to be looking like this when faced with inevitable water scarcity. By incorporating course design features like swales, dry creek beds, large shade trees, and heavy mulching; the landscape can be designed to hold water for longer periods. Great opportunity for community engagement, education and philanthropy at work.

@chrisbarker8513 11 ай бұрын

Dude your a trooper walking that with the heat . Didn’t see ya drink any water . Sheesh

@TractorDog 10 ай бұрын

I would probably still golf if there were places like this around me. cool video

@jmc224 15 күн бұрын

Brother. I’m a former Army medic and I was just telling myself the whole time from the beginning of the video that you’re going to be a heat casualty. You really gotta prepare yourself better.

@stuartwalker6409 11 ай бұрын

3 ft putt: "I have no clue where this is going" lmaooooo dying

@Max-ez4nh 11 ай бұрын

I’m so jealous😂 Rankin is a 1A school that we play at times and they are gonna have a whole new golf course… so not fair😡

@Hello-nq1gn 11 ай бұрын

I allways sneak on this thanks for never catching me 😂

@tomsmall21 11 ай бұрын

LMAO Love to move there, it would be my home course for sure. I would have rated each category a ten! Great video.

@Gunbucket1964 3 ай бұрын

They could probably make a few bucks selling t-shirts with, "I survived Rankin Country Club!" on them!

@thediygolfer 11 ай бұрын

If you don’t water the grass, you don’t have to cut it. What an efficient operation 😂

@TS_Esquire 11 ай бұрын

You are not going to find a worse course than this. I’ve played at some very bad courses and none were near this bad.

@willhartz2853 11 ай бұрын

If disc golf and regular golf had a baby lol, this is how half the disc courses I’ve been to feel

@seanall1 11 ай бұрын

So i just played in a tournament today in South Georgia it was 110 with the heat index!!! I certainly can feel your pain!!

@FiftiesDad 11 ай бұрын

this is something out of one of my favorite games "golf story"

@mikemartin5340 11 ай бұрын

Duddddeeee, whattt!!! 500k views and 75k subs!?!? Sickkk! Swear you were at 10k 2 months ago!

@joshrokke5523 10 ай бұрын

Try the Camp Crook course. 9 holes, no sprinkler or clubhouse. Located in a county pasture and maintained by a few volunteers. Located in NW South Dakota.

@redsoxfan1982 11 ай бұрын

Come play Leo J Martin in Weston, MA. I’ve heard the greens are completely dead this year even with all the rain we’ve been getting.

@MrKyoo 11 ай бұрын

Love the dedication.

@JoshMayerGolf 11 ай бұрын

Love you more

@OnlineShoppingMustHaves1 11 ай бұрын

Great video!

@jaredklein6927 11 ай бұрын

I knew when I saw the thumbnail that this had to be Rankin. Never played there, but I’ve driven by it many times wondering who actually plays there.

@larryholland7192 11 ай бұрын

Great job!!

@gusgranrath1840 11 ай бұрын

I'm not a golfer, really enjoyed this video though. Very comical, hard to believe this is an actual golf course. Hopefully the school can get it in much better shape. Happy golfing....

@kevinhughes6707 10 ай бұрын

Cool stuff!

@brentdeleon9001 11 ай бұрын

Well, after playing this course, the only reasonable step up proceeding this is playing The Links at Victoria.

@reddog4514 11 ай бұрын

Grass on greens is a luxury. Come out to Australia and play some desert and country sand greens you’ll love it 😂

@playdiscgolf1546 2 ай бұрын

Heck yeah, in disc golf, you can putt on rocks, tall grass, bushes,because the disc doesn’t touch the ground. Haha

@Tuck-pm1rc 11 ай бұрын

I've played there a few times. I work on a rig near there. You gotta play the wind. It's crazy. 😂

@playdiscgolf1546 2 ай бұрын

The beauty of disc golf, is that half of the courses I play are basically abandoned. Haha. But it doesn’t affect the play nearly as much as it does golf. It definitely takes a lot more to maintain golf courses.

@playdiscgolf1546 2 ай бұрын

And if you’re paying at all, to play disc golf, the course is likely very well kept. Most courses are free

@seanhagelbarger6801 2 ай бұрын

I want to play so bad I used to play on my high school team. But now I don't have any clubs and it's really hard to get started again LOL

@minibepbop5340 11 ай бұрын

You ought to play Ozona country club in Ozona texas. Pretty similar to this one!

@vintageswiss9096 7 ай бұрын

I'm from the high desert and we have a course like this that gives you a square foot of astroturf to play your ball off of because it's literally hard sand desert. When you love a game, you play the game any way you can 😂

@MAC-ws8fz 3 күн бұрын

Reminds me of Arroyo Fairways MHC in Hemet CA.! Gopher holes and Rabbits!

@danielkletke6570 11 ай бұрын

There's an abandoned course in Santa Barbara, CA by lake cachuma called rancho San Marcos. It's been a few years but I saw its bones the last time I drove out thefe.

@mykalburley1657 11 ай бұрын

You should play Lorenzo country club, $20 9 holes, with double tee boxes to play it as 18 holes. Super nice owner, but super low maintenance course.

@ckyshreveport 11 ай бұрын

loved this video

@kongenfa7705 Ай бұрын

Worst course that’s supposed to be an actual course “Legends Golf Club” Stephenville. The good news is it’s a different course every day, depending on if mower works, greens have died, tornado blew tree down or they’ve changed hole #1 to #8.

@bobh6728 11 ай бұрын

You said that saying, I’m dying, may be a bit dramatic. Heat stroke is real. Be careful. Stay hydrated.

@treyledbetter5636 11 ай бұрын

Fountainhead golf course in checota Oklahoma. No grass on greens at all, bunkers are either ponds or have grass grown through, even seen a wild hogs running on the fairway

@johnmcmurran4889 11 ай бұрын

Would love to play there - a dawn tee off would be perfect

@bradybesco1705 11 ай бұрын

Edgemont, SD may be on par. 5$ on your honor green fees and you can use four wheelers as golf carts.

@ScoopdyWhoop 11 ай бұрын

The course i grew up playing was worse then this lol. Grass outside the fair ways was 2 feet tall. Rip to a lot of good balls.

@KIPBOETEL Ай бұрын

This is my first watch, I LOVE what you're doing. I'm a cheap golfer in PHX. So, this course looks like home. Your reviews need to include a layout rating, there can be a difference. Check out Stripe Show in Mesa AZ, bad condition - great layout, and of course CHEAP!

@aarond23 11 ай бұрын

Fun to watch!

@kampaification 11 ай бұрын

I love these kind of courses out in west Texas there are quite a few of these desert courses out there

@goodcomments8479 11 ай бұрын

Crazy heat index & course

@snake1jake1 11 ай бұрын

There is a course south of Cheyenne Oklahoma. Definitely got to try it! It's in worse shape than this. It's a rake the green golf course. Get a video of that! These course are slowly disappearing if not all gone by now.

@JeffCottonBWFC Ай бұрын

Love how the putting green is absolutely not representative of the greens on the course

@Golfunderconstruction 11 ай бұрын

I’m legit laughing out loud. Glad you made it out alive, Josh.

@gggggggg3542 11 ай бұрын

Ever tried to play in winter?? Here in Scotland you can join a course (full membership) for about £100 ($120), play as much as you want between Oct 1 and Mar 31. Some great courses, I've seen myself turning up, thermals on, mittens, hat, and subjecting myself to 4 hours of torture - - - - the one thing I'd never do is play when it's too hot outside, you can deal with the cold, but when you're too hot there's nothing you an do

@seventhson9441 11 ай бұрын

I love the first shot at 8:22. I would call that a 114 degree shot. I thought I played the worst Golf Course when I actually hit 2 cows. I souped up my Golf Cart to stay ahead of that MEAN Bull, ???

@thecringegolfer 11 ай бұрын

I played there a long time ago when it was in better shape. I am a member at Santa Fe Park GC in San Angelo, TX. It's in a little better shape than Rankin. Chris the manager said he talked to you. If you ever get around there, maybe we can do a colab. 😂

@krisskrop6739 11 ай бұрын

You could probably come and play at the course across the street from where I live in Milo Maine. I go over there and play all the time for free they still mow it, but there is literally no putting because the greens are not taken care of they haven't been taken care of for 3 years

@David-wt5ts 11 ай бұрын

Costa azure in Dominican Republic was a treat. If it's still open should try

@StanBarkley 11 ай бұрын

In the early 60's I played a course in Gabbs, NV that had alkali fairways and oil/sand greens. In the early 00's I played a course in Council, Id that did not have enough income for watering/maintenance so they installed artificial greens and T Boxes. t-bo