Today Andrew and I played the Karumba Golf Course and there are many comments I could use to describe the course, like: unique, an experience, character building, challenge and so on. But I really think the acronym for this report (CRAPP) is by far the best way to describe this course. The first course I’ve ever played were you needed free relief from your free relief!

Here are the ratings:

Design – 2 out of 20 (very hard to work out the course structure)

Condition – 2 out of 20 (1 pt for being a course & 1 pt for the flags)

Cost- 10 out of 20 ($8 for 9 holes was good but !!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Visual Appeal – 2 out of 20 (flat with very little grass)

Facilities – 2 out of 10 (1 pt for the clubhouse and for the toilets)

Ambience/Appeal – 1 out of 10 (received a point for being a course)

So a total of 19. Might be very uncharitable but it is what it is. Obviously sometime in the past it had patronage but in its current condition I suggest there are very few that play or volunteer at the club. What we played today was not golf but hit and giggle. More worried about damaging our clubs on the surface than hitting a good shot. Sand scrape greens are not a favourite of mine and these left a lot to be desired. What I can say is it filled in 3 hours of our day (including 30 minutes sitting outside the clubhouse having a drink by ourselves with BYO drinks was probably the highlight).