Weekend Chat: The Playability Conundrum

Club TFE,

I’m only going to make one Spotify Wrapped mention in this post (excluding this one). Stay tuned for that. In the meantime, read through this week’s housekeeping and get yourself on down to the weekly question, it’s a potentially controversial one.

Club TFE Housekeeping

Our second wave of 2024 events is coming soon, and our first wave is open for registration. We also still have spots in our first two Club TFE gatherings of 2024. Join us for a winter getaway to The Park in West Palm Beach or a spring training trip to We-Ko-Pa Golf Club in Arizona. Use code events2024 to gain access to our Club TFE exclusive events.

Club TFE members continue to have access to our pro shop sale. Use your normal code, CLUBTFEMEMBER, to save 25% on all apparel, headwear, accessories, and prints in the Fried Egg Golf pro shop.

Andy and Tom Doak got to a lot of the reader submitted questions in the latest episodes of Yolk with Doak, but there were a few they didn’t have time for. Tom was nice enough to go through the list of questions and answer plenty more. You can check out his notes HERE.

Your weekly question (submitted by Club TFE Member Dan K.)

I had the opportunity to play a few great Bay Area & Monterey courses recently, and Pasatiempo was one of them (back nine only). The green complexes were fantastic, but I found it lacking in the playability department, specifically the forced carries. Pasatiempo receives nearly universal praise as a MacKenzie masterpiece. My question is, can a course be considered truly great while lacking playability for all ability levels?

If your Spotify Wrapped is not as you hoped, forgive my northern attitude, I was raised out in the cold. Have a great weekend. Thank you for your support of Fried Egg Golf!