Marina Golf Course Ixtapa

Ah the marina golf course. A great Robert von Hagge Bruce Devlin design in disrepair. I have friends who have played it this year and the reports are not good. The carts are still terrible, some of the the bridges were replaced because they fell in. Don't drive two carts over the old ones at the same time. No sand traps because they've all grown in. Fairways on 4, 8 and 9 are dirt because they are too low relative to high tide and the salt has killed the grass. There is a 50 round transferrable package. After you pay for the cart, I think it amounts to 1,000 pesos per round. I have been playing Palma Real, which until recently has been in great shape but it is pricey. Until this past week not very busy, but today a 5+ hour round and some of the greens are now in poor shape. The grass doesn't have very deep roots and the extra traffic hasn't helped. The solution seems to be throwing sand on the greens when a program of aeration would promote better root growth.