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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4685918, member: 1969"] [B]Lowlights / The Bad (man[/B] More organizational issues than anything. [B] Field - [/B]I have complained enough above about how the placement of Hartford as a designated event really screwed up the field. [B]Pricing[/B] Pricing is way higher despite the relative demotion in term of the event's status and resulting weakened fireld. $110 (2023) vs $90 (2022). It also went all the way up to $140 on Friday as they had a Black Eyed Peas concert that day. In prior years concerts were an enticement to go those days (fridays) and there was no additional price Parking - $35 (2023) vs $20 (2022). Bratwurst + Bottle of Nestea for Lunch - $23 (includes mandatory 15% tip) [B] The $20 18th Hole "General Admission" Grandstand[/B] There are only 3 grandstands for general admission on the course. One of them you needed to pay $20 to use. (A lot of corporate or VIP seating which is fine) OK, that makes sense on Saturday and a Sunday --maybe. But on a Thursday and Friday, when there is no real extra meaning to the 18th hole, its idiotic to charge people to sit there. I saw one or two people in the stands every time I passed by. [B]Parking[/B] On the good side, they had people accepting payments electronically vs none last year when it was a crap show for some people. It was a traffic jam to get into the parking lot (15-20 minutes) and took a further 30 minutes to then get on the bus, wait for it to leave, and get to the course. That is a significant time delay. On the way out there was zero security or personnel directing where to lineup for the shuttle buses. The line was long, and some people were just walking to the front line... and too many nice canadians didn't tell them to "**** off" including me. In my bus they let in about 6 people too many, who had to stand on a bus that doesn't really accomodate standing. [B] Shortage of Parking (Friday-Sunday)[/B] On Thursday night, they tweeted that unless you bought pre-paid parking, you were crap out of luck for parking on Friday-Sunday. How could they not plan for enough parking spots? So if you did not have a parking pass (and only planned to buy day off), you then risked driving to the lot and being told to turn around, and then basically fend for yourself to find a way to get the course. The course is not that close to any subway stations. [B] Leading everybody down to the Retail Area on Entrance[/B] Most PGA events I go to are scattered on entrance with multiple options to start your day. Instead they led everybody down to one area (you entered on the first hole), that forced you to go through the retail area as you entered the course. It would have been great to be able to enter somewhere else and see more holes that way. Not fan friendly at all/ [/QUOTE]

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