Is Franklin Park Golf Course In Dorchester The Most LIT Course In The World?

Riggs2/21/2017 7:32 PM

Today our super famous golf podcast the number one golf podcast in the world Fore Play moved to Tuesdays and launched a new episode so I was hanging on the Twitter answering some golf questions. We had on Mass native, PGA Tour golfer and Stoolie Jon Curran so we chatted a bit about Boston golf courses. Some dude asked me about favorite Boston track so I said this.

Now, for golfers that live in Boston or have played Franklin Park, you know all about this place. For those that don’t, it’s actually an old school Donald Ross design in the heart of Dorchester. Dorchester used to be kinda nice and fine; today it’s different. Today it’s the fucking ghetto, and so you’ve got a sweet layout stuck right smack dab in the middle of the ghetto.

Therefore, to that Franklin Park shoutout, I got responses like this.

@RiggsBarstool my buddies went to tee off on back 9 at FP, came back to his cart and these kids just took over. Had themselves a day. pic.twitter.com/cwX4pEiqCS
— Mike Grinnell (@MikeGrinnell_) February 21, 2017

Amazing. No joke, the parking lot at FP is LIT. I’m not sure why the locals congregate here of all places but on any nice day with warm weather it’s a fucking rager in the parking lot. Music blaring. Just an unbelievable scene.

The whole vibe at Franklin is just WILD.

@RiggsBarstool Love the stories coming out about FP. Encountered a guy several times when you first pull in dual-wielding samurai swords
— Kyle Larrow (@Larrow13) February 21, 2017

@RiggsBarstool The amount of 40s and Heineken and tailgating in the parking lot by just residents is truly remarkable
— Sudsy Manziel (@sudsyy27) February 21, 2017

@RiggsBarstool Franklin Park, only course I’ve ever been asked to buy a mixtape on the tee.
— James Toscano (@Jimmy_Toscano) February 21, 2017

@RiggsBarstool @ThaCoffeyKid Franklin park is great if you want someone to run out in the fairway and steal your ball mid round
— Frazzle Dazzle (@efraz44) February 21, 2017

@DannyPicard @RiggsBarstool @RySweeney pic.twitter.com/XbzZyHxAuY
— Pat Sweeney (@RealSlimSweeney) February 21, 2017

@noordeus @RiggsBarstool remember when we had a 10 minute wait on 7 tee as a family of 8 carried their groceries across fairway to blue hill
— Morgan Jacobson (@InboundeComm) February 21, 2017

@RiggsBarstool birthday party along a fairway blaring salsa mid swing, my group danced by our bags mid fairway instead of finishing hole
— Davy Lindhagen (@DavyLindhagen) February 21, 2017

@jcaveney @RiggsBarstool how about the rap concerts that go on behind the 3rd tee box
— Anthony (@Real_Cornacchia) February 21, 2017

@RiggsBarstool at hs tryouts we had guys on 1 trying to hit balls at the gorillas across the street at the zoo. #RIPHarambe
— Ryan Aldean (@rawdawwg7) February 21, 2017

Believe it or not this is not a race joke. There’s a real life zoo.

@RiggsBarstool the starter was screaming “Let’s GO, Let’s GO” in my buddies back swing on the first tee box. We both sliced onto the road
— Colin Hurley (@HillbillyHurley) February 21, 2017

It’s true, first hole the road on the right just staring you right in the face for first shot of the day.

@RiggsBarstool They were having a party & blasting reggae music that could be heard from like the 12th hole on but I think that’s normal
— Ryan Burgoyne (@Ryanmb777) February 21, 2017

@RiggsBarstool @BarstoolTrent 1000 yr old starter took the keys from our cart for not parking in right spot, had to walk back from 8.
— David Merrill (@DM_Merrill) February 21, 2017

@RiggsBarstool When I get bored on go on to the Frist Tee Box and Rip Shank Shots at oncoming cars. I paid the starter of with a 6 Pack.
— ShawnCody (@SCODY61) February 21, 2017

@RiggsBarstool Last time I played there in Fall 2016 we had issues driving home as the BPD were blocking off roads due to a double homicde
— Jello (@DJ_Jello_) February 21, 2017

@RySweeney pic.twitter.com/UT2YTyeDmm
— Brendan Sweeney (@BrendanSweeney7) May 10, 2015

Reader email:

I’ve had a child run out and steal my ball right off the eighth green. I’ve seen kids playing in the sand trap with their mom watching like they’re on a family trip to the beach. There have been kids wielding the bunker rakes and jousting with them in the middle of the fairway. There has even been an instance where my buddy had two kids come up to him and wouldn’t leave him alone until he let them swing his clubs and try to hit his ball.
Tommy

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Hey Pres, speaking of shots fired.

SHOTS FIRED by @JonCurranGolf on @stoolpresidente on our most recent episode.https://t.co/MSni8WQesk pic.twitter.com/lbH4j3bqBn
— Fore Play (@ForePlayPod) February 21, 2017

Look, I’m not saying Franklin Park is the most well-manicured, pure golf environment on earth. It’s not. If you’re going there, you need to be ready for fucking battle. You might have some riff raff scurry out, grab your ball, and try to sell it back to you. But it’s an awesome layout, it’s cheap, and the parking lot is a fucking BANGER — if you can’t have a good time with that combo, well then I want nothing to do with you.

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