Played Thursday 1/29 early tee time. With a weak fog lingering on the front yielding to sunny skies as we turned. POP 4:10 riding. Seasonal fog kept the 40 degree temps around and layering was important. $53 with cart joining a long established weekly group of seniors I had played with a few years back. Listed M-Th $61

Course was damp with morning dew. Through t... » More

Played Thursday 1/29 early tee time. With a weak fog lingering on the front yielding to sunny skies as we turned. POP 4:10 riding. Seasonal fog kept the 40 degree temps around and layering was important. $53 with cart joining a long established weekly group of seniors I had played with a few years back. Listed M-Th $61

Course was damp with morning dew. Through the green damp not many if any muddy areas a few clumps. Long time wet areas (like approach on #1) drainage added this winter. Some of the briar patches also addressed this winter. Notably right side of 7. Still shots out of the ample corridors are goners. Tee boxes good all flat with #7 white redone and grown out just needing to be mowed. Without leaves on the mature trees hard to tell but I think some work on those as well to allow more sunlight. Seems more open summer will tell.

Greens good in-line with rates. A bit slower and a few ball marks as expected at this public course privately owned. Fairways in winter condition. The bunkers are variable I was in one greenside which was fine.Fairway bunker on LS 18 was being worked on and unmarked but we played it as obvious GUR. Others appeared fine, but my partners commented not enough sand.

Dig deeper into other reviews for details if you need more. Final word the consistency of conditions from year to year and season to season is what stands out to me. Recommend.
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Played AB-North yesterday in the weekly Men’s Club Event…first time since September…and it may be at least that long before I choose to do so again. Nothing wrong with the course conditions…in fact, they’re pretty solid right now…but the pace-of-play was excruciatingly SLOW.

Our original tee time was 11:15AM but a frost delay pushed us back to 12:10PM. We moved through ... » More

Played AB-North yesterday in the weekly Men’s Club Event…first time since September…and it may be at least that long before I choose to do so again. Nothing wrong with the course conditions…in fact, they’re pretty solid right now…but the pace-of-play was excruciatingly SLOW.

Our original tee time was 11:15AM but a frost delay pushed us back to 12:10PM. We moved through the first three holes without any issue but then ran into a ten minute delay on the Par-4 4th tee, which seems to happen quite often.

Things were fine until we reached the Par-3 7th, where we spent another 15-20 minutes standing around until the two groups ahead of us had finished the hole. Got ready to hit my tee shot and felt as if I just stepped out of the car to begin the round all over again. After another brief wait on the Par-3 9th, we checked in with a front nine that took in excess of two-and-a-half hours to play.

Things opened up a bit midway through the back nine but it wasn’t until 5:05PM when we walked off the 18th green. There were still three other teams behind us that just managed to finish their rounds in ‘daylight’.

Moving on to the course itself, no complaints in that regard. Tee boxes were in good shape and level, fairways healthy with full coverage, the rough…as always…is to be avoided, and the greens rolled fairly smooth at a medium pace. Not too many unrepaired ball marks to attend to but definitely a few more than my last round here. And most likely due to the frost, a couple of approach shots rolled out a little more than expected but, overall, they were pretty consistent. The two traps I was in…one fairway, one green-side…were raked smooth and on the firm side, which I prefer; I’ve always been a fan when it comes to their playability.

Highly recommend playing here…especially if you’re someone with a preference to walk rather than ride…but I do advise you to avoid a late Tuesday AM tee time on those weeks when the Men’s Club in scheduled on the North Course. I’ve played here on other days during the week with a similar tee time and have yet to come close to taking five hours to complete the round.
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Played here on 1/28 at 9:15, didn't get off for about 15-20 minutes after and we played as 5 singles. Pace of play is atrocious at Los Lagos because you start with two par 5's, a par 3 on the 4th and a long par 3 with water on the 8th. It typically takes me 3 hours just to play the front 9, back 9 is a little better but you're still typically waiting at every tee box.

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Played here on 1/28 at 9:15, didn't get off for about 15-20 minutes after and we played as 5 singles. Pace of play is atrocious at Los Lagos because you start with two par 5's, a par 3 on the 4th and a long par 3 with water on the 8th. It typically takes me 3 hours just to play the front 9, back 9 is a little better but you're still typically waiting at every tee box.

Conditions are typically pretty good for the price but there are some consistent issues with some tee boxes and some area that seem to never recover whether it's from the rain or high traffic areas.

The staff are usually pretty good but they really need to do a better job and keeping the pace of play moving. I feel like they cater extra hard to their members and let them play as slow as they want, and most of them are all high handicaps who should be playing from the forward tees or even further up. They also have a local senior discount where they can get on for super cheap which also hurts the pace of play.

I really wish they would spread out tee times a bit and maybe not take walk ups and try to fit them in, but I guess until enough people point it out to them, they'll just keep pocketing the money without caring about the enjoyment of their customers.

On a good note, their restaurant staff is awesome, the food is simple but solid for a pretty good price and is always out quick. My only issue with the F&B is that I believe the restaurant closes kind of early.

I play here a lot because of the convenience and I'm able to walk and book on Golf Now and as a walker, but its getting increasingly difficult to enjoy my time when I book a time at 9 and am not done playing until 3ish
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Hard to believe no reviews for this course since October. I played yesterday, January 28, around 7:00 am. Almost exactly 4 hours POP with three riders (one was 80 years old) and I was walking. The place was busy but the service as always was great (shoutout to Patrick for smooth and professional processing of the busy morning crowd).

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Hard to believe no reviews for this course since October. I played yesterday, January 28, around 7:00 am. Almost exactly 4 hours POP with three riders (one was 80 years old) and I was walking. The place was busy but the service as always was great (shoutout to Patrick for smooth and professional processing of the busy morning crowd).

The course is in nice shape right now. The fairways are green with pretty consistent coverage. The rough is mainly cut down although there are a few areas where they have allowed it to grow and is an almost automatic lost ball - the lower part of the hill to the left of the second green and the top of the slope on 13 are two examples. The clover is up in some areas between holes also, making finding balls difficult. Tee boxes were nice. Enough sand in the bunkers.

The greens are outstanding and lightening fast. They are actually slowed down a little from what they were two weeks ago and a little softer but still plenty quick. On the par 3 5th green, the hole was placed at the top of the slope on the back left side. Borderline unfair considering the speed - we had a couple of balls roll back down several feet after almost stopping near the hole and one guy had an 8' comebacker after missing his 3' par putt. Otherwise, the greens were a solid test.

The course is not without its blemishes but it is in far better condition than it was in the summer and early fall.
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Early afternoon tee time 4.5 hour round. The rates have continued to increase since JC took over management of this course. The parking lot has some of the smallest spots I've dealt with at any course ever so beware. The carts all have decent GPS but ours shut down on us while driving down the cart path?? The tee boxes were a little shaggy with good coverage and limited divo... » More

Early afternoon tee time 4.5 hour round. The rates have continued to increase since JC took over management of this course. The parking lot has some of the smallest spots I've dealt with at any course ever so beware. The carts all have decent GPS but ours shut down on us while driving down the cart path?? The tee boxes were a little shaggy with good coverage and limited divot damage. The rough doesn't really come in to play since there is very little of it to find. Many forced carries from start to finish with thick stuff off the fairways. The fairways were mostly tight fairly dry bermuda. You will encounter sections of other types of grass mostly around the greens. The dry fairways provided great roll if you could keep the ball in them. Many of the holes slope from left to right so shot placement is critical. The middle of the fairways roll so much that a shot there can easily end up in the rough or out of bounds. The traps ranged from hard packed dirt/sand to thick damp stuff around the greens. The greens are fairly large but can be hard to read for some. The quickness of them slowed as the round progressed into the late afternoon. The layout is challenging and can be frustrating for those who haven't played here before. The weekday afternoon rates are reasonable but the morning rack rates are a little steep. This area of Northern SD County doesn't have a lot to choose from in the way of courses anymore and most have increased their rates because of this.
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