First time playing here, joining in the GK Plays event on Sat. Friendly greetings at the bag drop and Larry the starter. Both very professional and personable.

Overall, the course was in the best/most lush condition of any course I've played in a long time. Liked the layout, too. A good challenge, lots of bunkers, but fairways were wide enough. Lavender teeboxes were ... » More

First time playing here, joining in the GK Plays event on Sat. Friendly greetings at the bag drop and Larry the starter. Both very professional and personable.

Overall, the course was in the best/most lush condition of any course I've played in a long time. Liked the layout, too. A good challenge, lots of bunkers, but fairways were wide enough. Lavender teeboxes were lush green islands in the desert. Fairways were near immaculate, but soft and easy to dig into the turf, as was the rough. Rough was grabby, a club+ penal for me, even though it looked fairly harmless. Needed to decrease angle of attack, I think.

Bunkers were generally good sand and well-groomed, but did see a few unraked entries by negligent golfers. Waste bunkers were not fun to hit from, a bit soft and wavy sand made it hard to get clean contact.

Greens did not seem to hold shots very well, in spite of being a bit soft. No divots to speak of, so putting was pretty darn smooth, mostly at medium-fast speed. Had trouble getting a good read on shorter putts within 5 feet - pretty tricky breaks.

POP was very good, 4hr10mins. A great day overall on the course, playing with Larry, Tim and Brady - thanks guys! Look forward to a return visit.
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Played here after a 5-1/2 year withdrawl from golf.
The course is good shape for once. Greens are nice, fairways are decent as well.
The only 2 things that need improvent is: tee boxes and sand traps.
Once those are addressed, things
Would really improve.

Played in the 5/6 outing with gk.

Drove through quite a bit of rain on my way up to the course from LA and was worried about a bit but cleared up nicely as I approached Santa Barbara. The grass at the range and putting green were in excellent shape. The practice green was fast fast fast. Between putting and heading to the first tee e got some decent rainfall. The rain... » More

Played in the 5/6 outing with gk.

Drove through quite a bit of rain on my way up to the course from LA and was worried about a bit but cleared up nicely as I approached Santa Barbara. The grass at the range and putting green were in excellent shape. The practice green was fast fast fast. Between putting and heading to the first tee e got some decent rainfall. The rain wasn’t enough to make the course a slog but softened up the greens just enough to slow them down and make them more receptive to incoming shots. They rolled very smooth and downhillers were a real test to get close to the hole.

The fairways were excellent as well and were great to hit from.

The rough was thick and with the added moisture was difficult to advance the ball from.

The bunkers, despite the rain, were still relatively fluffy and had great sand in them.

Tee boxes were great, level, and lush.

After my first round at sandpiper I was impressed and look forward to future rounds there.
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