(A Southern Californian's review). We played 7/7 on the most perfect afternoon imaginable. The course is so beautiful, it's like it's not real. It looks like a movie set from a golfers best dream. ... Continue »

(A Southern Californian's review). We played 7/7 on the most perfect afternoon imaginable. The course is so beautiful, it's like it's not real. It looks like a movie set from a golfers best dream. Immaculate conditioning in every possible way. But she is a beauty with a dark side. This is one of, if not the all-time, hardest tracks I've ever played. If your game is even slightly off, you are in for a tough day. There is very little margin for error playing into most of the (extremely beautiful) green complexes. Missing the green by just a couple of feet exacts a very heavy penalty. Deep bunkers and deep rough. My game was off that afternoon and I shot the highest score I've had in close to 20 years, with the best score on any hole being bogey. And we played rom the middle tees. The course never lets up, and it's hard to find an easy hole where you can take a breath and recover. If I had one complaint, it's that the course is cart-path only all the time. Had we known, we'd have booked caddies. Even with a caddie it would be a long, tiring, hilly walk. It is still an absolutely drop-dead beautiful course, but it's like being beat senseless by Miss Universe.