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Played March 5 for 95$ at 9:30am. Course was in decent shape and was fun to play as it made its way up through the hills. Great views of the valley and some fun holes. Prepare to lose some balls as the rough is penal. A good course worth playing once if you are in the area
played feb 28 at 11am for 225$ which was the most we played at any course this year. The course was in poor shape and after 9 holes the play ground to a halt. We were playing with a local who plays there alot and said that this was the norm. There are alot better tracks in the area for alot less. I would not recommend this track to anyone unless you get a deal for less the 100$
played feb 28 at 11am for 225$ which was the most we played at any course this year. The course was in poor shape and after 9 holes the play ground to a halt. We were playing with a local who plays there alot and said that this was the norm. There are alot better tracks in the area for alot less. I would not recommend this track to anyone unless you get a deal for less the 100$
played feb 26 at 9am for 135$. Would reccommend this course to everyone. Great conditions, great service, great scenery. A must for anyone visiting the Phoenix area
Played March 4 at 10am for 165$. Course was in great shape and very tough. The rough was very thick and the greens very slick with lots of undulations. I would recommend buying a yardage book as there were some tee shots that required you to lay up but you could not see the end of the fairway so we ended up hitting into the desert a few times. Very scenic with lots of big cactus and the service was great. Would recommend to anyone.
Played 3/15 here for the first time, tee'd off at 11:45. This course is nuts for the average 18 handicapper, which I am one. Slope rating of 139 from the blues describes how difficult this course is.
First off, course conditions were pristine for a $45 greenie. Extremely sloping fairways on downhill shots which allowed me to hit long irons on most holes from the blue tees. The greens were rock hard but the good thing is most were bowl shaped so average approach shots were rewarded. Front nine is not so bad but holes 11-14 are visually intimidating. If you can get through that stretch with bogey golf, you are playing well. I did not fare so well but now that I know the course, I know what I have to work on.
First off, course conditions were pristine for a $45 greenie. Extremely sloping fairways on downhill shots which allowed me to hit long irons on most holes from the blue tees. The greens were rock hard but the good thing is most were bowl shaped so average approach shots were rewarded. Front nine is not so bad but holes 11-14 are visually intimidating. If you can get through that stretch with bogey golf, you are playing well. I did not fare so well but now that I know the course, I know what I have to work on.
I played last thursday and teed off at 6:35am. I walked and played for about 4 hours and 30 minutes. There was no delay in game after a couple of holes. The fairways and roughs were too wet, that issue will probably be solved if you play little later than 8 am. I really liked the conditions of the greens. They were pretty smooth and not too bumpy. Overally the course was easy to play. There were no tough hole, mostly straight and short. this is a great public course with low green fee and easy to walk.
I played the course Saturday the13th. I haven't played the South Course in a year or so and was surprised by the changes. The first green has been completely rebuilt. It has been moved back about 20 yards and has a lot of contour. There is a tier on the back right that is more or less another green. The green itself is in pretty poor condition right now. It looked as though it had been “shaved” and there were some bare spots. The rest of the greens were smooth and fast but hard. Time to aerate I assume. The fairways were tight. The pond in front of the 8th tee has had all the reeds removed so those low water skippers might make it to the other side. The 8th tee has been rebuilt and is lower. The big fairway bunker on the left side of # 10 is gone and a lot of new trees have been planted in its stead. The course remains a great test of golf and it doesn’t hurt if you are a long hitter.
Just finished playing the back nine, played the whole course yesterday. The sand on the aerated greens has filtered down so now the greens are quite bumpy. The aprons around the greens were punched and sanded last week. The sand again has worked down so that is not too much of a problem. Today the crew is aerating and sanding the tees. This warm weather should help the greens heal quicker.
Played RR Vineyard on 3/15/10. This course always has memories for me growing up playing with buddies. I always remember the fierce wind here. The wind was crazy at our back yesterday on the first hole...so much that I had driver 6 iron in(lol).......the course defends itself well with some strategic bunkers in the fairway and around the greens. The greens were beautiful and probably running around a 9 or so on the stimp. They had a thin layer of topdressing that really did not effect putts. They were pure and with the proper amount of spin and trajectory held iron shots very nice. The fairways were in good shape but I liked the Lakes fairways a tad more. The rough was dormant brown and was thin. The tee boxes were level and the sand was to firm for my taste but was raked and in good shape. The pace of play was great. I left several clubs on the front nine and the marshall was great in trying to retrieve them. The marshalls do a great job with pace of play at RR which is appreciated. I really love the new 4 holes on top of the hill at the Vineyard course. #5 and #6 provide scoring opportunities. I love the Island Hole but I am not sure that I like that hole as #18(just my personal opinion). I would recommend either RR course at this time....but prefer the Lakes condition and layout every time.
Played on Sunday 3/14/10. The greens where punched about two weeks ago, so they are very bumpy and need another month before the completely recover. Not enjoyable.
Played this course for the 1st time (but not the last) on 3/13/2010. It was the 2nd Johnny Miller designed course I have played with Badlands in LV being the other. Although the environments are very different, you can tell Miller used much of the same philosophy in his design. There was a lot of elevation change at Maderas. Elevated tees and elevated greens. Not a lot of forced carry off the teebox (we played the Blues at a 138 slope), but quite a few forced carries over trouble to the greens. The greens were HUGE and quite undulated. The rolled very true as long as the putt was hit firmly with confidence. If you tried to "baby" the ball in the hole, then there was a lot of hidden (at least to me) break right around the pins. I struggled on the course . . hadn't played in about 6 weeks . . and quite frankly, it was hard. But very fair! There were shots to be made I just couldn't make them the day I played. This is what I would call a "2nd shot course" . . for the most part, the trouble didn't come off the tee . . but came instead on your approach shot. Gotta agree with Steve663 on the par 5's . . they were tough! Most courses I play have pretty easy par 5's . . this course had some very difficult par 5's . . The staff was beyond great, very easy going and helpful. Will definately play this course again when I get back to the San Diego area!
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