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Played Arrowood on labor day 9/2/2019. Had a great time on the course despite the slow play and heat. As other reviewers have mentioned they changed to color of the tees I played the old blues which are now silver. It was hot out and there was no wind which combined with the labor day slowness it was a long but still fun day. This course has alot of room off the tees and the greens are relatively big but if you miss the wide fairways or large greens you will be in trouble. They have renamed the closing four holes to be called "The Quandry". I don't know why they picked that word. Were they trying to make an A-Z list of signature hole names? But either way the closing four holes are great with forced carries and a real test at the end.

The current conditions of the course are a little on the dry side with the fairways coming back from maintenance. There are still small lines but they seem to be inconsequential on your shot. The bunkers appear to be getting new and improved sand but there still a few green-side bunkers with the old clay type sand.

I would highly recommend Arrowood to anyone looking for golf in North County San Diego.
8 Likes.
I had a great time at the GK plays outing at FIRECLIFF on Saturday, May 18th. Overall the course is in amazing shape and a little overcast of a day provided great weather for golf.

There are numerous tees and combo tees so everyone was able to play the length that best suited their game. Off the tee on most holes the biggest challenge is avoiding the numerous fairway bunkers. Parts of the fairway are pretty wide but there are also very narrow spots; use the included GPS on the cart to give yourself the best chance to avoid the bunkers.

The fairways are amazingly blanketed in grass often undulating up and down left and right. Approach shots require you to to hit shots with the ball above or below your feet to green with a different elevation that is protected by bunkers on multiple sides. The green side and fairway bunkers have nice fluffy sand the waste areas have sand but not as fluffy. The greens are in good shape the subtle changes are not always that obvious; you should walk around the line of your putt the few times I did not do this I three putted.

I had a great time playing with Ron and Matt. It was also a great opportunity to get my dad more involved with Greenskeeper. I really love these events and look forward to more in the future. Thanks to good moose and Linksoul for the swag and the Johnny for all the planning / hustling. Only issue of the round was afterward the bar was closed and no food was available. I would recommend this course it’s a great track with amazing views and a challenging golf course. In preparation either make sure you are hitting it accurately or your bunker game is up to the challenge and plan to eat off site afterward.
9 Likes.
I had a great time playing the the GK Plays event at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa Legends course. La Costa has 2 18 hold courses I had never played the legends only the champions course.

It was a great round thanks for the course's ability to drain from all the recent rains. We started out with Cart Path only on the even holes but that was lifted about 1/3 to 1/2 way through the round.

The course has a lot of holes where you decide either hit over either a small river or a bunker or lay up in front of the bunker/river. There is GPS in the cart to let you know where the hazards are and how far you need to hit it to avoid them. I think I need a few more rounds here to really dial in where I want to go for it and where I want to lay up.

The fairways were kinda soggy and did not provide alot of roll out. The ruff was felling itself after the recent rains and was a challenge to find balls and hit out of.

The greens were pretty smooth but they were rejecting every thing into them hit with a 9 iron or higher the ball about be about 5-7 yards past the divot on an 8 iron which I am more used to a 2-3 yard stop. The sand was really great here. I was in a few bunkers and each time the sand was nice, fluffy and workable.

The overall resort at La Costa is an amazing thing with a kids care place and a spa for the wife (they can take care of your whole family for a price while you golf). When I go on vacations I am looking for a resort like La Costa. A place that can entertain everyone on the property while I am playing golf.
8 Likes.
I played in the GK plays even held at Rams Hill on 12/8/2018. The course is in great shape and I would highly recommend it. The service is top notch and the views from the course are amazing.

The course does a great job of making you feel like you have a lot of options off the tee with very wide fairways and strategic bunkers that can be challenged based on the tees you are playing from. The very wide fairways run off into some pretty thick ruff that should be avoided.

The greens were very nice but I think not as good as they were last year. There were a few spots with less than complete coverage but overall in amazing shape. This would be a great course to play a bunch; you would then have the time to understand all the subtle undulations. I think the sand traps had not been fully raked/fluffed since the rain but everything else was in great shape.

Afterward I got the tri tip sandwich which was very good. I wish I could have stayed for the festivities afterward but after two consecutive days of golf my wife and three kids were ready to have their husband/father back. Look forward to the event in 2019!
9 Likes.
I played Twin Oaks on Sunday 12/2/2018 in a nice warm up round before the GK plays events next weekend. Overall the course is pretty soggy right now but appears to have recovered very nicely from the winter maintenance.

Dad and I were grouped with a single and we teed off from the white tees at our start time of 10:39 and were finished right around 3 pm to complete in under 4:30 not that bad for a Sunday afternoon round. Due to the recent rains the whole course was cart path only.

It appeared that the middle tee boxes were being reseeded and the white tees were either up with the reds or back with the blues. They were a little soggy due to the recent rain but not a lot of divot damage and flat. Overall very good conditions for tee shots.

The fairways are also in pretty good shape but still a little wet due to the rains there was not a lot of run out there was only 1 mud ball I think only 1 for the whole round. The rough is a little thin and some of the ruff around a tree is pretty bare.

The greens were much better than the last time I played here. Very smooth with little to no bare spots or divot damage but they were extremely slow. I don't see why all JC courses cant get their greens running the same speed.
6 Likes.
I played Encinitas Ranch. I have not been able to golf alot since our daughter was born on 6/1 but I was able to play Sunday 7/22/2018. Overall the course is in good summer shape and the ocean breeze beats the heat.

My dad and I teed off around 10:30 with another twosome. I played the green tees. The blue tees here seem to place the tee boxes in weird spots that try to maximize the distance on the card. Dad played the white tees which are very forgiving for a senior. He was able to reach the greens in regulation on the majority of holes something I don't think he could have done playing from the green or blue tees.

Alot of the tee boxes have small slopes but not enough to seriously impeded your swing. The fairways are pretty good but they were a little thinner than I remembered them with some bare spots on the edges of the fairways.

The greens are in good shape they held all manner of shots and rolled nicely. I do not think the bunkers were raked Sunday morning and the sand was a little firm in them.

The ocean views were nice and I was just great to get out and golf. The price is a little higher than I wanted to pay but its my dads favorite course.
10 Likes.
I played Encinitas Ranch on 3/18/2018. The course is in decent shape and has great views but a few areas could be improved.

We teed off around 10:30 and I played the green tees which sometimes groups you with the white tees, sometimes the blue tees and sometimes your own tee box. The course is not very long I think only one par 4 over 400 from the green tees. There is alot of area to miss off the tee on most holes and still have an good shot into the green.

There were a few tee boxes that were not level. Most of these were on the par threes.

The fairways were a little thin and there were a few bare spots on the course as well.

I was in a few bunkers some had been raked before I got in them. A few times there was no previous raking and the sand was firm.

The greens are very large and this is a great place to play snake. They rolled pretty true. There were a few bare spots on the collars.

Overall this place is a decent layout with good ocean views they just need to fix the bare spots, rake the bunkers and level a few tee boxes and it will be in top shape.
10 Likes.
I played Twin Oaks on 3/11/2018. The course was soggy from the rain the previous day but overall in decent shape with very good greens.

We teed off at 10:30 as a twosome. I do not think the starter does a good job of pairing groups up here because there was a lot of twosomes on the course. We passed a slow playing foursome in route to finishing in around four hours and 45 minutes. The whole course was cart path only which contributed to the overall slow day.

The tee boxes are a little shaggy for my tastes you had to tee up the ball on a few par threes (number 3 I specifically recall). But they were level and minimal divots.

The fairways I think could benefit from this rain. They were a little soggy and looked a little thin. I think in a week or two they will be in very good shape.

I was in a few bunkers. There was some standing water in a few (as previously mentioned it rained the day before). Overlooking that the sand was of a pretty good quality. The rough around the green is about half a ball deep but still able to get up and down a few times.

The greens are rolling very nicely and are the best part of the course. There are a few ball marks on some of the holes. There are a few holes that are on top of a small mound and those have the most ball marks.

The course overall is very narrow for four holes then opens up. There is not alot of risk reward holes as I would like. There are a few holes where you dont want to hit driver or risk end up in water (hole 9) or a blind shot in the bottom of a ravine (hole 14). There are a couple of longer par 3's that I dont really care for and seem to slow down play. I dont know why they put a 175-190 par three (from the whites) on hole 10 and god help you if you have to go off the back to start the round.

Overall I like the course and it is in decent shape that should only improve after the grass has time to grow after the rains.

Despite the rain the day before I saw the cart person out quite a few times and the homemade/made on site potato chips in the bar after the round were amazing.
10 Likes.
I played Arrowood on Sunday 3/4/2018. We started around 10:30 and finished in 4 hours and 15 minutes. I played the blues and walked the course and overall Arrowood is in very good shape.

The tee-boxes are above average my only complaint is with a couple of the par three tees that are not level due to the golfers covering up divots with sand.

There was rain the day before and some of the bunkers (greenside and fairway) were still a little muddy but did not have any standing water. The sand seemed to be a better quality than last time I played here (less clay).

The fairways are very thin with tight lies and a lot of roll. A well placed tee shot can get over 40 yards of roll downhill on a lot of the holes. The challenge comes in having to hit a wedge with a tight downhill lie.

The greens are very receptive. The speed was pretty fast on some of the puts despite the rain the day before. There were some un-repaired ballparks.

The course layout appeals alot to me. Most of the holes allow for a wide landing zone for your drive. The challenge comes in the second shot with some holes on the back nine having a forced carry over a canyon or over water.

The course is not really made for walking. The cart is included with every round and there is no discount for walking. There are also elevation changes and a few holes that are spaced apart but nothing that prevents walking a la the crossings.

Overall Arrowood is in good shape with an enjoyable layout. I definitely recommend.
10 Likes.
I played Encinitas Ranch on 1/2/17. There had been rains in the days before and the course was cart path only. This place did seem to drain a little better than the Crossings after the rains.

The tees overall were pretty good level with good grass coverage. There were a few that were not level and the par 3 tees were quite chewed up.

The fairways are in very good condition with a few divot marks but overall good grass coverage.

The greens were a little worse than the last time I played. There are still bare spots around the collars of a lot of greens. There are un repaired divot marks that have since mutated into small bare spots on some holes. With that being said the greens rolled true when not in line with a bare spot and were pretty fast even after the rain.

I was not in a sand trap but I did not see any standing water in them (overall looked good).

My dad loves this course because it plays to his slice, is pretty short from the white tees and has very large greens.
7 Likes.
I played the Crossings after the rains rolled though on January 1/1/2017. The course was very wet with a lot of standing water and cart path only on all of the holes. The recent rain made the whole course a lot longer with no roll out on drives but the greens held any shot into them. The fairways were in very good shape, as they always are here, with very lush grass. I did have to move the ball a few times to find a spot without standing water. The greens were in good to shape a little on the slow side but rolling true.
6 Likes.
I was also part of the in the GK plays even held 12/11/16. The whole even was great. Linksoul, Golfmoose and Cleveland Golf all came through with great support and swag. The entire Rams Hill staff was pleasant and helpful. On to the course review.

I had never played this course before and overall I was impressed by the amenities the views and the quality of the course conditions.

The tee boxes have many options to choose from ranging from 7200 to 5000 with a par of 72. I think it is a good sign that someone playing from a forward tee was able to win one of the long drive contests. I played the blues which are around 6300 which included a few long par fours and a few reachable par fives. When standing on the tee boxes you are treated to some nice views of the mountainous and surrounding areas.

The course has a lot of long fairway bunkers with white sand contrasting with the dark green of the rye grass. They let the grass about 2 feet around the bunker go dormant for the winter to further frame the bunkers. I was in a few bunkers the sand was consistent, the rakes were plentiful (the mistakes were my own).

This is a resort course and the fairways were fairly wide. The fairway does have some undulations sometimes presenting you with a fairway lie that is uphill or downhill or on the side of a hill. The rough is present but not extremely penal sometimes the ball would sit down making the shot harder. After the rough there is normally some knee high grass there are also some houses on the course but for the most part they are hidden away.

The greens are skinny and long. There are a few false fronts or sides that will have your ball roll off the green. There are also many greens with tiers. The greens often leave you with one side you really don't want to miss on with either a bunker taller than shaq or a water feature. Even though the some of the greens have a side of a hill that looks like it could roll onto the green the rye grass will grab it and keep the ball on the top leaving you with a very difficult downhill chip.

From tee to green the course is in amazing shape. The faiways and rough have an abundance of green grass. I could not remember a single dead spot in either the fairway or rough. The collection areas are closely mowed and show minimal divot damage. The collars of the greens also did not have a dead spot this area often shows signs of wear and tear but not here. The greens did make small little marks with my plastic cleats and over the course of the day there were some bumps in the greens but nothing to prevent a strait put.

This place also has a golf board and something I have not seen before a golf bicycle that you could bike and golf. They also had a well stocked bar and a lot of food options. I think next time I come here I will try the golf board. I will have to go back soon.
19 Likes.
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