Well, I play this course once or twice a month now due to it's cheap price and solid challenge. Today played around 1PM for only $13 via c4tt.com. The front 9 is a disaster. They appear to be starting to reseed many of the fairways on the front. Most fairways were yielding crappy lies with grass clumps, hardpan, bumps, divots, etc. The greens were aerated 3 weeks or so ago but still were very bumpy on the front 9. I think they might have aerated them again. Pretty much all tee boxes are in shambles. The 16th hole is still being reconstructed and is now playing as a par 3 instead of a par 5! The back 9 was in generally better shape, but not great shape. To make things worse, they decided to start a group on the back 9 just as we made the turn. Fortunately, we were still able to finish in about 4 1/2 hours. Overall, I am hoping with the new ownership, that this is the low point of this course and things will improve.

Had a Tuesday twilight tee time and was in a threesome started on the back 9. Temperatures were approaching 100 degrees, but stayed hydrated best we could, cart girl passed by numerous times (very cute by the way). Despite the heat, it was a great experience. The course is no joke. Forced carries off almost every tee, ravines and arroyos between some fairways and greens makes this course a real test. The course was in great shape despite the heat. Fairways are almost perfect. Tee boxes are perfect I would say. Sand was generally great, but if you get caught in the middle of some of the larger bunkers, it is definitely hard under about an inch of sand. No big deal. Greens were almost perfect. Very fast, but very consistent. By the time 5PM or so rolled around, they had dried out quite a bit and became a little harder to hold.

The clubhouse is just about set to open. Here's the catch, the management is raising prices by about 50% to correspond with this! I don't know how they're going to get people to play at that rate. We see, the market will dictate what they decide to do.

Played Easter morning at 8:30 AM. Booked tee time on golfnow.com for $25. I thought that was a pretty appropriate green fee for this course. Pace of play was good up until the last few holes, when a foursome of beginners in front of my threesome started to really slow down (partially because we realized they were beginners and we told them to take there time). The greens were recently punched about 5 or 6 days before (1/2 the green), but they were still very sandy and bumpy. Would have expected them to heal faster. Decided to limit to two putts on each hole due to the conditions. Fairways were as expected, very dry and very firm. I hit a 220 yard wormburner on hole 13 that was almost all roll. The lake on #17 is still a toxic waste pool, lol. I don't know what they're doing with that. Anyways, at a discounted green fee of $25, it's ok. I wouldn't pay anymore to play here.

Played around 1:30 tee time for $39 off c4tt.com. Course was pretty much as I expected. Greens are generally in pretty good shape and roll well. Unfortunately, a couple of the par 3's, especially 18, are littered with ball marks. But, that can be heavily blamed on the course, as the players should know better. Tee boxes were excellent. Fairways, were, well, only ok. I don't remember having a bad lie in the fairway, but they are not very aesthetically pleasing at all. As for the course layout, most holes have elevated greens, and a couple are very heavily guarded by bunkers. I found the course to be overall pretty enjoyable, but wouldn't pay more than the $39 or so I paid.

Played a noon hour two some for only $48 each via golfnow.com. What a deal. This course is stunning. The 14th hole is something else with a view of the sheer rock cliffs and the large quarry lakes in the crater to the left. Pace of play was fantastic (my quickest round ever), we finished in about 3 1/2 hours, thanks to a couple friendly foursomes who allowed us to play through. The course is difficult for a high handicapper like me, especially with a strong breeze blowing on most holes. Only small complaint is the quality of the bunkers. It looks like they wet them down a lot and this causes them to be generally very crusty. I would say 3/4 of the bunkers were like this. The greens were quite slow, but expected due to recent aeration, and really were in good shape considering the maintenance. Beverage cart girl showed up twice and was well stocked. I highly suggest this course.

First time playing this course. Course is in fine shape. Only complaint was slow play. Only saw the marshal once after teeing off. We started around 2 and finished right at nightfall around 7 or so. We would not have finished except two players from our group left after the first 9, and a player or two left the groups ahead of us. They are starting groups on the back 9 now, which is fine by me as the front 9 is pretty tough. Also, yes there is no driving range and the "clubhouse" is a trailer, but I knew this going in and it's no big deal.

We paid $29.00 each online for our twosome at a 12PM tee time. Course is definitely a challenge for a 30 HCP hacker like me. Fairways narrow as advertised, and in horrible shape (pretty bad considering the rain we've gotten lately). As others have stated, you are either hitting off hard pan or in a swamp on your approaches. OB is only a matter of a couple yards from the fairway on many holes. Greens deserve some credit for being in good shape. They are by no means undulating, but they roll true and are a welcome positive aspect of the course.

The snack bar has a menu posted on the 9th tee with a phone number to place your order and pick up at the turn, that was quite convenient.

Overall, the course was enjoyable, considering the low price.

The course was in pretty good shape besides the many ball marks on the greens. Despite that, as a couple others have alluded to, the greens did roll true. Play was at a crawl, we only played 14 holes and it took us 5 1/2 hours. Marshals were non-existent. We left at the 15th tee because we saw a group a couple groups up that had a six-some working. No marshal to lay the smackdown on those morons.