Played on Mother's Day, and the course was just OK. The greens are REALLY bumpy and pretty slow - putts of less than 10 feet are really affected by the bumps. Pretty frustrating. Also, the bunkers are horrible. Really heavy, wet sand or just a thin layer above the clay. Totally unpredictable. Pace of play wasn't bad for a Sunday, but it was a holiday. JC Players Card rate of $60 was the saving grace. Still, a bev cart would have been nice - didn't see it all day. The course is in OK shape, but I wonder what the hot summer weather will bring?

If Arrowood's not careful, it's going to turn into the next Encinitas Ranch. Meaning the greens are borderline unplayable. I know they aerated a month ago, but the greens are still dimpled and bumpy and sandy and you can't hold a line when you putt. Not to mention the ridiculous number of unrepaired ball marks. And, considering how JC promotes the hell out of their pace-of-play program, I don't understand why I've played two 5-hour rounds back to back at Arrowood in the last 4 weeks. Today's excuse, according to the marshal, was that "the owner of the course brought a large group of people out in the morning and, you know, we can't really ask him to play faster". Yeah, that makes sense. If I wasn't a JC member, I'd never play Arrowood for the prices they charge. Try Twin Oaks instead. Exact same course conditions for $20-30 less on the weekends ... and you'll finish on time.

All I can say is "wow" - Maderas is awesome. The last time I played it was right after it opened 7-8 years ago, but it's exactly as I remembered - perfect tee boxes, immaculate fairways, great greens. It's not that long, but the course defends itself well with a number of uneven lies in the fairway and lots of levels and undulations on the greens. Great service from the bev. cart and the snack bar, the starters, marshals, etc. Overall a great experience, especially considering we paid $110 each on a Saturday using a friend's athletic club membership. I'd play Maderas every weekend for that price. Probably not for retail $, but I'd have to think twice about it - the course is in that great of shape. Probably the best conditions I've seen in SD county in a year or two.

Pretty good rate on golfnow.com - $64 on a Sunday. Wouldn't pay too much more than that for this course, considering the slow pace of play. Pretty good shape, though, especially considering the recent rains. Great greens with lots of tough hole locations on slopes - the course is short, but the greens and hole locations prevent you from going too low. Definitely stay below the hole if you want to avoid 3-putts.

For the JC Card rate, this course is a bargain. True target golf at its best. Maybe 3-4 holes where driver is the right club off the tee, the rest make you think and place an emphasis on precision vs. length. Greens are in fantastic shape, lots of slope and undulation to defend against the lack of length on this track. Only gripe is that we saw the beer cart just once all day. Other than that, this course is worth the drive. Bring a few extra balls if you spray it off the tee, otherwise you can score well here.

OK, the only reason we finished in 4 hours on 1/7 is that we played the front 9 twice. The first time it took 2.5 hours - absolutely brutal, considering how much noise JC Resorts makes about their pace-of-play program. Then we had to decide between a 3-hour back 9 (based on the marshal's estimate) or the front 9 again. Easy decision, and the front 9 only took 90 minutes the 2nd time around. Still, what a shame - I've never seen Arrowood so slow. The greens are outstanding - firm and fast - but the fairways are pretty thin for the most part. Rough is OK and bunkers are hit or miss - either really fluffy sand or really wet, hardpacked sand. Overall, probably not worth the retail price and the $70 JC price on weekends is pushing it. Why can't people play a round of golf in less than 4.5 hours?! So irritating. On the plus side, Arrowood's staff is great and Kara on the beer cart can turn a slow round into a fun day. Play faster, people!!!

Not worth the price, even with a discounted rate of $58 on a Sunday. Pace of play was good, less than 4 hours, but the course wasn't. Too many crowned tee boxes, too many divots and thin spots in the fairways, and when did they aerate their greens? September? Every green was riddled with ball marks, bare patches, etc. Every flag was within 2-4 steps of the edge of the green, probably to try to let the rest of the greens recover. Slow, furry, bumpy greens with minefields of gouges and dents = no fun with the putter. Ridiculously overpriced for these conditions. No bev service on the course, either - saw the cart once but then apparently she left for the day. At 10:30 a.m. On a Sunday. Good bye, Eagle Crest...

Played Twin Oaks on Sunday, 10/8, for $35 with a JC Resorts special offer. They punched half the greens a few weeks ago, they're recovering nicely. Putts are pretty true for the most part. Fairways are OK, rough is a little thin, bunkers just need more sand and they'd be fine. Pace was good for a Sunday. Saw the bev cart about 3-4 times - overall not a bad day at Twin Oaks. Just wish JC would figure out a way to maintain all of their courses a little better...

Played Sunday, 9/10, at 11:00 for $37. Hard to complain at that price, but there was no beverage cart; no marshals to enforce pace of play; greens were in decent shape but amazingly slow. Not a bad course given the drive and the cost, but there are much better greens to be had much closer to SD.

I've played Twin Oaks when it's been in better shape than right now, but it's waaay better than Arrowood and Encinitas Ranch at the moment. Fairways are a little thin; bunkers have really wet sand/dirt; greens are inconsistent ... some firm, some soft ... but they roll pretty true. Overall not a bad value, but JC Resorts needs to either dump its pace-of-play program or enforce it. We played behind a four-some that was so slow (chorus - "how slow was it?"), one of the two-somes LEFT the other two-some behind because they were taking so long. Hot and muggy day, but the golf wasn't too bad for a holiday Sunday.

Great service and a course in decent shape, but it's hard to justify playing here for the price on a weekend, even with the JC Player's Card discount. Nice to find a course where you can throw darts into soft greens - most courses are baked out from the heat in July, but not RBI. At least the greens are soft, anyway...

This is probably the worst shape Arrowood has been in since they opened last summer. Greens are recovering from aeration, but still very bumpy and running really slow. Fairways are spotty at best - the worst are full of holes from aeration, and there are plenty of soggy spots and dead spots. The rough is awful - really thin, and around most of the greens there's basically a ring of dirt and dead grass. Not sure if that's due to a fungus or the recent heat and humidity, but other courses seem to have dealt with the weather a lot better. Plus, we got reminded by the marshal on the back 9 that we were "a few minutes over pace". When we got to the next tee box, not only were we exactly on pace (according to the clocks on the course), but we also had to wait on that shot - and pretty much every shot for the rest of the back 9 - for the ungodly slow group in front of us. Arrowood needs a lot of work at this point in time...