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I haven't played Los Serranos (South) in over a decade. I remember the course as being a good layout but I don't remember it being this nice, the course is in great shape. Generally I only play public courses and many get beat up from so much play but this course is in great shape and a joy to play. Granted it was a bit on the warm side, I think it was in the mid 90's but there was a strong breeze so the heat wasn't so bad, especially in the shade. I would definitely recommend bringing lots of water... there were no cold water coolers on the course. I like to freeze my water bottles the night before to ensure I've got cold water for the round. I will definitely be play this course again, this course goes on my recommend list.
9 Likes.
06/04/16 - Very Disappointed in the overall condition of the course. It's been a while since I've played there but now the course needs a lot of work to get back in decent shape, it's never been a great course but I can remember when this course was in good shape and a decent course to play. Now the tee boxes are OK, the grass is a bit on the heavy side, if not beat up and they're not quite as level as I like but OK. The fairways are an embarrassment, most fairways are sort of mixture of dead and nice grass plus a lot dirt, maybe 40% live grass, 30% dead grass and 30% dirt, overall the fairways are in a death spiral. The sand is very thin and hard but once you've played out of couple it's playable but not desireable, I could live with it if the rest of the course was in better condition. The greens were in good shape, maybe even better than in the past, very lush and not beat up.
I'm not sure what's going on there, perhaps some kind of renovation... the practice range is shut down and appears to have all these pipes and and markings through out the whole thing, the protective net is in rough shape. Until this course gets brought back to life I avoid playing there, it was cheap to play but still not worth it.
7 Likes.
06/03/16 - Overall the course is in very good shape. Tee boxes are good, they could use a little work in the level department but not bad. The fairways are in decent shape for a public and the sand is OK but very playable. Now the greens are in great shape, not beat up and perhaps the best I've seen them in so they're doing their maintenance. For the money I like playing this course, it's a good layout and I think worth the money, especially if you can find a special.
6 Likes.
Overall the course was in great shape with the exception of the Oaks greens which are still a bit sandy from the aeration. The sand traps seemed a bit on the thin side. Also I hate it when the maintenance workers are watering the greens in the late morning just as we're hitting our approach shots... some balls stuck with a splash and putting on them right after is a challenge... we had to put up with this for 5 holes... wet sandy inconsistent greens. Other than that it's a always enjoyable. Like any course avoid the aeration...
8 Likes.
Member For A Day... don't waste your money. The course layout is okay but a bit short which it makes up for all the trees plus the greens seem on the smaller side. There is a creek that runs through out the course and the stench from it brutal, it smells like raw sewage and you can only imagine how bad it can get on hot day... "gag a maggot" comes to mind.
We were a foursome... they put out 2 twosomes in front of us and as we were about to tee off the starter personally came out with another twosome to send out in front of us, membership does have it's privileges... now at some the first 2 twosomes became a foursome, fair enough. Behind us they sent off a a twosome of two women that were playing out of one bag... they must have sent out a single after them. At the turn the single played through the twosome behind us but didn't want to play through us because the said the twosome in front wasn't going anywhere so he was struck. Why a starter would send off so many twosomes and a single makes no sense but it is a private course.
Their dress code is that men must tuck in their shirts, women can be dressed exactly the same but don't have to adhere to the rule, only men. We had just walked into the pro shop and checked in, immediately the starter asked us to tuck in our shirts which was fine, I made a comment that "it's going to be a tight fit" with my few extra pounds (I'm 25 lbs overweight)... his reply was "there's the parking lot". I felt that it was a rude comment but I let it go because we had prepaid for the "Member For A Day" but under normal circumstances I might have just left. I don't have a problem with the rule of tucking in the shirts but don't treat me like a second class citizen because I'm not a true member at a private course. With your "Member For A Day" you get a coupon for two pints of draft beer for the price of one... sound good but a pint is $6.50 so after two beers it's get a bit expensive, especially for draft, IMHO.
The actual cost for the "Member For A Day" round is not any more than most of your local public courses but you don't get what a true member gets so you're just a fill for a course that needs more business. There are many "Member For A Day" with courses like Los Coyotes Country Club that give you excellent service and treat you like a member or close to it, there you will get treated with the respect that everyone deserves. So if you're looking for "Member For A Day" then definitely look around for something other than Candlewood Country Club because you're not missing out on anything special.
Final thought... if you don't mind the smell of raw sewage and you can get a super deal then maybe give it try but remember I warned you about the smell.
7 Likes.
Played on 8/21/10, the course is the best I've seen a lot of years... perhaps in part to a celebrity tournament... I know there was at least 3 ex-NFL players... one was Jerry Rice... the other 2 are also big names but I'm not a football fan so the names elude me. I don't know how long the course will be kept up in this condition but definitley a great time to play this course. With a tournament in front of us I thought it would play really slow plus it was a Saturday... it did take a little over 5 hours to play but it was one of the smoothest 5 hour rounds I've played... we didn't have to wait on any tees and the group in back of us lagged back enough that they never waited on us or pressed us... we were in a perfect window. A small mishap that occurred was in the proshop... the computers went down... a number of golfers were upset because they couldn't check or make tee times, they couldn't even sell range balls... and another tournament going off later were not happy that they couldn't hit a warm up bucket. Even with running a bit behind, it was still one of the best rounds I've had there because the course was in great shape... we liked it so much that we're trying to get a tee time for this Saturday, a little late in the week to get one but I'm hoping that we will get lucky on a cancelation. I'm hoping that they try to keep this course up to these conditions... if they can do it for a special event they have the ability to do it all the time.
0 Likes.
We had a coupon... $36 for a round with a cart plus a hot dog and soda (weekend after 11:30); normal weekend rate is $49 w/cart, so this was really cheap. The tee boxes and fairways could use some maintenance. As for the greens... I was very surprised at the condition of them... excellent shape... as good, if not better than many of the local courses. I don't care what course I play but one of the key things that I want are good greens. I can adjust for "chewed up" fairways... we'll just bump the ball. As for sand... I would like decent sand but I don't get much sand play so it's really not an issure for me. I know that they're going to be aerating in May but after the greens have healed I'd play there again... especially with a coupon.
1 Like.
Some of the fairways are currently being punched, so the plugs are everywhere which makes for garbage fairways. Those that weren't punched were decent. A number of traps were wet and the fairways had quite a few spots scattered throughout the course that are soggy. The greens are in decent shape for the most part. I won't go back for a few weeks until they're done punching .
0 Likes.
I hadn't played this course before so it was refreshing to play something new. We used a coupon for $34 with unlimited play plus a couple of freebies... sleeve of balls and a bottle of water. We definitely got our monies worth... we got 40 holes in and could've gotten in a few more but I was beat. We got lucky because it stayed in the mid to upper 80's all day with a slight breeze in the morning but it got windy in the afternoon. I'll definitely go back and play this course... the conditions are fantastic and it's an interesting layout. No club house yet but it's suppose to be completed in September... which will be nice but I can see the green fees going up when it's done.
0 Likes.
The course is in ovarall good shape... but what I like about this course are the greens, I think they are better than most of the other local public courses. For a quick 9 holes it's a great little course.
0 Likes.
It's Memorial Day and the course is packed but for $43 it's a bargain. Plus they have new carts... I love the automatic parking brake. Anyway, the course is in very good condition and I like the layout of this course. It was a slow day, the tee times were running 35 minutes behind and what seemed to be to many fivesomes... I think that fivesomes should always be required to ride. Two groups ahead of us was a fivesome that was walking... they were almost 2 holes behind... and I never seen a marshall all day. It happens... will it keep me away from this course? No, I just like this course and will put up with the minor irritations... that's weekend golf!
0 Likes.
First let me say that I didn't pay the regular weekend rate which is $375 plus the city tax which would have been about $400... we had a coupon for $145 but don't forget the city tax... which brought the total to $155 and some change so the coupon is the way to go... over 60% off. The other humorous thing was the "Donald" showed up to play... he was suppose to be in the group in front but decided to go off the back nine instead... probably safer for him. With that being said, it's a beautiful course and the views are spectacular. The course plays kind of short but what makes it tough (at least for me) is that the fairways are a bit narrow, more so because if you go off the fairway and the "deep deep" rough then it's the enviromental area so it seems narrower because there less room for error. Some par 4's are drivable but well protected so it's better to just play it safe. Final word: I'll go back and play it one more time if I get another coupon.
0 Likes.
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