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Played here recently at a pre conference golf outing. Just a few weeks after hosting the Safeway Open, the course is in superb condition. Fairways, bunkers and greens were immaculate. I guess it’s owned and partially redesigned by Johnn Miller. Off the tee, there’s plenty of room to operate and there’s nothing particularly penal. Obviously an old school design except for the greens which seem to be the extent of the redesign. I guess thats they only way they can defend par from the pros but the greens were ridiculously undulating and tough to read. Gimmicky even. Several times I thought I had stuck an approach close and pulled the putter but walked up and found somehow my ball had rolled a long way off the Green. Still a great course to play, if a bit pricey.

Don’t miss the famous burger dog at the shack which we were told is actually independently owned. Nice restaurant and bar but they’re really not set up to sell you a quick bite before playing or at the turn. The girls at the bar seemed really put out I asked to but a cup of chili and getting it took forever. Said cup was $12.95 btw.
11 Likes.
Had some misgivings booking here due to some negative reviews, but as our "go to" courses did not have any early tee times, booked a 6 am start. First of all, green fee of $36 is a fair price but not a screaming discount. Had not played here in forever, but found the experience flawed, but satisfactory overall. Fairways were green for the most part, almost soggy with water in spots though. Greens were generally slow to average in speed, but rolled smoothly enough and accepted most iron and pitch shots well. All in all, its in a lot better shape than neighboring Indian Hills for a few bucks more. One off putting detail was that the staff neglected to put out the tee markers, so we were pretty much on our own as to where we would peg the ball. Didn't get into any bunkers and was glad of that as they either looked muddy or just full of firm dirt, just like most IE courses in that price range anymore.

Course is short but deceptively hard, with lots of trees lining the fairways. Also, it seems all the fairways are uphill. How is this even possible?

Staff at all levels tends to be friendly and the nice ladies at the grill cook up a good quick breakfast. Wont be a regular, but I'd come back.
8 Likes.
Played a Fathers Day round here with the boys. As we are all Dads we got a return certificate to play again. Nice touch.

This is a tough but fair design. Love how it’s remote setting with no homes makes it so peaceful and scenic. Greens were super smooth. Fairways and tee boxes are in good shape. Only demerit is for the dicey sand traps, either nice and fluffy sand, hard dirt or even mud.

Customer service is outstanding. Friendly and informative counter and starter staff. The nice kid in the cart barn took out our Breakfast to catch them up to us on the course. Easily the best part of the experience. We will definitely be back.
9 Likes.
Played here on a weekday morning $31 special that includes range balls, breakfast and lunch on a restricted menu. A good deal overall, but it seems the price popped up recently, perhaps due to the recent closings of Calimesa and San Bernardino.

Greens are slowish but roll ok and accept approach shots. I've always enjoyed this design but of late the conditions of the fairway and teeboxes have been really rough. Bunkers are also in poor shape.

One particular gripe I've got to air is about the condition of the rakes in the bunkers, they really need to be replaced. After playing out of the sand on #7, I used the rake to clean up and got stuck with numerous painful little plastic splinters on the handle because it was in such bad shape. Took a couple of days to get them all out. C'mon Shandin Hills.

Staff we encountered were mostly friendly and it does look like they're trying to do some maintenance on the back side. Let's hope for some improvement here.
10 Likes.
I’ve come to the conclusion that Sin City has the best reasonable golf in the country and this club is a great example. Paid $60 on Golfnow and this track’s layout, conditioning and shot values are the equal of courses in Palm Springs and Arizona costing 2x as much.

Spectacular views are to be had as this winds around the red rock area just outside Las Vegas. While intimidating, tee shots are fair especially if you play the right tees. Fairways are in great shape and bunkers are filled with nice soft sand. Greens are fast and difficult to read but somewhat marred by numerous pitch marks. Still they roll smooth.

I did not have the time to eat at the grill as we were rushing to watch the Super Bowl or encounter much of the staff, but the friendly cart girl had a good selection of snacks and drinks. There will be a return visit.
7 Likes.
Played here again for the first time in a while. We usually enjoy this layout and convenient location. Greens are puttable and roll ok despite recent overseeding but slow as usual. YVGC used to have lightning fast greens years ago, but not anymore. One particular green had serious mower damage. Fairways and tee boxes ok, but GUR in places. Bunkers are shameful pits of dirt and mud. Staff is mostly friendly and food is good. At $20 on a Friday afternoon I guess I can't complain too much...Except for this. Nonexistent course supervision and the particular mix of rowdy music playing mooks and snail like old timers that frequent this course make for more unpleasant confrontations and yelling than any comparable course I can think of. Taking a break from this place for a while.
5 Likes.
Yikes, I almost hate to review this and let the secret get out but duty calls. As noted in other reviews, ACC has been a private golf course until recently. It looks like declining membership resulted in the course being sold and the new ownership has made is semi private now.

First, the not so good. Club house really looks like it has seen better days but the cart kid told us they were planning on a major renovation. It also felt like there was more than a bit of culture clash going on between the old members and the public golfers. To be fair, we saw a couple of yahoos trying to skip holes and whose attire was marginal if you know what I mean. We had no problems, but we were dressed nicely and observed proper etiquette. Still, feeling like you are being judged is a little uncomfortable.

That being said, the course is terrific. Outside of the Palm Springs area, perhaps the best conditioned track I've played in Southern California in a long time with the possible exception of the Goose. It's an old school, tree lined and flat layout. Very typical of William Bell designs. Deceptively hard, as overhanging tree limbs and awkward angles into the greens if youre not on the correct side of the fairway make this a challenge. Ball doesn't roll much on the lush fairways. Fairways, tee boxes and greens in excellent shape. Nice soft sand in the bunkers.

Excellent pace of play, we got done in just over 3 hours. We paid a midweek price of $45 for seniors. This is a about 50% more than we'd pay for nearby Shandin or Yucaipa but it's in a different league. Had an excellent sandwich and a beer after we played. A great addition to the 909 public golf scene.
16 Likes.
Got lured in by the $33 weekday with food and bev deal. While, we much prefer it's sister Resort course, Legend has always been quite the old school challenge with treelined fairways, fast greens and lots par 4's so long that you have to keep checking the card to see if they are par 5's.

It seems course conditions here have deteriorated since our last visit though. Greens were good, quick and tough to read. Recent flooding they are working on have created lots of GUR, running streams bifurcate many of the fairways and you have to ford almost knee deep water several times to get around the course. The bunkers are in terrible shape, just no sand under the ball.

Other than the friendly cart girl, customer service at the pro desk, starters and cart barn was snarky and surly today. Seems like this is the general personality of this course recently. Still, it's one of the few reasonable choices in the PS area until the weather heats up and the prices start to drop.
12 Likes.
Played here on a Friday afternoon. $32 for a course of this level is a great deal. This is such a complex and challenging course and I like making the drive out here once in a while because it's really good for my game to play testy, irritating courses like Tukwet once in a while.

The fairways, while not overly wide have enough room to put your ball into if you're a reasonably straight driver. It's around the greens where the challenge lies here. At least half a dozen times I hit "perfect" approach shots I thought were going to result in kick in birdies, more often than not the ball jumped off the very firm putting surface like off a trampoline and bounded 10 yards over the green or into a bunker. Well struck pitches and bunker shots as well, run much farther than anticipated. The unpredictable slopes around the greens and rough take away the run up shot as an option as well. Tukwet is just a poster child for the type of modern golf course that requires impeccable maintenance in order to be played the way it was designed but a few years down the road-they just cant quite keep up. Another pet peeve are the deep greenside bunkers full of little rocks. Oh, and no scorecards today...really? I'm sorry-I may be coming across badly with this review, but its frustrating to have a great ball striking day foiled by course conditions.

It's not all bad-greens putt relatively smoothly and the fairways are in great shape after the recent rains. The service at the bar and from the cart barn is a bit surly, but the girl with the beverage cart is friendly. Green beer on sale, yay!
8 Likes.
Good overall these days. Greens are good, always love the layout. Fairways are a little scruffy as are tee boxes but not too bad. Only really bad feature is the bunkers, very hard underneath the thin layer of "sand" and full of small rocks. Really need to improve this Yucaipa.

Food service is great and the employees are always friendly. Especially the starter ladies, Ray and Barry.
11 Likes.
Played Hidden Valley, Friday 2/11 using gift cards sold at Costco. Greens are in good shape rolls well but chips and pitches refuse to check up,pace of play is good- the penal nature of this course tends to keep away the riff raff. The couple of bunkers I landed in actually had nice fluffy sand which was nice. Fairways and teeboxes were a bit chewed up but still playable. Spectacular elevation changes and course routing always make this course an adventure.
13 Likes.
Hadn't played here for a while and decided to check out if conditions were better than last time.
The good-greens were better than decent, a touch on the slow side but rolled smoothly and accepted approach shots. Pace of play was good and bunkers no worse than comparable courses.
The bad-indifferent customer service, they could really take a page from the folks at nearby Yucaipa. Lady at the snack bar is super grumpy.

The ugly-The fairways. Dear Lord, they are awful. Rock hard and overgrown with weeds. The whole course is GUR. "Rough" and tee boxes in equally bad shape. Need a hammer to get your tee in the ground.

Now...all that being said we paid $26 on an all inclusive special On a Friday morning for green fees, cart, range balls, unlimited beverages and a something to eat for lunch. That folks is a great value that makes up for some of the shortcomings of this course. I know the water shortage is mostly to blame for the conditions, but at least management recognizes the course isn't in great shape and prices things accordingly.
7 Likes.
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