Walked on at 2"15pm on a Friday afternoon before a long weekend and the staf were very welcoming. The starter was great and changed me form Black Horse to Bayonet so I cold get a wide open course in front of me to get areund fast. He started me on the 4th hole so I could loop around to play that 9 before getting on with the back nine.
Overall the course was a great value at 80.00 with cart. The weather was overcast with slight fog and it felt like I was the only one ont the course at times. This is a great track and worth coming to the Monterey Bay Area to play . . . and cheap compare to the better known course at Pebble Beach. It is everybit as challenging as the course rating of 132 (whites) suggest. Lots of fine white sandy bunkers that caus you to weave your way up the course. You are faced with "Risk-Reward" decisions on almost every hole. Well bunkered greens make you rethink going for it on your par 5's although the greens do held fairly well. They were soft on the fly but did have pretty good speed when putting. The only knock I had was the amout of ball marks on the greens and many left unreapired by those ahead of me through out the day . . not a good way to treat a course of this caliber. Ican't wait to go back and play the other one (BlackHorse) on my next trip down. .. . . well worth the money even at full price.