Played Yucaipa Valley on Sunday 7/13! Course was in great shape! Greens were lush and fairly quick, which was nice. Fairways were in good shape, but unfortunately the golfers who play there do not replace divots or fix ball marks on the greens. We had a foursome and teed off around 9:00. We finished in under 4 1/2 hours which was pretty good considering how busy they were.
We checked in 45 minutes early to check in and hit some range balls, but unfortunately they do not have grass tees available. They had two levels of grass tees that apparently they don't use anymore. Hint to the Managament.....Open up the grass tees! A lot of us have to travel to other courses who offer grass tees and would rather make the short trip to Yucaipa. The mats were fairly new and the range was pretty busy as well. They have a couple fairly large practice greens to putt on and a very poorly set-up chipping area with a fairly large bunker next to a very steep sloped green. Kinda weird, and not a good place to practice bunker shots.
The Restaurant was small but efficient and the food was very tasty!
The Pro in the shop was very inviting and polite and we were in and out in a few minutes. We signed up for Rewards Cards, or what was explained to us as a "Frequent Shopper" card that is free and gets us free goodies.
The only thing we didn't understand about the course is why they do not have a clubhouse. They appear to be operating out of portable buildings. It seems as though they make do, but let's hope they get one built in the near future. I know I would move my golf tournament up there if they had enough room for us, for sure!
We had a great time although we did not play very well. We will be back very soon, especially now with all the coupons and discounts they offer.