I played yesterday January 10th and the course is in great condition. Fairways are nice and greens are great. I am a big fan of San Dimas Canyon and am glad it got the recognition it deserves. That being said there is one enormous problem that I believe if not rectified will make me never return…The Dreaded Fivesome.

I am not exaggerating when I say that when I walked up to the clubhouse that there were fifty people, all smoking, waiting to tee off. I was about an hour early for my tee time and as I practiced on the putting green (which is in great shape) every single group that went off was a fivesome. When my name was called you guessed it a fivesome. As I played the front nine in 3+ hours I saw nothing but…fivesomes. I did not see a single group that had less than five people.

What is the deal? I know that the course got the nod for worth the green fee in 2008 but if they continue to allow fivesomes I would not play again if it were free. Now fivesomes are fine if the course is wide open but on a weekend….come on who are you kidding. The par 3 second hole took 28 minutes to play, in fact all the par three’s took no less than twenty minutes with two and three fivesomes waiting at each tee box.

All this being said I will go back because I love the course. However, if the fivesome issue is not rectified I can’t say the course is worth the wait.

A long drive from San Dimas but the course was in good shape. There were a few greens that needed a little TLC but everything else was great.