I hadn't played this course in probably 20 years but had a great time. The course was in excellent shape. I believe this is primarily a private club with some limited public times. Was sent out as part of a shotgun start with some other Golfnow people but the rest of the tourney was members. Not a problem because we started on 16 with no other groups ahead of us. We never saw another group. It is a fair, straightforward test. Not tricked up at all but still enough challenge to keep it interesting. Greens were perfect, quick but not over the top. Just a really enjoyable round of golf. Certainly not as picturesque or challenging as SilverRock, Indian Wells or Classic Club, but if you are looking for a fun social type round on perfectly manicured course, give it a try.

OK, the good first. The course was in nice shape and the greens were excellant. They held very well and rolled true. Now the bad. Pace of play is terrible. We teed off 30 minutes late with a 9:00 AM tee time. And their new check in system was unreal. So they do not let you check in with the pro shop and pay until 10 minutes before your tee time. So we arrived 30 minutes before our tee time and were sent away from an empty pro shop and told to come back in 20 minutes to pay. Scratching our heads, we headed to the putting green and returned 10 minutes before our time. We then headed down to the starter to give him our receipt and get our cart only to be told that the group before us had not checked in with him yet and we would have to wait for them before he would take the receipts and cart us. That group happened to be waiting around as well, not realizing they were supposed to now check in with the pro shop. So they went up and paid, came down and were sent out, then we were able to final check in with the starter. When he called us over, I jokingly asked if he was now allowed to talk to us. So we head to the first tee only to find a foursome on the tee with 2 more foursomes waiting ahead of us! 4 Groups on the first tee at once! What a joke. Talking to some of the staff, they indicated the check in procedure was new and was being done by management because they thought it improved pace of play. Maybe they should address pace of play by better spacing tee times and better course marshalling rather then some weird check in process. I expect these types of problem on a local muni but even I can't recall the last time I saw 4 groups on the first tee at once. And our group couldn't figure out how paying 10 minutes before our tee time and not earlier would improve the pace of play. I sure hope they scrape this plan soon, pay attention to groups stacking up on the first tee, and marshall aggresively.