Made it out to Maderas to take advantage of the free birthday round for playing partner and accompanied with paying guest. Price paid was $172 which is less than the rack rate of $210.

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Made it out to Maderas to take advantage of the free birthday round for playing partner and accompanied with paying guest. Price paid was $172 which is less than the rack rate of $210.

Customer Service/Facilities- Check in went smooth and gentleman behind the counter was very helpful and friendly. Our first time playing here. We were directed to the all grass driving range with range balls stacked neatly into pyramids and plenty of grass to hit off of. Exact yardages to flags on range as well as a large clock but that wasn't needed as the starter came to get us 5 min before our tee time. Starter was super nice and helpful with tips about playing the course and gave us a yardage book which came in handy all day! Thank you Maderas!

Tees- Perfect. Not a single complaint from Alaksana (forward tees) or myself (tips). All boxes in between looked to be immaculate as well.

Fairways- Green and lush and provided perfect lies all day.

Rough- Thick bermuda and most of the time the ball would settle down into it make a clean strike a must to get it out cleanly. Was a 50/50 mix of brown turning into green coming out of winter. No thin areas that we saw. Lots of ESA a few feet from the rough so best to be accurate and take less than driver when available.

Bunkers- Beautiful white sand and a real pleasure to hit out of both fairway and greenside.

Greens- Best greens I've played in a long time. Starter said 10.5 to 11 on the stimp but still found a couple of occasions where downhill putts came up short. Probably closer to 9.5-10 but definitely rolling true and smooth. Very firm and almost impossible to make a ball mark. Balls would release even the high lobs so be aware of that. Large greens with tons of undulation so pay attention to the pin placement and take appropriate club to leave shortest putt possible. Plenty of 3 jacks out there if you're not careful.

Misc- POP was a long 5 hrs + 15 min today mostly because many people were struggling on the greens today. The groups in front were clearly having difficulty with the speed and undulations. The layout is spectacular in the canyon setting with lots of forced carries both off the tee and on the approach. So peaceful and quiet other than the wildlife. Heard a lot of wild turkeys out there in the bushes. For those of you that must know the beverage cart was out there but only the back 9. About 2-3 passes on the back. Loved the course and will be back hopefully sometime soon!