Played in the ABMC Scramble Event on Tuesday, October 27, and the golf course is in very good condition. Most importantl... » More

Played in the ABMC Scramble Event on Tuesday, October 27, and the golf course is in very good condition. Most importantly, I’d consider the greens fully recovered from the aeration process, which was completed exactly four weeks ago, with the only blemish being a few remnants of old ball marks that weren’t attended to in a timely manner.

From a performance perspective, the speeds were a consistent medium-quick pace and rolled fairly true and smooth. While our team missed some makable putts, it would be unfair to pin the blame on the greens. Putts that lacked enough speed broke quite a bit near the cup while those hit just a bit too firm refused to take the break.

With regard to approach shots, I thought the surfaces tended to play on the firm side. Shots hit with a good amount of spin rolled out more than anticipated, whether it was a full iron shot or greenside pitch. For what it’s worth, I was told they’ve been doing a lot of mowing and rolling of the greens over the past couple of weeks, which may explain this.

Fairways were healthy, offered full coverage, and were uniformly cut. As a result, having a good lie to play from was a given. While you may find a few patches of ‘rogue’ turf on a couple of holes, I didn’t notice any bare spots on the course this time around.

We weren’t forced to play out of any bunkers but they were meticulously presented. Fringe areas were in solid shape and tightly mown, which basically eliminated flop shots from around the green, unless the ball happened to be in the rough.

Speaking of the rough, in my view, it’s the great equalizer…or punisher…whether it be along the fairway or surrounding the green. The turf is thick, wiry, and fluffy at the same time, so every shot varies and is determined by the lie. My advice? Avoid at all costs if possible…your scorecard will thank you.

Tee boxes were in good shape, including the Par-3s. I didn’t detect any unevenness but that’s based on where I happened to be hitting from. Didn’t hear of any issues with my playing partners either.

Overall, I give the course a worthy thumbs-up as we head into the latter part of the year. It checked off just about every box as far as conditioning and playability are concerned so now is a good time to get out there.

Rates were increased $3.00 across the board on October 1 but the Per Person Cart Fees remained stable at $22.00 Military and $24.00 Civilian. It’s still a great value compared to other courses in the area, which is further enhanced by the option to walk. Combine all the above with a solid layout that offers a variety of challenges…what’s not to like?
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Played 10-24-26 afternoon riding as a single, and finishing in about 2 1/2 hours. Overall course is in real good conditi... » More

Played 10-24-26 afternoon riding as a single, and finishing in about 2 1/2 hours. Overall course is in real good condition. Fairways are mostly green with great lies and decent roll out. Rough was very lush and playing 2-3 inches. Was in one greenside bunker that had a good layer of nice white sand. A few of the tee boxes were a little thin, but still playable and level. Greens were in great shape, rolling smooth and fast and playing a little on the soft side. Fun course to play. Would not hesitate to play here.
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I ran a golf event and played Wood Ranch Golf Club on Monday 10/26.

There are around 20 courses that host my go... » More

I ran a golf event and played Wood Ranch Golf Club on Monday 10/26.

There are around 20 courses that host my golf events and Wood Ranch GC is easily in the top 5 at providing a fantastic experience.

First: It is an incredibly fun, challenging and beautiful golf course to play. The back nine is hard to top other than maybe the back nine at The Saticoy Club. Second, it’s always in great shape when we play and Monday, other than the fairways not as lush as our past experiences, it was spot on. Third: It’s a perfect place to stage a golf event with large conveniently located practice facilities, snack bar, bathrooms and 1st/10th tees close to the clubhouse. Fourth: Excellent Service. Fifth: I’ve run over a dozen events at Wood Ranch GC and ALL have been sell-outs.

Take a look at the photos I just posted and please read GDR23’s review below mine for added details.

Thank You EVERYONE that came out to play, Wood Ranch Golf Club and GKers rgm2525, barkydog1, GDR23 for helping run the event.

Our next event at Wood Ranch GC will be January 25th :)

Highly Recommended
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5/5 Stars – A High-Handicapper's Take on Pure Hawaiian Golf

Played the Emerald Course today and it completely l... » More

5/5 Stars – A High-Handicapper's Take on Pure Hawaiian Golf

Played the Emerald Course today and it completely lives up to the reputation. As a 20-handicapper from Southern California, I found the course conditions to be absolutely immaculate. The fairways were pristine and wide enough to keep me in play, though the greens were definitely rolling a bit faster than what I am used to back home in SoCal.

The service here is phenomenal. The entire staff was incredibly warm and welcoming right from the start, and our starter, Duncan, was particularly helpful. Since it was our first time playing the Emerald, he took the time to give us some valuable course gouge before we teed off. The pace of play was excellent because they were actively sending players out as twosomes. We finished all 18 holes in a brisk 3.5 hours, keeping the course completely uncrowded and allowing us to move at a great pace while soaking in the ocean views.

The operations here are incredibly dialed in, starting with a unique quirk at the practice facilities. They have dedicated driving range carts that they transfer your clubs into so you can go practice. The range was hitting off real grass today, though mats are an option on other days. The facility also features a massive, two-tiered practice putting green with plenty of target pins instead of traditional holes, plus a dedicated chipping and bunker area. Once you finish warming up, the staff seamlessly transfers your clubs right back into your regular course cart.
For a quick bite beforehand or at the turn, there is a convenient pop-up grill serving fresh grilled Wagyu hot dogs, cheeseburgers, chips, and drinks.

The cart experience itself deserves a shout-out. One thing that absolutely irritates me at other courses is an overly sensitive GPS geofence that locks up your cart the second you step out of line. Whoever programmed the boundaries at the Emerald took the time to do it correctly. It keeps you out of places you shouldn't be going without being overly sensitive and annoying.

As for the course layout, it features some truly memorable holes. It starts right away at Hole 1—a downhill par-4 playing straight into a jaw-dropping view of the Pacific Ocean. On the back nine, you get to play a massive, highly unique double green shared by the 10th and 17th holes.

For my fellow high-handicappers, keep two major things in mind:
First, watch out for the elevated, up-sloping greens. If you don't take enough club to get all the way up onto the surface, you will easily bleed strokes watching your ball trickle right back down the hill to your feet. Second, the greens have a strange break to them. This happened not only to me but also my golf partner—we both had multiple putts that looked dead-on line for the cup, but they would somehow "just miss" at the very end when the exact same putt would normally drop in on any other course.

On the value side, they treat you right by handing you a premium metal Wailea Golf water bottle to keep. You can fill it throughout the course with fresh drinking water, which cuts down heavily on plastic waste and leaves you with an excellent souvenir.

If you are renting, they set you up with a brand new Callaway Quantum set, and the rental package nicely includes a Wailea golf ball pouch along with 6 logoed balls to keep. If you want to skip rentals and just grab an extra souvenir, the pro shop has a massive variety of Wailea gear to commemorate your trip. Just be forewarned on the pricing: a single sleeve of Wailea-logoed Titleist Pro V1 golf balls will run you a steep $29.

Even with the tricky greens and premium gift shop pricing, it is a phenomenal experience and an absolute must-visit on Maui.

Just keeping it in play,
The Late Starter
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Played Native Oaks on 10/27. Last week of Cart Path Only.

Course is in really nice shape. Greens do have a bump... » More

Played Native Oaks on 10/27. Last week of Cart Path Only.

Course is in really nice shape. Greens do have a bump here and there, but coverage is good, and I suspect after the maintenance month ends they will cut them smooth. Greens are soft as well.

Fairways are very plush. Rough is thick and nasty. A bit too nasty for casual golf, as the group in front of us spent a LOT of time searching in the rough for a ball. Then they'd find it, and hack it forward 50 yards only to have to search again. Made for a long 5 hour round, but it was a gorgeous day and I did not mind hanging out and enjoying the sun.

Thumbs up for Native Oaks, they have made remarkable improvements in recent years.

Drove back by Castle Creek (reopening in 2027 as Mossy Creek GC), and you could see the greens were sanded and being worked on. Let's hope they work some magic there and get that course back to playable.
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Great customer service from pro shop to the starter. Decent walk, couple of climbs on the back 9, but nothing too bad. G... » More

Great customer service from pro shop to the starter. Decent walk, couple of climbs on the back 9, but nothing too bad. Greens were rolling fast and true, easily best part of the course. For an IE course, bunkers were not hard packed even while dew sweeping and very playable. Course really shines on each hole on approach and around the greens. A few chewed up tee boxes, #17 especially, but overall didn't take away from the quality of the course. Very underrated. Best value is on the weekday, or if you can book a weekend round far in advance. Otherwise, tough to pay the full rack rate.
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Rode the blues this morning 10/26/26 in group 1b with buddies John, Ron and Matt as a part of the Golfmoose/Vivid/Gk eve... » More

Rode the blues this morning 10/26/26 in group 1b with buddies John, Ron and Matt as a part of the Golfmoose/Vivid/Gk event. Weather was around 79 for a high with about a 10-15mph breeze. Really nice golf weather. Our Pop was just under 5 hrs as the event had about 120 players.

Nice practice area where the driving range is right next to two seperate putting greens. Snack bar open. Carts did not have GPS but were very comfortable.

Conditions were above average to very nice.

Greens were in great shape and the highlight of the show. I love putting fast pure greens and these fit the bill. Probably an 11 on the stimp. Holding irons very nicely. Lots of undulations and swales here at WR. Rated a 9.5/10

Fairways were lush with nice padding and were not as green as the beautiful lush rough. Rated 8/10

Rough was mainly green and lush throughout but still playable. Rated 8/10

Was in 2 greenside bunkers and 3 fairway bunkers that were all raked and in good shape. Rated 7.5/10

Tees were in above average shape mainly all level with nice coverage.

Layout is fantastic especially the back nine. Every hole on the back nine is stellar.

WR offers mid size fairways with many bunkers and hazards into sloping undulating green complexes that tend to be on the larger side.

A must play if you get a chance to!
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Played today. Windy at start but warm after 9 holes. POP was not good for the 1st 9. We asked the marshal to wait on 10t... » More

Played today. Windy at start but warm after 9 holes. POP was not good for the 1st 9. We asked the marshal to wait on 10th hole to make a lazy 3 some to let us play through. Then things picked up.

We had a little wind to start but died down as soon as it warmed up.

They aerated a few weeks ago and the greens are great. Hold shots, release shots and chip/putt really well.

Tee boxes all playable.

Fairways had been cut and the wind had dried them out nicely so great roll, lies and coverage on all of them.

Traps had all been cleaned and no complaints from any of us on how they played.

Rough had been cut down so it was playable and you really have to be wild to go OB on the course. But plenty of trees are on the course and the do come into play on some holes.

Good customer service in the shop and with the starter who had things moving smoothly.

Only bad thing was I did not have time to have a bkfst sandwich and coffee for $6.

Good course for Veterans and Sr players as the walking price is $21 and $35 with cart. I think civilians pay $45 w cart and all military personnel have their own rate.

Recommended if you are in the area.
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Played Camarillo Springs GC for the first time today. It's was definitely fun!

Enjoyed a Sunday afternoon rou... » More

Played Camarillo Springs GC for the first time today. It's was definitely fun!

Enjoyed a Sunday afternoon round at CSGC. The course was enjoyable to play as it is a fun layout that includes mid sized fairways and greens, some elevation changes, occasional water hazards, and excellent views of wildlife and the mountainside. This is a solid and enjoyable layout that calls for reasonable consistency, yet still has some forgiveness.

Greens were in good shape and rolling nicely.
Fairways were in good shape overall.
Rough was either very long or not existent in some areas.
Sand was firm but consistent.
Tee Boxes were hit or miss, sadly. Some were fine and others were not level.
Driving Range was very nice with shot tracing technology.
Chipping area and practice putting green were in nice shape.
Water hazards all had water and native areas were kept and defined.
Customer service was excellent.
POP was under 4 hours.

This course was certainly enjoyable to play, and I will certainly be back. From what I hear, the course and facility are greatly improved. Recommended if wanting to play golf at a fun layout!
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Played today, Sunday. Octob4r 25, as the first tee time on Wilson at 6:55 am, four of us walking from the blues. A grou... » More

Played today, Sunday. Octob4r 25, as the first tee time on Wilson at 6:55 am, four of us walking from the blues. A group walked by us on the first tee, heading left, apparently heading off ahead of us. We are informed the course said no when they asked to tee off first and they apparently ventured off on their own. Never saw them again. A single popped up after us, saying he split from the three ladies behind us. He skipped the 11the hole and went ahead. We played in 3:35 hours at a really nice pace. The ladies were about an hour behind us from what we couuld see.

The course was okay, There are some problems with the greens. They looked rich they had some fungus spots but there were several furrows (## 5 and 6) evidencing more than the usual autumn humidity damage, The greens had the problematic combination of good speed and plenty of bumps. The fairways had plenty of areas of close cut, winter condition , kyukyu fairways. It looked like not enough water in the middle of the fairways. Overall, the condition sere just okay.

That said, love the layout and had a lot of fun.l
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Played 10-24-26 early morning walking as a single on a crisp morning with nice sunny skies. I know the just punched the ... » More

Played 10-24-26 early morning walking as a single on a crisp morning with nice sunny skies. I know the just punched the greens last week, but still wanted to come up and play to see how they are healing and what kind of condition the course was in after the rain. The greens are healing up nicely for being punched just a week and a half ago. They are playing soft and slow but rolling pretty good after aerification. The rain helped with getting the sand to settle in a little better, and with the weather going to be a little warmer for a few days next week they should be healing up pretty fast. Fairways were very green and lush but playing soft with the ball staying pretty close to where it lands. Rough was very lush and thick. There were a few bunkers that had some standing water. The two that I was in were playing a little firmer than normal but still nice to hit from. They had aerified a few of the tee boxes which really didn't make much of a difference in stance or play. Overall course is healing up nicely and playing very well, I wouldn't pass up an opportunity to play here right now.
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Played this morning. As they recently aerated they had a $43 special rate. So we took advantage of it.

Persona... » More

Played this morning. As they recently aerated they had a $43 special rate. So we took advantage of it.

Personally I think this Palmer design is one of his best that does not get enough credit for how good a layout it is.

From 2000 to 2002 the Samsung World Championships were played here. But they stopped playing it here because the players said the course was too tough. LOL

So foggy when we teed off it slowed everything down for 3/4 holes. But we had a great marshal who would not let players wait on the tees moving them along. Thank you Dale.

Tee boxes were all fine and playable no issues.

Fairways were a little damp as we had rain in the area yesterday. But suprisingly enough there was still good roll out in them.

Rough was damp and penal and this course as an over abundage of OB areas to also contend with.

Traps were not really playable as the rain left them wet/damp and some with standing water.

Greens were aerated last week and they were actually really good to play on this week. We really found no issues with them at all.

Great service in the shop.

Excellent practice facilities here with chipping greens , 2 large putting greens and driving range.

Highly recommended. And frequent Golf Moose course participant.
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